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Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Centenary Gala

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Old 4th June 2006, 19:29
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Thumbs up Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Centenary Gala

Fantastic Day out today, 4th June.

Well organised and run, Fantastic Atmosphere. Plenty to see and do.

High spots:

Double headed 9F's.
Auto Train: the coach is beautifully restored. Today it was paired with the small praire 5542.
Double headed Castle and Hall.
Opportunity to cab City of Truro.
Resturant Buffet Car very comfortable with movable chairs and tea served in real cups plus home made cakes.
Good brass band.
Narrow guage trains running.

Great.

Will now post some photos.


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Old 4th June 2006, 21:29
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sounds like avery good day out
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Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Centenary Gala

yes I agree it was a great event.I attended on saturday and spent the day on the lineside between Toddington and WInchcombe.the 14xx was running with the autocoach, it made a great sight. All those GWR Locos celebrated the event in great style.
Well done to the GWSR I hope you were rewarded with record takings.
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Thank you all for the pictures making it possible for me and others to enjoy the event.
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My opld grey matter (getting a bit ancient nowadays) tells me the last time i was there they had a Bulied in bits. a Merchant navy i believe. anyone throw any light on this one? what was its name and did they ever get round to completing it. estimate 14 years since i was there.
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Old 8th July 2006, 20:08
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you are correct they do have a MN it is Peninsular & Orient SN Co 35006.
Work has been steady over the years.35005 Canadian Pacific is currently visiting the railway from the Mid Hants.Have a look at their web site
www.gwsr.co/html/35006_p_o.html this will give you the current info on the
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but how much did they brake.
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Thumbs up GWR Centenary Gala

I also visited the event but on the day I went (27th May) it rained for most of the day so couldnt film much due to the weather and Turo had broken down and I couldnt even get onto Turos cab , and the best pic I got of Turo was of her backside (i.e. her tender). But apart from that double headed 9Fs (I had never been behind this class either) and Hall & Castle double header it was pretty good. Also as I went on the train I had to leave Cheltenham Race Course station at 18:00ish to get the last bus to the station and it had just started to fine up and the evening sunshine was beautiful .

Some stills I took on the day:

http://tim-easton.fotopic.net/c972925.html
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