shredder1
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Many thanks for the responses.
Llangollen is on list to visit. Great photos, where too this weekend?Llangollen Railway, Mixed Traffic Gala. Saturday and Sunday 14th and 15th April 2018.
I do like the Llangollen Railway and always enjoy visiting on gala events, this one was a bit unusual being advertised as a steam gala, but also a mixed traffic event, which was fine as I like all railway traction. I drove down to Llangollen on Saturday morning, an early visit to the depot to phot the locos steaming up, the staff are always very good there and as long as you wear an hi viz and keep out of the way, they usually don`t mind you having a look around the yard if you are by yourself.
The locomotives operating was steam locos and star of the show, Great Western Heavy Freight loco 3802, GWR Prairie tank 5199, GWR Pannier tank 6430, BR Standard 5MT 80072, and diesel locomotives, Class 26 D5310 and Class 47 1566, the Class 37 6940 was originally rostered, but unfortunately failed on the Saturday. Saturday had some great weather with plenty of sun at times, Sunday started off dull but cleared up as the day went on.
I`d booked accommodation at a guest house “Monastir” in the village of Coedpoeth outside Wrexham. On both days I travelled on the trains and also went lineside, Llangollen offers some wonderful locations for photting along the Dee Valley and the new Central station at Corwen appears to be coming along nicely. It was a fantastic two days and I thank all the staff involved for a fantastic weekend.
http://llangollen-railway.co.uk/
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Llangollen is on list to visit. Great photos, where too this weekend?
Enjoy the Weardale, it's good they are using the track towards Bishop Auckland as it opens up more connections (visitors can visit by train and a short walk rather than a bus)
Sounded like a good little trip, now that the section to Bishop Auckland West has been reopened I wonder if there will be any railtours to that part, although it will make it easier for someone without a car to visit
Another little railway visited, shame there wasn't any trains running but it's good they got something running
Really nice to see that you made it over to Northern Ireland Shred. I’ve made it up to Portrush on the train from Belfast and also to Bangor (Mrs C is a Bangor girl and some of the family live there), it is a lovely place.
Hoping to do the steam out to Whitehead at some point.
The traffic was not too bad on the way down the A6 and I was equally happy at finding some movement at Peak Forest, with no less than 6 Class 66`s with some still moving waggons around and the locos were in four different liveries too. No class 60`s however and I`m wondering have they finished on the stone trains.
Sounded like a good gala
You get the odd working to Ashburys or Dallam that throw up a 60 if DBC are short of 66s but, in the main, the one 60 that is stabled there tends to be used for a few shunting moves around the Cemex sidings and not a lot else these days.
Wish we had something like the GCR down south west.The GCR gala looked great. They’ve got all the props for that mainline feel up there.
Did the brake tender get much use?