Avon Valley Railway - End Of Season Gala - 16/10/11

[Itsonlymeee1]

The p-way gang should be lined up n shot. The state of that track I'm surprised a black 5 dident derail the amount of bumping swaying n grinding the wheels were doing. Itll proberbly need re-tyreing after that lol. They need network rail n a tamper to make that line safe

[duckfan0000]

Excellent video, fabulous length, and quality what you would expect in a DVD.

Looks like the weather was kind and that cycle path allows many vantage points. Really nice to see a long doubleheader goods trains with the blue sky as a backdrop. Its great to see 1369 away from her usual stomping ground, I didn't actually know she had left until a saw this, looks great with the GWR goods. The Black 5 looked very nice with the maroon stock. Overall superb shots, you captured the event very well!

[letmadnessbegin]

@duckfan0000 thank you very much mate for your kind words =) It was a very enjoyable day and the AVR certainly put on a great gala, helped of course by the beautiful weather. Was nice to see 1369 out and about visiting another railway, she's a lovely little engine and the Black 5 was a great addition giving great performances. My favourite part of the day though had to be 7151 & Jessie being thrashed on the goods, something you'd expect to see at the Foxfield Railway or Pontypool & Blaenavon.

[TimHall42]

Nice stuff, Kris. Saw you stood down by the boat landing stage, whilst I was behind the Black 5. I could only stay until 1pm, due to family commitments, so I now know what I missed!

[letmadnessbegin]

@TimHall42 cheers Tim =) Shame you had to leave early but it looks like you got plenty of footage, got your video loading now.

[AN21files]

Great video. Particularly liked the industrials on the freght. We went on the Saturday but the timetable was thrown into chaos due to a points problem at Bitton which meant the loop was out of use. But we had a great day out and enjoyed a great Gala. 5* and favd.

[letmadnessbegin]

@AN21files thanks again mate =D I was certainly surprised by how the two industrials were thrashed, was fantastic. Had heard about the points, from what I heard I think it was the Black 5 running over them before they had fully set.

[XxBec3509]

Nice video ,,fantastic amount of film,ill finish watching the rest when i get back from work tonight :) thumbs up and liked and a fav :) thanks from Sean

[letmadnessbegin]

@XxBec3509 thank you Sean =) I'm glad you enjoyed it, hope you enjoy the rest =)

[EMuksteam]

Excellent Gala put on by the Avon Valley Railway looked well supported.You captured the atmosphere. 5*

[letmadnessbegin]

@EMuksteam cheers Em =) Yeah it was a lovely gala, especially with the addition of the Black 5 and of course the fantastic weekend weather we had helped =)

[kebl0597]

Very enjoyable video, thanks! Favourites were 45379 going over the bridge and the superb shots of the double-header tanks going up the bank. Looks like it was an excellent day out.

[letmadnessbegin]

@kebl0597 thank you Tim =) Yes, was nice to see 45379 there, another engine ticked off ;) I certainly wasn't expecting the two tanks to get thrashed like that, was quite a surprise, a nice one though =D Twas a lovely day out.

[siobhan104]

What a great little railway, to be able to get close to the action all along the line. Thanks Kris that was excellent. Nice final shot of the 5 on the freight. All the best.....Tim.

[letmadnessbegin]

@siobhan104 thank you Tim =) Yes it is a lovely railway, and as you say it's good to be able to get up close, but you have to dodge all those cyclists first =P

[dickeramb]

Great video, I lived in Bristol from 1954-1964 and often went to Oldland Common where my sister lived. Always viewing locos from OC railway bridge. Thanks for sharing and rekindling my memory!

[letmadnessbegin]

@dickeramb thank you mate =) I'm glad my video could let you reminisce.

[itfcsam]

Cor thats it Kris, get it on before me! :P That is an excellent shot over that bridge, plus nice to see those two from yourside. That is the best place for the black 5 (your last clip like powering away wise anyway). Yeah great stuff, thanks for joining me! My footage will be up as soon as I can be bothered to edit it all and save it which takes ages. lol.

[letmadnessbegin]

@itfcsam hehe, usually it's the over way round =P Good seeing you again, look forward to seeing your video. Managed to get it edited and rendered over night and for once it rendered properly first time =D So no having to re-render it which takes bloody ages, ta for the comments Sam =)