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Didcot Railway Centre - Firefly and TPO demonstrations

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Uploaded by on Jun 28, 2009

During a visit to Didcot Railway Centre, on one of its steam days. They were to run two major attractions: The replica broad gauge GWR Firefly designed by Sir Daniel Gooch in 1840. Running regular broad gauge services along a small scection of Didcot.
Secondly the TPO (Train Post Office) demonstration. With GWR Collet 2-8-0 3822 being turned at the turntable in preperation to head onto the 'Main Line' section. After fitting the parcel sacks the 2-8-0 volcanically opens up and catches the parcels into the coach at speed! With a repeat performance.

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  • Thanks for the chance to see a broad guage loco in operation. We recently rescued some broad guage track from a farmers field. . It is extremely heavy to lift! We hope to display several lenghs of it at Watchet station.

  • Thats amazing that you found bits of the 7 feet 1/4 inch track. Its so rare now to find that now. It would look an ideal display at Watchet.

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  • That was fantastic. I didn't know a GWR 28xx could accelerate so fast!

  • Excellent video nice to see something different well done 5*

  • We were surprised to discover that there were different profiles of track. Some is I profile and some is like a flattened W. The farmers late father once had a narrow guage railway track and wagons for taking away what his cows left behind to a storage area. You can still see the track bed!

  • A fascinating look at some of the more unusual things at Didcot Rys, excellent video...5* Bob

  • The second TPO was perfection! I've onlyl been there once adn the TPO was there but my camera didn't have any sound on it! Great video adn 5*s!

  • Very good. I still haven't managed to visit when Firefly has been runnning.

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