10 posts tagged “engine”

The Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway held their Autumn Diesel Gala on November 3rd this year.  Unfortunately I was not rostered on the trains so I was able to take some photos and video.  In fact I spent most of the time taking video with a Canon HV20 high definition video camera.  I have just finished editing the video in iMovie on my MacPro and have produced two sequences, one based at Toddington and the other at Winchcombe.  The Toddington video shows 47105, 37215, 24081, and D8137 in action.  The Winchcombe sequence shows 37324, D8137, 24081 and 47105.

I've just been checking my YouTube videos to see how the view counts are going - it often surprises me what other people want to see - the same as in flickr.  So here's the top few - actually the first and most popular is a bit of a cheat because although it was my MacPro being unwrapped, the video was filmed and edited by my friend Rupert and put up on his YouTube  (1,112 views):

I shot four short videos using my still cameras yesterday at the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway which was holding a Diesel Gala.  No visiting engines because of date conflicts with other railways, but we did have all our diesel engines running (except 24081 which is in for repairs).  I took lots of photos with my Sony H9 in continuous shoot mode which means I've got to spend ages selecting the best shots - so they'll be uploaded later.  Here are the videos from my YouTube and embedded for those that don't yet appear in the YouTube search box:

37324 & 37219 at GWR Diesel Gala June 2007

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Here's some video I took at the recent Cotswold Festival of Steam at the GWR (see below).  I took more but haven't been able to edit or convert it so that it's less than 100Mb for YouTube.  If you search on YouTube for GWR or for steam, you'll find lots more video - or do a search for the engines I named in my post about the festival, eg Green Arrow and Wadebridge and Black Prince.

Last weekend was the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway's Gala weekend called the Cotswold Festival of Steam - rather grandiose title since their were not the traction engines or other steam driven machines that sometimes can be seen at these gala events.  But there were plenty of engines, and unusual ones for the GWR.  I started taking photos at the Cheltenham Racecourse station where I saw the Green Arrow, a 2-6-2 tender engine from the LNER, which never travelled on these rails before - a smaller version of the big Gresley pacifics, but with the same look and in the same apple green.  Waiting in platform 2 was a Southern Railway loco, Wadebridge which took the train back to Toddington while Green Arrow watered at the temporary watering point.  There was also a Great Western saddle tank  giving brake van rides up and down the platform.

Finally I went to Winchcombe station where the Prairie had arrived and a beautiful blue engine pulled in from Cheltenham - you can see some children getting their hands dirty in the cab.  Wadebridge also arrived from Toddington on her way to Cheltenham.  Quite a busy days trains - see the latest collection of photos form more shots.

I just came across this video on my computer, made from a number of photos taken when my mum came with me for a ride on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway, back on 15th April 2004.  You can compare what she looks like then (before her cancer surgery) and what she looks like now in a recent vox post.  As a matter of interest, it shows little tank engine "King George" rescuing the big Brush type 4 diesel electric loco 47376 when it failed.

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This afternoon I went to the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway, but instead of working on my engine,I took photos of all the fun and games going on.  It was a Thomas Event, when the railway is transformed into the set from Rev W Audrey's Thomas the Tank Engine series - much loved by children of all ages. We had Thomas, of course, but also Gordon and Henry,along with the Fat Controller and Diesel.  I've uploaded lots of photos in the collection alongside.

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Over the last six years I have been rebuilding an old diesel engine at weekends with a team of blokes from the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.  The class 26 engine, a Sulzer type 2, is owned by the Cotswold Mainline Diesel Group, of which I am a shareholder and first came to the GWR in 1994.  The bodywork was initially pretty good but has deteriorated since being kept in the open. The engine is still good and works well, but all the control gear was destroyed when the loco was being checked for asbestos just before it was bought by us.  I have been working on the body, painting and repairing or replacing the metalwork.  Others have been concentrating on the control gear and rebuilding the cabs.  One cab has been almost completed but the second still needs a lot doing to it.  Here's all my photos in one collection and there are more photos on the CMDG site.  When I started work on the engine I was told "another 2 years work" and it'll be ready - I think we're still saying the same 6 years later!

Last Friday I was on the trains again as Second-man on the 1615 service from Toddington to Cheltenham and back.  Weather was poor, and there were not all that many passengers.

Next weekend is the last chance we have to finish the paintwork on the class 26 engine I and others have been rebuilding at the Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway.  Next weekend it will be moved out of the engine shed and will languish in the yard, where no doubt the weather will begin to reveal the flaws in the paintwork, which is why it is so vital to get it all finished now.  There is still some more work on the electrical rebuild in the cabs which will continue in the yard.  Along with that will be internal paintwork.

So here are some photos of it in its current state, showing lots of areas where paint is still needed.