WSR Diesel Gala - Friday 9th- Sunday 11th June 2017

How is it looking for D7018 appearance at the gala?

 

Roster sort of on the website.
Friday downloads ,not Saturday or Sunday.

All previous years comments re 47 on late trains etc appear to have been ignored. Hydraulics pass at Williton on Friday,
Not looked in detail at the weekend but in Sunday the 20s are shown as going in opposite directions at the same time.

Think WSR may have just not sold a three day rover, and NNR gained a customer.
Nothing on timetable to say whether QB is dining only or not.

 

QB is NOT dining only.
Not sure if this is the final TT, does not show the goods trains or the DMU which AIUI is running as well over the event.
Robin F

 

The QB is running as an attachment to service trains on all three days of our Diesel Gala, although until now I had absolutely no idea which trains we are due to be attached to. Now that I have gleaned this deeply flawed information from the public domain I will engage with my management colleagues to explain to them why we will not be operating all these advertised services. We will most certainly not be operating the QB on the Saturday 1755 BL-MD nor the 1930 MD-BL.

I won't even try to work out what we're supposed to be doing on Sunday. I gave up reading that one once I realised the QB passes itself at BA on Sunday morning. I made a point of offering to proof read this stuff before it went public.

Once common sense prevails I will confirm the actual services we are operating on here and other platforms. What a disorganised shambles we have to endure. Hopefully the correct information will be available by the end of June.

Barrie

 

This again why don't they listen,we are trying to help them

 

If this is the TT why aren't the 20's used more???

 

Looking at the Friday and Saturday TTs, they could probably only be used on one more single trip, then other people would complain that their favourite loco is not being used enough! It also depends on how many drivers will be coming with the locos, and what hours they are prepared to work. I'm not commenting with the Sunday TT at the moment as there are a lot of errors in it.

 

Do you think the TT shown is just a work in progress then? As the freights aren't shown mybee that's the case

 

Personally, I think they may have been rushed out before complaints started that they were not available. I can't remember - are freights usually shown on the TTs?

 

Well they should be, I was hoping they would be rideable and that the Inspection coach could be put on a rake for additional charge of say £5 per journey, I don't know how busy they would be but surely better that than just parked up in a siding surley

 

Where? I can't find it.

 

All references to the QB have now been deleted from published timetables and diagrams while we attempt to renegotiate our workings. The Sunday loco diagrams remain incorrect at this time.

I might well be griceing and supping ale yet.

 

Panic (for me, anyway!) over, I've found it!

 

Rail Blue McRat lurking at BL this afternoon. And it was a cop.

Someone asked me where the Scottish engine was. I pointed to the '26'. Seemed reasonable.

 

Great news. Some pre-gala runs on public trains??

 

Well I see the the rideable freights have gone, but there are shuttles from Minehead so that's either the 03 or 04 or possibly the MOD jobbing

 

Diesel Gala passenger timetables and loco allocations, along with QB attachment info, have now been corrected and revised and republished on the official webpage:

http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/events/detail/diesel-gala-and-rail-ale-trail

Here are the now confirmed Quantock Belle diagrams for the event:

FRIDAY 9th JUNE

10.55 BL breakfast
12.47 MD lunch
14.55 BL lunch
16.45 MD cream tea

SATURDAY 10th JUNE

09.55 BL breakfast
11.47 MD lunch
14.00 BL lunch
15.47 MD cream tea

SUNDAY 11th JUNE

09.05 BL breakfast
10.47 MD breakfast
13.03 BL lunch
14.47 MD cream tea – Please note, this is a steam hauled service

The restaurant car operates a non-reservation walk on dining service.

Menu link kindly provided by our good friends at www.wsr.org.uk: http://www.wsr.org.uk/diesel2017qb-menu.pdf

QB will also convey a Mk1 First Open for non-dining passengers wishing to travel First Class. Supplement fare £2 per single journey.

Glad that's sorted.

Barrie

 

Any ideas if class 26 is out before the gala please.

 

Do we know when class 20s are arriving please.

 

It looks like I was wrong with this statement. It appears that GWR are now running Taunton Shuttles on the Saturday and Sunday. I don't know the times yet, but keep an eye on Realtime Trains if no other information appears here beforehand.