West Somerset Railway Autumn Steam Gala Thu 4-Sun 7 October 2012

The WSR Autumn Gala will mark the 50th Anniversary of the ending of long-distance through trains over the much-missed Somerset & Dorset line.
The first confirmed visiting loco for the gala is BR 9F 2-10-0 no 92203 now named the Black Prince, and owned by artist David Shepherd.
This is likely to be the first steam gala with turning facilities at both ends of the line fully operational.

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Given the S&D through trains theme of the gala how about letting 92203 loose on a 12 coach train say as a special one evening, when passing loop length doesn't matter? The 9Fs handling 12 coach through trains was an aspect of the S & D that was a feature.

 

Ooh yes! ;-)

 

is this event planned to be a full S&D event or will a GW loco/s be out at the same time ?

 

WSR Galas usually feature 9 or 10 engines, and I think it very unlikely that these would all be S&D types. But 34046, 53808 and 92203 and possibly 2-3 other appropriate visiting engines are likely. The rest will be probably GW engines from the home fleet.

David

 

Planning team are hoping to run the "Pines" complete with 4-car restuarant section and 92203 up front.

Steve

 

75029, 73129, 44422, a couple of unrebuilts and a rebuilt and we're away.
Hire in a maroon rake off the mainline (not West Coast. YUK!) Maybe get some red and creams as well. It would be nice to see a Gresley buffet and an LMS coach. Seeing as it's a Pines event as apposed to an S&D event, what about having Scotts Guardsman and running a recreation of the leg of the Pines before Bath Green Park.

 

A Stockton & Darlington event, I wouldn't have thought the West Somerset would go for that theme. Is Locomotion visiting?

Or is it a S&DJR event?

 

It's a event based on the last years of the S&D (as in Somerset and Dorset Railway)

Steve

 

Insulting West Coast is probably not the best thing to do if you want to see Scots Guardsman.

 

Dear me! You really can't make a mistake on this forum, can you!

 

Everyone calls it the S&D when they are talking. It's pretty obvious what I meant.

 

What? WCRC stock is mostly maroon...

 

It's not the same shade of maroon as it should be. The lining is wrong. The ends are painted maroon instead of black. There is no British Railways logo. "West Coast Railways" is written on the side.

 

its all good advertisment for themselves...
Why get a rake of maroon off the mainline? there are many preserved lines with maroon stock, ELR, KWVR etc.
aye up though: williamfj2 Good idea!!! Lets have a stockton and darlington gala on the same weekend somewhere up here in teh north! Be a good mix for some people! xD

 

In other words, WCRC have done what other TOCs do and painted their own stock in their own livery.

 

Yes and that's fine but it isn't maroon. That's all I'm saying and I think I'm entitled to the view and expression of that view that I don't think it an attractive livery. I also think it a little tasteless to use it on steam-hauled excursions where more appropriately liveried rolling stock would suite the motive power.
All I was originally saying was that, if the line were to (and I'm sure they won't) hire in any mainline stock, I personally would rather it weren't West Coast.

 

The SRPS set is a darker shade of maroon, plus has SRPS Railtours on the sides. Not as prominent as WCRC logos and names, but still noticable.