West Somerset Railway General Discussion

Went across to BL this morning to try and buy programme, 90 minute round trip for nothing.
Well, not entirely for nothing, I did learn about the roadworks on the M5 & Toneway.

 

That's what the bloke in the shop told me the departures from BL tomorrow are

905 6412&53808 955 7752,1100 7018, 1140 7714,1220 7822,1250 9351,1345 7828,1445 6412,1545 7752,1645 7714,1745 53808

 

@Captain Fantastic thank u very much. Decided to wait to see what was on the train anyway. Then found them Selling them outside shop.

 

Have all visiting locos arrived.

 

Hi, anybody who is coming down the M5 for the Gala, would be advised to come off at Jcn 24 & take the A38 to Monkton Heathfield ...fork right on the dual carriageway & follow brown signs to WSR......could save you a lot of time & hassles at Jcn 25 !!

 

Worth re-posting on the dedicated gala thread Malc:

https://national-preservation.com/threads/wsr-autumn-steam-gala-a-country-railway-thurs-sun-3-6-october-2019

 

And the congestion is even worse trying to get to J25/A358 from Taunton -Avoid like the plague!

 

Williton today.

 

Is the Truck there all weekend

 

I have messaged the owner to ask whether he intends to bring it to the Railway on other days during the Gala.

Robin

 

One doesn't often see that sort of Scammell these days. I was recently in the Watford museum and diappointed that they had pictures of a few Scammell vehicles but none of that sort.

 

WSR Autumn Steam Gala - day 2

53808 passes Stogumber with the morning goods.

 

Was there supposed to be a photo with that?

Noel

 

Fog in the (Bristol) Channel - forum cut off ...

Tom

 

There was, but NP won’t let me upload.

Robin

 

http://www.wsr.org.uk/cgi-bin/snap.cgi?h=Snapshot&p=2019/10/038

 

Michael, Thanks for this. I suspect that not many 57xx logs were ever made, so these are quite interesting. The Newport - Cardiff looks to be quite an epic, and given knowledge of the Worcester to Kidder road, which we have run with panniers, I would not doubt the numbers for that. It would be interesting to hear if the RPS data has anything on the 2251 0-6-0's which are basically a pannier with slightly bigger wheels?
Best Regards
Bob

 

Back in '76 6412's delivery run from Totnes to the WSR was up the main line under it's own steam, hauling an autocoach and a brake van. The driver that evening assures me that sustained 60mph running was achieved.