Churnet Valley Railway& Moorland & City Railways Cauldon Lowe Branch re-opening Gala

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This is turning out to be a hell of a line-up!

 

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The third visiting engine for the Gala will be Ex LMS 5MT No. 44767 George Stevenson, this will replace 42968 at the event.

44767 will now be used on the 12 coach Nat Pres special in tandam with 8F No. 48624 on Saturday the 12th November.

Special thanks to 44767's owning group and the Great Central Railway for allowing 44767 to visit the CVR before its booked visit to their line.

The steam loco line up is now;

71000 Duke of Gloucester
34028 Eddystone
44767 George Stevenson
8F No. 48624
Large Praire No. 5199

All subject to availability

Regards

Chris

 

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This is turning out to be a must go, I reallly fancy this and will be nice to have some face to face misunderstandings for a change, but would like to see the line in daylight too so wondering when the service before is likely to run...

 

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Are there any photographic charters spinning off this great event??

Cheers
Jon Bowcutt

 

Re: Churnet Valley Railway& Moorland & City Railways Cauldon Lowe Branch re-opening G

Jon,

There has been a lot of interest from both Russ Hillier and Matt Allen/ Warwick Falconer about doing photo charters with 71000, 34028 and 44767.

More details will be announced when available.

Regards

Chris

 

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Thanks Chris,
I knew Russ had one with the Duke, & im glad the opportunity is going to be taken with some of the other locos.....Superb !

Best
Jon Bowcutt.

 

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Please see below the list of running days that we have planned for the re opening of the Cauldon Lowe Branch. These are subject to final confirmation and locomotive availability.

13th & 14th November – Steam Gala
Ex BR 8P No. 71000 Duke Gloucester,
Ex SR West Country No. 34028 Eddystone,
Ex LMS 5MT No. 44767 George Stevenson,
Ex LMS 8F No. 48624,
Ex GWR Large Prairie No. 5199,
Intensive 3 train timetable,
Saturday Night 12 coach National Preservation Forum Special with 48624 banked by 44767 George Stevenson,
LNER Beavertail Observation Saloon on selected services,
LMS Observation Saloon on selected services,
Moorlander dining set serving all day breakfasts on selected services,
Trade stands at Cheddleton shed,
Hot food and beer tent available all day at Froghall.

Friday 19th November – Steam running day/ NSRC & CVR Members Day
Ex BR 8P No. 71000 Duke Gloucester,
Ex SR West Country No. 34028 Eddystone,
Ex LMS 5MT No. 44767 George Stevenson,
Ex GWR Large Prairie No. 5199,
Intensive 3 train timetable,
LNER Beavertail Observation Saloon on selected services,
LMS Observation Saloon on selected services,
Moorlander dining set serving all day breakfasts on selected services,
Trade stands at Cheddleton shed,
Hot food and beer tent available all day at Froghall.

20th & 21st November – 1960’s Gala
Ex BR 8P No. 71000 Duke Gloucester,
Ex SR West Country No. 34028 Eddystone,
Ex LMS 5MT No. 44767 George Stevenson,
Class 37 No. 37075,
Class 33 No. 33102,
Plus 2 visiting diesel locomotives,
Intensive 3 train timetable,
Saturday night 12 coach enthusiast’s special hauled by 34028 and 44767,
LNER Beavertail Observation Saloon on selected services,
LMS Observation Saloon on selected services,
Moorlander dining set serving all day breakfasts on selected services ,
Trade stands at Cheddleton shed,
Hot food and beer tent available all day at Froghall.

Wednesday 24th November – Steam running day
Ex SR West Country No. 34028 Eddystone,
Ex LMS 5MT No. 44767 George Stevenson,
Ex LMS 8F No. 48624,
LNER Beavertail Observation Saloon on selected services,
LMS Observation Saloon on selected services,
Moorlander dining set serving all day breakfasts on selected services,
2 train timetable in operation,
Hot food and beer tent available all day at Froghall.

26th, 27th & 28th November – Diesel Gala
Class 37 No. 37075,
Class 33 No. 33102,
Plus 2 visiting diesel locomotives,
Class 104 DMMU,
Intensive 3 train timetable,
Saturday night 12 coach enthusiast’s special hauled by TBC,
LNER Beavertail Observation Saloon on selected services,
LMS Observation Saloon on selected services,
Moorlander dining set serving all day breakfasts on selected services,
Trade stands at Cheddleton shed,
Hot food and beer tent available all day at Froghall.

 

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jesus christ this is getting better and better. right best get the track in good condition now. im back on p/way tomorrow after 4 weeks off.

 

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I had better take September and October off to put 5199 back together i really dont want her to miss this

 

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This sounds absolutely mega. I hope they get really impressive visitor numbers to cover the costs of loco transport which will surely be huge...

 

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Just spent the day with the p-way gang doing some spot re-sleepering along the extension -met Gav and P-wayman and a load of other fine lads, so good to be 'out of the armchair' after several decades! Thanks fellahs, roll on next Wednesday for more of the same!

 

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Can't wait for this gala goin be best 1 ever for cvr hope you all support it and come spend ya money for the noise up the bank I'm thinking George Stephenson and 5199 will sound the best! So how many on here are coming to the event?

 

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The best sound will depend which one you're on! Bribes to the usual address? :lol:

 

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Bribes to mcrs pocket please we need as many people as poss supporting this so next year can get even better and maybe even more track play with!

 

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I will be there, with my little lad for rides then a walk over the moorland to take some shots in the landsacape, i think a few of the usual charter chaps are making visits up there already to suss out this section, from the OS maps there seems to be public footpaths all over the place.

I still have fond memories from the 80072 charters Matt & Warwick ran in the snow in Feb.

Grest stuff cant wait to witness it.

Cheers
Jon.

 

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Wouldn't miss this for anything Steve. Give 'em some thrash up that bank!

 

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Will there be a vintage bus running from Stoke-on-Trent railway station to Kingsley & Froghall?

 

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There will be a bus service running for the event, I will confirm the days that the service will run and also the times once I have them available.

I believe that we are looking away from the heritage buses and to something more modern that should hopefully be reliable and also have heating!

Regards

Chris

 

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Cheers.

 

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The MCR website has now been launched: http://www.mcrailways.co.uk/

The website will be updated over the next week so that all of the gala information is available plus the ability to buy tickets etc online.

Regards

Chris