Didcot Steam Gala 30th April - 2nd May 2016

The visiting locomotives are:

• 9466 GWR 0-6-0 Pannier Tank
• 1450 GWR 0-4-2 Tank

They will be joined by:

• 4144 — GWR 2-6-2 Prairie Tank
• 6023 King Edward II — GWR 4-6-0 Tender Locomotive

http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/news/latest.html#news01

 

and Steam Rail Motor 93

 

Plus beer in the Black Python bar, and good food in the restaurant and a dry forecast - what else do you need!

 

Hello,
Will be there tomorrow!

nick

 

Good day out there today - plenty of changes on the running lines, shunting around the site, turntable in use etc. What I want to know is which of 9466 and 6023 was blowing smoke rings! They were double heading at the time so hard to tell but as we were waiting for our train home the kids pointed out very distinct rings drifting away from the two in steam!

 

Some photos of the event, more at https://railwaygalleries.smugmug.com/Didcot-Railway-Centre/Spring-Steam-Gala-April-2016/

 

Ha,... now that's interesting. I can't speak for 9466, but someone else mentioned smoke rings when we were giving the King a (solo) test a couple of Fridays ago. Being on the footplate at the time I didn't see it myself, but at least it shows everything in the smokebox is aligned (especially Jos's new blast pipe).

 

I enjoyed a visit to Didcot on Saturday - in rare sunshine - and stayed on for a Timeline Photo Charter enhanced by Robin Coombes acting as shed master for the evening. A most enjoyable event.
I hope I've done justice to both the GWR in their 175th year and Didcot GWR Museum with my 2 photo collections.

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