West Somerset Railway Spring Gala 2012 ( Fantasy)

What Would Your Fantasy Line Up Be

Engines Only

 

I Personally Would Like
31806, 6201 Princess Elizabeth, 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier, 30120, 43106 And 5043 Earl Of Mount Edgcumbe As The Visiting Engines
And
88, 4160, 3850, 7828 Norton Manor 40 Commando , 34046 Braunton, 9351 And 6960 Raveningham Hall

 

I'd settle for the Caprotti 5MT.... would also like to see the Super D back in hopefully sunny weather this time and also the 4F.... If 88 is going into BR Black in time then it would be awesome to have 809 paired with it the whole weekend

We can dream!

 

Gardner 6LXCT
Gardner 6LXB
Rover V8
Leyland 0.680

 

A max of 4 or 5 guests with only the one being something big like 6201, 71000 etc. Its annoying when a line up is mostly made up of class 7 or 8 locos. Also for 88 and 4160 to be rested a little bit as they seem to do most of the work at each gala! 5553 to be used on full line trains at some point over Saturday/Sunday as it will be her final gala.

I'd quite like to see 7827 at the WSR.

 

So would I , plus the 4F and 9466.

 

D821
D832
D7017
D7076
D1010
D1015
D1062

Oh, you mean steam gala...!

 

I'd like to see 9466 too. It would be nice to see banking making a return, first trip or two out of Lydeard on a Saturday/Sunday?

 

Thats a fantastic line up Nick, how about it for the Swanage Diesel Gala next year? As long as you dont mention football............

Steam??

Railmotor
14XX and Auto
4247
3440
92212
35028(!!!!!)
33001
78019
46233

 

The Dukedog, T9, the Didcot mogul, the N from the MHR and an unrebuilt light pacific plus the home fleet. If I could extend the scope a little or a lot, the Southern stock from the Bluebell and the GW train from the SVR. Plus a few additional wagons/vans because the WSR freight fleet is a little light

Regards

 

I don't understand why the Foster Yeoman plank wagon next to the turntable isn't used in the goods set during galas. It looks cracking, why not use it? Is it not operational?

 

Yes, & maybe a 'Lizzey' & that S160 they had a few years ago, and a Schools!

 

Dunno, they could have a far better goods train if they got their act together.

 

Dont want much do we???

The S160 was impressive, im not normally a fan of non British hardware but that was nice.

 

Assuming locos that are likely to be serviceable in March?

34007, 34028, 34046, 34053, 34059, 34067, 34070, 35028.

Anyone got a number for a good B&B?

 

With all those Bulleids it'd be pretty easy to sleep on the train

 

Remember this is WSR,locos must only have 4 numbers.

 

7802, 7808, 7812, 7819, 7820, 7821, 7822, 7827, 7828

 

Having a go at the WSR for a Western bias is like having a go at the ELR for having a Black 5...

 

A brilliant idea!

In 2014 ish it should be possible to have a gala with potentially 6 of the above in working order - so this might not be too far into the realms of fantasy.