Chasewater Railway Spring Gala March 17th & 18th 2012

Spring Gala March 17th/18th 2012 10 am – 5 pm

Locomotives confirmed to be appearing are listed below, a timetable is due to appear here on our website over the weekend of the 10/11th March. Unfortunately due to further work been found during the locomotives respective overhauls the steam crane & Sentinel locomotives planned to appear will most likely not now be ready to be in steam in time for the event.

Confirmed locomotives in operation:-

W G Bagnall 0-4-0st No. 2842 “No.2” former Kent Power Company locomotive.
W G Bagnall 0-4-0st No. 2648 “Linda” former Dunlop No.6 locomotive.
Robert Stevenson Hawthorn 0-6-0t No.7684 “Nechells No.4” former Nechells power station locomotive.
Hunslet 0-6-0t No.3783 “Darfield No.1” former Darfield colliery locomotive will be appearing as Hunslet 0-6-0t No.1451 “Holly Bank No.3” a long since scrapped local Holly Bank colliery locomotive in NCB Blue.
Andrew Barclay 1223 0-4-0st “Colin McAndrew” former contractors locomotive (1911)
plus heritage diesel locomotive(s) may be seen seen shunting in the yard/station

An intensive service with Passenger and Freight and/or Coal demonstration trains plus a brake van shuttle are planned and possibly a double header special as well as the Narrow Gauge Line (small extra charge), Accredited Museum, new improved Model Railway, Gift shops and Tea Room (Sunday Carvery available £4.95- booking advised 01543 452623 ask for Craig/Jenny The Sidings plus locally made Ice Cream in a full range of flavours including jersey cream & liquorice available at Chasewater Heaths Station).

All loco’s subject to availability, price for gala tickets Adult £5.95 Child £2.95 (Valid for travel all day) no concessions or HRA passes on gala days.

We look forward to welcoming you to Chasewater Railway soon.​

 

Only a week to go now for the smiles to reign

The Melter

 

Should be over for this one on the Sunday, been a while since i've seen Industrials on coal wagons.

 

Darfield, sorry, Holly Bank No.3 is looking and sounding superb. This was yesterday

Staffordshire Blue - aligrieve's Photos

regards
Alistair

 

Any news on a timetable? Remember reading somewhere that it would be available this weekend?

Thanks,
Lewis

 

It was, Yesterday,
they even put water back in the lake, hows that for detail.

The Melter

 

The entry on the CR's News page mentions that they expect a timetable to be up this weekend. No sign yet, though (and yes, I did look yesterday as well!) so hopefully it won't be too much longer.

 

hi guys sorry for the late posing of the time table, as you know we have lost one of our engines this year so timetabling and working the bay train has been difficult, however i can confirm there is a time table it just needs to be confirmed and reviewed, so there will be one posted soon, i can promise it will be as intensive as ever so there wont be a dull moment!

 

Photos of chasewater light railway | Facebook hi every one here is a link to chasewaters facebook site and the gala time table

 

Looking forward to it. Who is responsible for the weather, and can we have the same as the Saturday of the March Gala last year, please?

 

Thanks very much for that.

As for the weather... currently it looks as if the really heavy rain over the weekend will be in the E Midlands. (It wouldn't astound me to see an inch of rain somewhere like Peterborough.) However, I'd be amazed if it stayed dry throughout, and I fear that for a fair amount of the time it will be cold, grey and dank.

 

Should make for some good photography then, the effects always look more dramatic against a dark sky.
There is plenty of sky at chasewater,

The Melter

 

Flickr: Water and Rails' Photostream

My pics from the charter with 'Holly bank No.3' are starting to appear on here.

Couple of favourites:

Staffordshire Blue | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

End of the Shift | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

There are plenty of opportunities for industrial scenes at Chasewater even on a dull day.

Sorry I can not make it but family duties means I might squeeze a trip to the WSR. I would rather be at Chasewater!

Cheers,

 

Sorry I can not make it but family duties means I might squeeze a trip to the WSR. I would rather be at Chasewater!

Cheers,[/QUOTE]

You need to adjust the expectations of your priorites.
pat the wife on the head, kiss the dog then go play trains.

The Melter

 

I spent four hours at Chasewater today, managing to leave just as the real rain arrived -- and getting soaked walking back to the bus stop on the A5! It was my first visit to the railway, but I enjoyed myself a good deal. A very different line from what I'm used to on the SVR, but a very pleasant and friendly atmosphere. One or two problems meant that the printed timetable wasn't entirely to be relied on, but nobody much seemed to mind -- a good sign. A nice mixture of passenger, freight-with-brake-van-rides and coal trains, with lots of motive power changes. There was always something to see and do, including at the stations, what with the museum, stalls, refreshments etc.

Any problems? Not many, other than the rather poor signposting (for Chasewater in general, not just the railway) from the A5 for those of us not arriving by car; the footpath over the M6 Toll is not very obvious unless you have a map with you, as I luckily did. The usual contingent of hyperactive and very loud six-year-olds, but that's hardly a railway speciality! I have no idea how well the railway is run behind the scenes, but I didn't notice any passengers complaining, nor any staff being anything but helpful. I consider the £5.95 I paid for my day rover to be good value, and I shall be recommending Chasewater to interested friends and family. Well done to all concerned.

 

hello
great day yesterday at the gala plenty of action and plenty of clag some pics at one of the friendliest railways
Zenfolio | steam photography
thanks

 

Some photo's from today at what proved to be a very pleasant day out once the rain had died away on arrival at Brownhills West: Chasewater Gala - a set on Flickr

Full marks to the Cafe at Chasewater Heaths, setting a standard many similar sized lines should aspire to.

 

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My video from Saturday. A good show put on by Chasewater