[Feb 22, 2014] Churnet Valley Steam Gala 2014 (Churnet Valley Railway)

The Churnet Valley Railway will be holding its annual Winter Steam Gala on Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd of February 2014 featuring a selection of locomotives working between Froghall and Ipstones.



http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/event/296/winter-steam-gala-22-23-february-2014

Watch The Gala LIVE
http://home.btconnect.com/cvrailway/webcams/webcams.htm


Locomotives

- Southern Railway West Country Light Pacific No. 34007 'Wadebridge' (Courtesy of MHR)
- Great Western Railway Railmotor No. 93 (Courtesy of GWS)
- United State of America Transportation Corps S160 No. 6046
- London, & North Easter Railway N7 No. 69621 (Courtesy of EARM)
- Beyer-Peacock No. 1827 (Courtesy of J. Allman)


Gala Highlights
- Re-opening of Ipstones Loop
- 3 Train Timetable
- All passenger trains running between Froghall and Ipstones calling at all intermediate stations
- 19 mile round trip through the stunning Staffordshire Moorlands countryside
- Cauldon Lowe branch featuring gradients ranging from 1in40 to 1in59
- Driver for a Fiver at Cheddleton Yard with Beyer-Peacock 1827
- Tours of Loco Shed + C&W workshop, see restorations of 5197 and E1878
- Possible first steaming of TKH 2944 around Chedd Yard






Ticket Prices
- 1 Day Rover (Adult / Senior / Child / Family)
£22 / £20/ £15 / £60
- 2 Day Rover (Adult / Senior / Child / Family)
£40 / £35 / £25 / £99
- CVR Lineside Pass (1-Day / 2-Day)*
£22 / £30
- R93 Supplement
£5 per Journey, no concessions**

Timetable
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.c...February_2014_Departure_Times_V2_27.01.14.pdf

* Lineside Passes available from Cheddleton MPD Office each morning

** Due to the limited passenger capacity of R93, a £5 supplement will be charged valid for 1 round trip (no concessions). This will be available on a first-come first-serve basis for the first 30 persons at both Cheddleton & Froghall for every trip. You will also be required to have a valid Rover Ticket as well. Passenger are able to disembark at Consall, but no-one will be able to board R93.


2013 Event Highlights


**In addition to the Steam Gala, all locomotives (except R93) will be available for Driver Experience Courses during February 2014 offering the unique opportunity to drive and fire over both the steeply graded Cauldon line and the scenic Churnet Valley line.
For further details and availability on driver experience courses please contact the Motive Power Department office on 01538 361298.

**All subject to availability

 

If anyone has any ideas / suggestion feel free to let us know and we shall see what we can do.

Would anyone be interested in an Early Morning Photo Charter around Froghall/Consall for example?

 

I think that sounds a great idea, it works for other railways.

 

Quite possibly, but it would depend on the traction!

1501 seems to be making a good go of various hilly railways lately, any chance of seeing (and very much hearing) it at Churnet? ;-)

 

I would love to see the L&Y 0-6-0 No. 52322 on the parcels/box van train that was out at this years gala!!!

Lewis

 

No 1501 this time around, as we already have a guest loco lined up. Just waiting for contracts to be signed etc before any announcement.

However what freight would people want if we ran this? We can run a small ballast/engineering train with the recently completed Oyster, a mixed Goods with Box vans & a couple of open wagons, a Parcels like what we had last year behind the N7 or a combination of all the above!

What would entice you down? Anything else people can think of?

 

Pretty much impossible to say before the loco's announced!

 

Can it be timetabled that the trains cross at Consall instead of Leekbrook junction allowing people to change trains? Don't bother with a freight either!

 

It would mean too long a layover and less trips up Cauldon, and with only 6/7 being on offer at present we don't really want to do this. However depending upon our Coaches situation we maybe able to offer a passenger train in the CVR path as we realise people want to ride the trains as much as possible. Still in the planning stages at present so shall confirm when we can

 

Not being the biggest railway infrastructure wise at present, we are limited with what we can do operationally and so guest locos need to be able to haul at least 5x Mk1 up our 1in45 bank. Sadly the 'A' Class wont do this, but maybe one day when we are a bit more developed and can run a bigger variety of services we could maybe send an invite.

 

hello
i would like to make the most of the day by finishing off with a night shoot the one you did when green arrow was there was great
thanks

 

I've made the suggestion to the organisers, but to be honest we are short of volunteers and so it may be just too much for our small band of guys (and girls for the 2x Emmas!). When it was done with 4771 a number of guys did long shifts and some of them have since left but we'll see what the thoughts are. Negotiations still ongoing for a guest loco, think Chris is now onto Plan D or E!

 

Able to confirm the N7 will be in operation over the weekend.

Hopefully guest engines will be announced this week Just arranging photos for publicity material as we speak.

 

34007 is due to visit.

 

I was waiting for it to be made public on the website, but as invites have now gone out to the Charter Groups I suppose I can now confirm that the Star Guest is 34007 Wadebridge from Mid-Hants. However still one more guest to announce, as I say the publicity material is being sorted as we speak.

 

Sounds tempting. I've yet to visit the CVR, but if anything will tempt me to do so, it's a Bulleid.

 

thanks lil bear
it would be worth a tenner of anyones money to watch the locos being put to bed and get a few photos from a decent vantage point please bear it in mind
thanks again

 

The website has been updated with the gala information and the online ticket sales are also live: http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/event/296/winter-steam-gala-22-23-february-2014

The second visitor will be the Steam Rail Motor No. 93 Courtesy of the Great Western Society at Didcot, this is subject to the agreement being signed, the website will be updated shortly.

The full gala line up will be;

No. 34007 Wadebridge courtesy of the Mid Hants Railway
Steam Rail Motor No. 93 courtesy of the Didcot Railway Centre
S160 No. 6046
N7 No. 69621
Beyer Peacock No. 1827

And in light steam TKH No. 2944 Hotspur, this is subject to completion of its overhaul.

The timetable is currently being finalised and will be on the website shortly.

Regards

Chris Meadowcroft