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Recent Content by Andy B

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    GWSR Cotswold Festival of Steam | 24th-26th of May 2025

    Just looking at the timetable - which shouldn’t be to long before it goees live (we’ll let you all know when) it has arrivals into race course at...
    Post by: Andy B, Apr 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM in forum: Galas and Events
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    SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions

    Then due back at Gwsr for its first annual boiler exams.... been running nearly one year already! how time flies!
    Post by: Andy B, Apr 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM in forum: Steam Traction
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    76077

    Exciting news ! With offer of free transport from RSS (railway support services) we will be moving the chassis from its restoration base at LMS...
    Post by: Andy B, Apr 9, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    My thinking is the First image is hand painted numbers, the current numbers are the stock transfers which you can still get. Might be proved wrong...
    Post by: Andy B, Mar 27, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Tornado

    Indeed! I’m part of the team restoring std 76077 and we wouldn’t be where we are currently without the support of our shareholders. The management...
    Post by: Andy B, Mar 6, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Railway200: The Greatest Gathering. Derby Litchurch Lane. 1-3 August.

    Does anyone know how many tickets were on sale? I have seen 30,000 expected over the 3 days, but I was surprised as that seems low for something...
    Post by: Andy B, Feb 9, 2025 in forum: Galas and Events
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    76077

    First update of 2025. The big news is on the boiler front, both good and not not so good…. We’ve had a clean bill of health on the copper box with...
    Post by: Andy B, Feb 9, 2025 in forum: Steam Traction
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    GWSR Cotswold Festival of Steam | 24th-26th of May 2025

    Yes, 6880 is in the lineup, the visits to the Llangollen and others this year have been worked around the Gwsr events.
    Post by: Andy B, Feb 7, 2025 in forum: Galas and Events
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    GWSR General Discussion and Operations

    35006 certainly by end of September, 7903 is dec 25 but an extension is being looked into.
    Post by: Andy B, Dec 17, 2024 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    6880 Betton Grange

    Yes, although investigation into an extension on 7903 are being looked into.
    Post by: Andy B, Dec 17, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6880 Betton Grange

    It’s going to be a great help to us as at the Gwsr as we definitely have two if not 3 engines coming out for overhaul in 2025. Do come a see us...
    Post by: Andy B, Dec 17, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    76077

    Getting back to 76077, the boiler was safely picked up yesterday and is now tucked away inside at leaky finders. We also had our agm today and it...
    Post by: Andy B, Nov 23, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    76077

    Going back 3 years, we were originally told that some of the body patterns were already in existence (this via the good network of the br std...
    Post by: Andy B, Nov 13, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    76077

    Exactly, I didn’t mean to take anything away from the achievements of those groups, my quote was just to say that of this particular type- which...
    Post by: Andy B, Nov 13, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction
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    76077

    Of course, you can never be 100%, but to start with, the boiler had a full appraisal from a qualified boiler inspector and from that the very...
    Post by: Andy B, Nov 10, 2024 in forum: Steam Traction