SVR Autumn 2010 Gala

All very quiet on this one at the moment. How's the planning coming along?

Not long to go now and I'm already getting excited. Looking forward to some all night chimney music

 

From http://www.svr.co.uk/News.aspx:

Subject to final confirmation and availability the line up for our Autumn Steam Gala is expected to be as follows:

No. 3717 - 'City of Truro' - attendance confirmed

No. 5690 - 'Leander' - requested, attendance to be confirmed

No 3205 - Collett 0-6-0 - requested, attendance to be confirmed

Plus - a further guest locomotive to be announced

In addition to these locomotives our home fleet will be in action throughout the weekend.

This is the steam enthusiasts event of the year with continuous train service for three full days including all night operation on Friday and Saturday night.

Purchase your tickets in advance:

Save on the fare charged at our stations on the day


Go straight to your chosen departure without the need to queue


A copy of the Working Timetable for this event may be added to your ticket order by visiting our on-line shop (Railway Bookshelf section) at the time of purchasing your tickets.

Please note that delivery of ticket orders which include a Working Timetable may be delayed by the arrival of the timetable from our printers.


Patrick

 

So 5690 3205 3717 joining 7812 7802 43106 4566 5764 42968 5164 46443 I take it then ?
70000 was reported to have been asked in several of the mags subject to her overhaul being complete.

 

I don't think honestly 70000 will be ready in time to attend the Gala. However it does look like a tasty line up of engines, plus to go with the all night running too.

 

Sounds good

 

According to the SVR Forum, the Working Timetable was sent to the printers, and has returned to the SVR head office.

 

Had a look at the Gala timetable on Thursday when i was at Bewdley some very nice things happening and looking forward to seeing the loco which is still TBA to the public dont think you will be disappointed folks

 

So i'm guessing that the working timetable is now available for purchase?

Lewis

 

Dont belive so yet, each department has access to a timetable so i grabbed a quick look

 

The WTT woulden't be much use until the loco line up is finalised, sure you'd know the workings, but would help to know what's on them first.

 

I believe that the working timetables have left one of the locos as TBA and have already been printed and are back at the SVR, according to the SVR Forum

Lewis

 

I wait patiently for the exciting news.

 

Railway Herald quotes a Bullied.
There again it also says that 30120 has worked in preservation at MHR and Bluebell.

 

Is it likely to be 34007 'Wadebridge'?

She is due to attend the NYMR gala shortly after the SVR's. Surely it makes sense for her to stop on the way during her trip from the south to the north?

 

It actually quotes 34070.

The MHR is certainly correct, don't know about the Bluebell. 30120 was stored there for a while but I can't remember it working there.
Didn't it work on the Swanage Railway for a while, or is my memory playing tricks?

 

I'm sure the SVR will make an appropriate announcement about the identity of the extra guest when they are ready.

With regards (30)120, she did indeed work at Swanage for a while coming from the MHR to work out her boiler ticket. I had several turns on her and feel privileged to have had that experience. She was getting rather 'tired' and steamings were limited by the NRM but we were able to run both 120 and 30053 together on a couple of occasions so the forthcoming Bodmin Gala will not be the first time these two grand old girls have worked together in preservation. Swanage were unable to afford to overhaul 120, the cylinder block issues were known about then, and we were also unable to provide permanent covered accommodation for her so the NRM arranged for her to go to the Bluebell. I believe part of the deal with the NRM (I could be wrong after all these years) was for Swanage to pay for a museum standard repaint (still Maunsell olive green) upon transfer to the Bluebell. Certainly 120 didn't work at the Bluebell after transfer from Swanage.

 

Loco diagrams are completed and included in the WTT some nice things happening looking forward to seeing all the visiting engines 3205, Leander, Truro and the TBA engine Especially looking forward to 3205 and the TBA

 

The TBA engine has been announced as 34070 Manston

Lewis

 

rock on, really looking forward to this event now, do you know if they will be running manston over the course of the evening runs??

 

Very tasty line up of motive power for this. Will have to order a WTT asap me thinks. Brings back fond memories of seeing 34072 visit the Valley for a gala back in the early 90s. Would Manston be the first unrebuilt Bulleid to visit since then?