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SVR Western Weekend 27th-29th August

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  1. Kje7812

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    A Western Region mixed traction event over the August Bank Holiday weekend, celebrating 40 years since the withdrawal of class 52s from BR service. D1015 and D1062 in use with 3 steam.
    http://svr.co.uk/SEItem.aspx?a=111
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    http://svr.co.uk/pdf/Special Events/SVR Western Weekend Timetables.pdf
    Note difference service all three days. Normal Fares.
     
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    Sounds tempting, any chance of having the steamers from the Swindon stable to match ?.
     
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    I think that's the intention but you never know what will happen in the meantime.
     
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    Hmm, yes that's what I thought. But the event page reckons 40 years. Tbf, most had been withdrawn by the end of '76.
     
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    True. At 27th August 1976 there were 23 Westerns still in service* (and I, aged 14, was busy chasing round after them). Still, it will be warmer and lighter to commemorate it in August!

    Patrick

    *D1001, D1005, D1009, D1010, D1013, D1015, D1022, D1023, D1028, D1033, D1036, D1041, D1048, D1051, D1053, D1054, D1056, D1058, D1065, D1068, D1070, D1071 and D1072.
     
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