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Great Central Railway General Matters

Rasprava u 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' pokrenuta od Reading General, 11. Studeni 2017..

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  1. Matt37401

    Matt37401 Nat Pres stalwart

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    Ahem, of course D6700 looks and sounds good, it’s an EE type 3! I’d be bloody worried if it sounded like a Brush 4! ;)
    Knowing bugger all about road transport, those Midland Red Buses look smart too :);)
     
    Matt37401, 21. Kolovoz 2022.
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  2. Hicks19862

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    With all the recent bother with the Castle, is 92214 still staying on the railway?
     
    Hicks19862, 23. Kolovoz 2022.
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  3. Johann Marsbar

    Johann Marsbar Well-Known Member

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    The timetables and workings for the "Railcar Weekend" have actually appeared under the "Beer Festival" event section on the GCR website......
     
    Johann Marsbar, 31. Kolovoz 2022.
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  4. 30854

    30854 Resident of Nat Pres

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    .... and if that works out well, then the next appeal for funds will be launched in the full glare of publicity on a cunningly subliminal "Free Beer" page. :)
     
    30854, 31. Kolovoz 2022.
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  5. Flying Phil

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    I don't know the long term plans, but it was pulling trains today and is being advertised for future events.
     
    Flying Phil, 31. Kolovoz 2022.
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  6. Johann Marsbar

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    The latest Rail Mail e-newsletter has this to say about the two bridges with speed restrictions on them in the Quorn area......

    Every visitor will be aware of the speed restrictions imposed on bridges immediately north and south of Quorn station which will require their steel decks to be replaced. This work is being planned for March 2023 – it will last for over four weeks and will close the whole Railway during that time. Obviously, that loss of income will be considerable, besides the bridge reconstructions themselves. The two bridges are being tackled together as the work will involve very specialist machines and craneage being transported to GCR and it would make no sense to do this twice over.
     
    Johann Marsbar, 4. Rujan 2022.
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  7. Flying Phil

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    It is very reassuring to read that the GCR is getting significant existing infrastructure projects processed in a timely fashion, despite all the other new work that is going on.
     
    Flying Phil, 6. Rujan 2022.
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  8. Flying Phil

    Flying Phil Part of the furniture

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    The newly repainted shunter D4067 was getting a workout today bringing the rake of Windcutter wagons to Rothley for their annual FTR examinations. This was being done in two main movements this week.
     
    Flying Phil, 9. Rujan 2022.
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    S.A.C. Martin, Hando, Crawley Ben i 5 ostalih se sviđa ovo.
  9. Flying Phil

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    It is a busy weekend for the GCR with lots of Beer enthusiasts sampling various brews at the four stations and on the trains. I had a real treat when on the 9F hauled train with the griddle carriage going North, went through Swithland Sidings, passing a DMU in the loop, whilst a diesel hauled rake went through Southbound. There was another passing DMU between Quorn and Lbro and, at Loughborough there was the Ivatt 2 waiting to run onto the Pullman rake.
     
    Flying Phil, 10. Rujan 2022.
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  10. Flying Phil

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    We had a very nice Afternoon Tea on the train today - and a welcome GCR breakfast on the first train of the day! The mixed goods rake was in the yard at Rothley waiting to go back to Swithland having passed the annual FtR exam. The minerals had been through in the previous two weeks. It is all looking good for a busy gala weekend at the end of the month.
     
    Flying Phil, 21. Rujan 2022.
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  11. Flying Phil

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    There will be more to see at the Autumn Gala this weekend as work has also started on the A 60 bridge replacement with diggers now removing ballast and cranes due to remove the old bridge on Sat/Sun.
    There will be 3 Class 2 engines working - 78018, 46521 and the visiting 41312. 78019 has not quite been finished unfortunately.
    There will be the Windcutter information/Sales stand at Rothley with an interesting new display to see.
     
    Flying Phil, 30. Rujan 2022.
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  12. Johann Marsbar

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    Johann Marsbar, 30. Rujan 2022.
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  13. Flying Phil

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    That's useful and a reminder that it will be 50 years of operation as a Heritage Railway.
    There is also the advert and details of the General Manager position - which highlights what a complex role it is!!
     
    Flying Phil, 30. Rujan 2022.
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  14. 47513

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    Does anyone know if 65894 has left the GCR yet after the Autumn Gala? Its just that I was unable to attend the Gala so I didn't get a ride behind the J27. In the past quite often a visiting loco stays an extra week and appears the following weekend. I cannot find anything on the website yet. Just curious.. TIA
     
    47513, 6. Listopad 2022.
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  15. Johnb

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    It was still there on Tuesday for the photo charter
     
    Johnb, 6. Listopad 2022.
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  16. Flying Phil

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    The J27 was not hauling any trains yesterday - I saw the DMU set, D123 and the Ivatt class 2 46521 in use.
     
    Flying Phil, 6. Listopad 2022.
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  17. Ben Jenden

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    Left yesterday.
    Returned to Newbridge/NYMR this morning
     
    Ben Jenden, 6. Listopad 2022.
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  18. 47513

    47513 New Member

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    Many thanks Ben and everyone for their quick response.
     
    47513, 6. Listopad 2022.
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  19. Flying Phil

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    It will be a busy weekend at Quorn with a lot of rail and road goods vehicles in action on both days. A great opportunity to see how railways earned most of their money in moving goods from place to place.
     
    Flying Phil, 20. Listopad 2022.
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  20. Flying Phil

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    Good news that the GCR Locomotive Shed refurbishment has been awarded £280,000 by the Loughborough Town Deal fund to develop the educational and viewing aspects - also apprentice training.
     
    Flying Phil, 28. Listopad 2022.
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