Didcot 2nd, 3rd & 4th May Gala.

Guest Loco's 1501 & 1450.
Launch of 4144.
Plus shunting demonstrations by 3650.
Home fleet displayed at front of shed.

 

Hopefully we should be attending this event.
Didcot website now updated with full list of loco's in action for this event:

4144
1501
1450
3650
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Hello,


Will be there Saturday.

Nick GWR 813

 

A further update this evening from the Didcot site. 1501 and 1450 have arrived and are being prepared:
(not my picture).

 

The Lunchtime lineup outside the Shed today was 1450 (BR lined Green), 1466 (BR unlined black), 1501 (BR lined black) , 3738 (GWR Black), 3650 (GWR green, roundel).

Not a good photo, and even worse after I crudely upped the brightness to emphasise the colours, but you get the idea.

 

great line up

 

A few murky shots from the phone camera


A good day despite the cold and dark conditions. 1501 goes very well but it looked & sounded like she had priming problems in the morning.

 

Video - Saturday 2nd May:

 

Few pictures from a damp Sunday. When the sun was out it was lovely watching all the movements going on. Resident pannier running around shunting wagons moving engines around to new positions. Lovely stuff, so thank you to all the volunteers thoroughly enjoyed it. Anyway I digress

 

Made my first visit to Didcot since I was a child on Monday, brought back plenty of memories! Great day, loads to see and good beer from the bar in the coach.

4144 looked excellent, here's a shot of her in action:

 

Bob Fry 1945 - 2015.
One of 3650's restoration engineers and latterly, DRC locomotive Manager and GWS board member.
Will be much missed.
Kevin.