elr1940s this weekend coming

As far as I know it will be an hourly timetable from Bury to rawtenstall and on the front of each will be a steam engine. There will be a mixed train of boxed vans and carriages on a Bury Heywood Shuttle with Sapper.

In castlecroft yard the wd simplex should be on display with a small freight train, note on display only.

The engines for the Bury Rawtenstall services will be the g2 and the standard tank, this is from what I have gathered on the grapevne so to speak and is unnofficial, I am sure it will be confirmed officially but hope its of use to anyone on here who fancies the g2 thrash as the trains are always heavily loaded at this event.

 

Always an event worth attending. Is it including the Bank Holidays?

 

Just the Monday lil bear, there is steam on Tuesday but not sure as to the loco.

 

Locomotives for Tuesday now advertised as 80080 and 132 Sapper

 

demonstration freight now shunted into Castlecroft yard today with wd simplex at the front on display.

 

Hope to be over tomorrow if the weather picks ups lol

 

The event has made the Daily Mail for the number of SS uniforms and Hitler & Goering impersonators at the event, despite the railway banning them.

 

Jewish couple asked to dress up as Holocaust refugees for Second World War event that saw enthusiasts play parts of Hitler, Goering and SS officers | Mail Online

I wonder if the relevance of todays date will be lost on a lot of people reading that story.

 

To be fair to Hitler, I don't think he was that obese.

 

This was on the front page of the Manchester Evening News today:-

Front page of today's Manchester Evening News | Manchester Evening News - menmedia.co.uk

Story here:-

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereve...fter-jewish-couple-asked-to-dress-as-refugees

Neil.

 

and let's not forget it's the GCR this coming weekend, with Rothley in Germany and Leicester North in German occupied France.

 

This story has appeared in the Daily Telegraph today, page 3.