{"id":1153,"date":"2012-09-29T17:06:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T16:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2012-10-04T23:17:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T22:17:21","slug":"vol-24-mainline-2008-part-2-gwr-locomotives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steamage.co.uk\/wp1\/vol-24-mainline-2008-part-2-gwr-locomotives\/","title":{"rendered":"Vol 24: Mainline 2008, Part 2: GWR Locomotives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Featuring 4936 Kinlet Hall, 4965 Rood Ashton Hall, 5029 Nunney Castle, 5043 Earl Of Mount Edgecumbe and 6024 King Edward I.<\/p>\n

YouTube clip: 5043 test runs<\/a>
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\n(1 hour 18 mins)<\/p>\n

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Contents<\/span><\/h2>\n

4965 Rood Ashton Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

15th<\/sup> Mar<\/strong>, 4965 Adieu (Solihull-Didcot and return): Pound Hill; Radley; Tackley. (After a little work in the spring, 4965\u2019s boiler was granted a certificate for a further 6 months<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

3rd<\/sup> Jul<\/strong>, Private Charter (Didcot-Stratford-Didcot plus ECS from\/to Tyseley): Fenny Compton; Lower Heyford; Tackley.<\/p>\n

4936 Kinlet Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

23rd<\/sup> Jun<\/strong>, ECS positioning move (Merehead Quarry-Newbury-Didcot-Tyseley): WoottonRivers; Moulsford; Tackley.<\/p>\n

5029 <\/strong>Nunney<\/strong> <\/strong>Castle<\/strong><\/p>\n

26th<\/sup> Jul<\/strong>, The Bristol Explorer (Solihull-Oxford-Swindon-Bath-Bristol and return): Fenny Compton; Hampton Gaye; Radley; Uffington; Dauntsey; Yarnton.<\/p>\n

27th<\/sup> Sep<\/strong>, The Mid-Hants Explorer (Guildford-Reading-Oxford-Solihull): Ash; Banbury.<\/p>\n

29th<\/sup> Nov<\/strong>, The Ludlow Christmas Market (Bristol-Abergavenny-Hereford-Ludlow-Shrewsbury): Narroways Junction, Bristol; Llanvihangel. (After problems with air-brakes and the fire, 5029 was failed at <\/em>Shrewsbury<\/em>.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

5043 Earl Of <\/strong>Mount<\/strong> <\/strong>Edgecumbe<\/strong><\/p>\n

16th<\/sup> Oct<\/strong>, Light Test Run (Tyseley\u2013Stratford & return): Stratford.<\/p>\n

19th<\/sup> Oct<\/strong>, Loaded Test Run (Tyseley\u2013Stratford & return): Bearley Junction; Bishopton.<\/p>\n

8th<\/sup> Nov<\/strong> (with 4965), Great Western Echoes (Solihull-Oxford-Didcot & return): Pound Hill; Didcot Railway Centre; Appleford.<\/p>\n

7th<\/sup> Dec<\/strong>, The Melton Mowbray Christmas Fayre (Dorridge-Nuneaton-Melton Mowbray and return): Dorridge; Bentley Heath; Daw Mill; Frisby On The Wreake.<\/p>\n

13th<\/sup> Dec<\/strong>, The London Christmas Shopper (Solihull-Reading-Kensington Olympia and return): Clapham Jct; Tilehurst.<\/p>\n

6024 King Edward I<\/strong><\/p>\n

20th<\/sup> Jul<\/strong>, TheTorbay Express (Bristol-Kingswear-Bristol): Paignton<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> Aug<\/strong>, TheDorsetCoast Express (Bristol-Westbury-Yeovil PM, Weymouth-Westbury-Bristol): Bathampton; Upton Noble; Evershot Tunnel; Bincombe; Cole.<\/p>\n

20th<\/sup> Dec<\/strong>, The Yuletide Torbay Express (Bristol-Kingswear-Bristol): Whiteball, Saltern Cove, Broadsands, Churston, Kingswear, Torre.<\/p>\n

Gallery<\/span><\/h2>\n