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GCR Railways at Work Gala Aug 14th-15th

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  1. Flying Phil

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    Railways at Work Gala – 14th and 15th August 2021
    Our Railways at Work Gala will take place on 14th and 15th August 2021.

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    Featuring -

    - Railway Reenactors

    - Busy Timetable of Passenger and Goods Trains

    - The Country’s Largest Collection Of Heritage Rail-Freight Vehicles

    - Travelling Post Office Museum

    - British Railways Road Vehicles

    - Wagon Loading/Unloading

    - Turntable Demonstrations

    - A Fully Interactive Experience
     
    Flying Phil, Jul 14, 2021
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    Can’t see any mention of this on the website
     
    Ian Milne, Jul 25, 2021
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    Ben Jenden, Jul 25, 2021
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    Ben Jenden, Aug 2, 2021
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  5. Johann Marsbar

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    "Colin Mc Andrew" should be doing the shunting demonstrations at Mountsorrel on the Saturday (14th) as well, if anyone is heading to the GCR that day.....
     
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    Still no timetable for the weekend posted, though their FB page suggested it would be on the website today...

    ...though it wasn't and still hasn't appeared as of 17.10 on Wed 11th...!!
     
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    The timetable for the weekend has finally been posted on the GCR website. Certainly appears to be a "Traditional" Gala with no mention of any restrictions on numbers allowed on the trains.....
     
    Johann Marsbar, Aug 12, 2021
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    73156 has failed and is replaced by 92214 for the weekend. Timetable has been updated to reflect the changes
     
    Ben Jenden, Aug 13, 2021
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    Quite an enjoyable day there yesterday, though the rain wasn't exactly welcome in the afternoon. Not too crowded and mask wearing advised as "Indoors or when moving around on trains" but most people I saw certainly weren't bothering with the latter. Nice to have one of their breakfasts from the Griddle Car for the first time in over 18 months!

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    Johann Marsbar, Aug 15, 2021
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    Today was blessed by good weather and there was lots of action along the railway. Quorn yard was a hive of activity and lots of porters made light work of the parcels traffic!
     
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    This film from Saturday has appeared on YT ....



    I did spot that I feature on it right at the end, waiting to cross the line at Quorn!
     
    Johann Marsbar, Aug 16, 2021
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    I was pleased to see my brake van on the short mixed goods train too!
     
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