GCR Autumn Diesel Gala. 10th-12th Sept 2010 (Part 1)

It's that time of year again when the GCR give their Diesels an Autumn runabout! The first half of this film, is set at the foot of Beeches Road Bridge on Saturday afternoon, where we see one of the notorious Shunter shuttles (on the past two attempts at getting a shunter shuttle, the 03 had failed being the reliable loco it is...). We move onto Charnwood Water at Sunday lunchtime where we see Class 37 No.37314 'Dalzell' power away from Loughborough on it's final round trip at the Great Central Railway before leaving for pastures new (on the front of the English Electric reads: 37314 GCR FAREWELL). The rest of the film is set at Quorn Station where we witness the only Steam hauled train of the day, 'the Elizabethan' with BR Standard 2 No.78019 before finishing where Part 2 commences, at kinchley lane.

Star of the show was Class 55 Deltic D9009 'Alycidon' alongside Class 26 No.26 007 (both from barrow hill roundhouse) and Class 37 no.37 314 which was taking it's final trips up the GCR metals before leaving the Railway after what must me a 3-4 year stay.

At first glance at the weekends timetable I was convinced that trains were going to run late, however the GCR proved my wrong and the timetable was kept throughout the weekend.

Locos in operation:
-Class 03 No.D2158 'Margaret-Ann'
-Class 08 No.D4067 '
-Class 20 No.D8098
-Class 25 No.D5185 'Castell-Dinas-Bran'
-Class 26 No.26 007 (visiting from Barrow hill Roundhouse)
-Class 27 No.D5401
-Class 31 No.D5830
-Class 37 No.37 314 'Dalzell'
-Class 45 No.D123 'Leicestershire & Derbyshire Yeomanry'
-Class 55 No.D9009 'Alycidon'

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Travel & Events

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• GCR
• Autumn
• Diesel
• Gala
• 10th
• 12th
• Sep
• 2010
• HD

[ee16csvt]

you said it yourself baggy, it cant run on vac... therefore its effectively air only...

[RailwayFanatic92220]

@ee16csvt There's nothing wrong with the 37, I can give you the carer's number if you like and you can ask him yourself! The owner won't allow it.

[RailwayFanatic92220]

@ee16csvt The 37 is acually in service on passenger trains for the first time for a number of years in February.

[ShaurntheSheep]

at the start looks like your on the line side

[RailwayFanatic92220]

@ShaurntheSheep I see. No, it was taken from behind a fence, although I do volunteer at the GCR as a cleaner.

[RailwayFanatic92220]

@baggyaureol OK then. However there's nothing wrong with the braking system on 37255, it is privately owned and the owner won't allow it to run on passenger services but on the PW and test trains.

[baggyaureol]

@ee16csvt

37225 is not air only, it is dual braked. The only thing is it can't run in vacuum because of something to do with the air system, a leak or something.

And RF92220, the shunters at Loughborough are 2x08 and a 10, there are no 09s lol.

[RailwayFanatic92220]

@ShaurntheSheep I don't, what makes you think that?

[ShaurntheSheep]

how come you have a line side permit at 16