Churnet Valley Railway Steam Gala 6/7th February 2010

Had a great day yesterday manning the 6880 stand and also had a trip on the line. It was my first visit and wont be my last. Only thing i reckon you dropped the ball on was lack of tea/coffee/cakes etc on the Cheddleton platform area, i think a small fortune was lost in this dept, the first thing everyone asked us was where they could get a drink etc. Just a small thing but a big mark up in profits was lost i feel. Anyway that was the only thing that i picked up on, otherwise a great event enjoyed by us all. Thank you for your hospitality.

 

Anybody know why DoG was unable to attend and will it affect the WSR gala

 

My efforts from the Saturday: http://www.railwayimages2009.fotopic.net/c1799769.html (Image 9 onwards)

 

Many thanks to all at the CVR for a great gala weekend. Part 1 of my vid now up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROeZgphUV9I

 

Duke of Gloucester's overhaul wasn't quite ready. Hopefully she will be ready for the East Lancashire Railway Steam Gala on February 20th/21st, and will no doubt be able to make West Somerset's gala.

 

Many thanks to all at the CVR for a brilliant gala. Some superb opening up from 30075, didn't realise how gutsy she was. 5199 & 5542 looked and sounded brilliant paired up, adorned with Cambrian Coast Express headboard and 80072 looked stunning. Another brilliant restoration from the Llangollen lads.

 

part 2 of my vid now online
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwKtnG0RQoo

I'd love to see 30075 climbing out of Keighley.

 

Thanks for the compliments on 80072. Still a few bits to fettle, but the paint job really makes it...

 

Had a great day at the gala on saturday and a big thank you to the project 62 guys for there hospitality.

 

Thanks for posting the photos and youtube links. I hope it was a sucessful w/e for the CVR.

 

thanks to the loco crews on the photo charter you did a great job
andy

 

Hi Andy, Nice vids. Hope us stills men didnt make to much noise for you! I too must thank the crews for giving us a very memorable day!
Got plenty of shots throughout the day!
For anyone interested go to http://rickeborallphotography.fotopic.net/
Hope you enjoy them!
Best regards...RICK

 

Has anyone got any pictures from the photo charters that ran with 80072 last weekend?

Mike Snow from Steam on the Web has an excellent video of the saturday here: http://steamontheweb.co.uk/Churnet Valley/Churnet_Valley.htm

Regards

Chris

 

Still plodding my way through my photos Chris! Should hopefully have them sorted some time today. Thanks for your efforts during the charters, and cheers for arranging the snow overnight too! It was well worth being 45 minutes late for work in the evening.

 

First photo done, the rest to follow at some point once I've had some sleep. Stupid night shifts!

 

Stunning photograph, looking forward to the rest