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    34067. 'Capital Christmas Express'. 17-11-2012

    Any timing updates?
    Post by: GWR76, Nov 17, 2012 in forum: What's Going On
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    6023

    Shunned? I didn't think the restoration team had been shunned by the society.
    Post by: GWR76, Sep 30, 2012 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6023

    I would have thought that the plan would always have been for the loco to be fairly nomadic during the main season and return to DRC for winter...
    Post by: GWR76, Sep 30, 2012 in forum: Steam Traction
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    6023

    The loco should remain at Didcot. Surely the loco (which is owned by the GWS) is bigger than any squabbles that may or may not have taken place....
    Post by: GWR76, Sep 30, 2012 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Mid Hants

    I agree. The other day I was in a car with a friend of mine when we passed a very senior member of a well known preservation outfit stood at the...
    Post by: GWR76, Sep 25, 2012 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Mid Hants

    I have been around a small number of preserved outfits and it seems to me that heritage railways do get more than their fair share of 'miserable...
    Post by: GWR76, Sep 21, 2012 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Mid Hants

    I agree with everything that you say here, its just at the time it was a real shame. I've been in the yard before at the end of the day and was...
    Post by: GWR76, Sep 20, 2012 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Mid Hants

    I visited the Mid Hants on the sunday of the Gala and was disappointed at the end of the day to get thrown out of the yard. I appreciate that...
    Post by: GWR76, Sep 20, 2012 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    SVR Autumn Steam Gala on 23 -25 September 2011

    I would echo these sentiments. Although I had a good day yesterday, the overcrowding on the trains and the platforms put a downer on things. I am...
    Post by: GWR76, Sep 25, 2011 in forum: Galas and Events
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    Great Western Society's 50th Anniversary Gala 10/11th & 17/18th September

    An excellent day at Didcot yesterday. 3 locos and the Diesel railcar in action. Lots of movement around the site, between the demonstration lines.
    Post by: GWR76, Sep 18, 2011 in forum: Galas and Events
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    Scheduling

    And the second weekend of the GWS 50th Gala!
    Post by: GWR76, Aug 31, 2011 in forum: Galas and Events
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    Scheduling

    Reading the latest SR Mag it seems to me that Tornando and the N2 seem to be at just about every Gala!!
    Post by: GWR76, Aug 30, 2011 in forum: Galas and Events
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    Great Western Society's 50th Anniversary Gala 10/11th & 17/18th September

    I know what you're saying about the lack of visitng locos but the costs of getting them into the Didcot site must be considerable. I'm sure that...
    Post by: GWR76, Aug 29, 2011 in forum: Galas and Events
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    Great Western Society's 50th Anniversary Gala 10/11th & 17/18th September

    I think that this was always speculation. Can't see it happening now.
    Post by: GWR76, Aug 25, 2011 in forum: Galas and Events