Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Part 1, September 2019

Traveling up to Cheltenham Spa station, I change onto a bus for the short journey through Cheltenham to the Racecourse, where after a short walk through the grounds I arrive at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway's Cheltenham Racecourse station. Collecting my ticket I take a look around the station whilst awaiting for my train to arrive. Shortly afterwards GWR Modified Hall 7903 'Foremarke Hall' arrives with a service from Toddington. With our locomotive running round we jump on board for a journey along one of my favourite steam railways in the country, travelling from Cheltenham Racecourse non-stop through Gotherington and Greet Tunnel, a pause at Winchcombe and on to Broadway via Toddington. At Broadway, 7903 'Foremarke Hall' runs round again, and taking my position at the front of the train return to Toddington, where Part 1 concludes.

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Cotswold Festival of Steam 2019 - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway
Cotswold Festival of Steam 2019
Saturday 25th May 2019

Caledonian Railway Class 439 0-4-4T (Scottish Railway Preservation Society) failed in the days leading up the event and after a repair was on light duties at Winchcombe operating a demonstration freight train. Late in the day she took her last booked duty to Broadway, but after this run the decision was made she would return to light duties for the rest of the weekend.

Also in operation were GWR Collet King Class 4-6-0 6023 King Edward II (Great Western Society, Didcot) and LNER Thompson B1 4-6-0 1264 (Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust/NYMR) and from the home fleet GWR 4-6-0 7903 Foremarke Hall, GWR 2-8-0 2807, GWR 2-8-0T 4270, GWR 4-6-0 7820 Dinmore Manor and SR 4-6-2 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.

An intensive four train service ran from Cheltenham Racecourse to Broadway and we also have a look at the locomotives returning to shed at Toddington at the end of the day.

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Cotswold Festival Of Steam 2018 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway

One of the biggest events for the steam enthusiast is the Cotswold Festival of Steam held annually on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR). This film features action from day 1 Saturday 26th May.
The theme this year was Give My Regards to Broadway celebrating the recent opening of their new Broadway Station and also commemorating the 50th anniversary of the ending of steam on British Railways.

The film begins with 2807 arriving at Cheltenham and then departing from Gotherington where we see a pump trolley in action. In very foggy conditions we see King Edward 6023 and 5197 double heading with 35006 near Gotherington. We then see a number of traction engines at Toddington with the fairground organ before a look at Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway with 1091 built in 1918 in action. As the sun came out the action moves to Broadway with 6430 and a routemaster bus before we see a number of arrivals and departures from Toddington including double header 7820/7903. With the arrival of the sun the crowds descended which led to a few delays to the timetable but credit to all the staff in ensuring the trains and everything else ran smoothly.Then it is back to Cheltenham on board King Edward to see late afternoon departures of 70013 and 7820/6023 and 5197 at Southam Lane Bridge.

It turned out to be a fantastic day full of action with no less than 4 guest locomotives visiting to supplement the 4 home locomotives running. The staff and volunteers at the GWSR must be congratulated for all their efforts in giving us such a memorable day of enjoyment which you can hopefully see from the footage. With so much to see and do I needed more than a day to see everything going on at all the stations.

Guest locomotives in action:-
King class no. 6023 King Edward II
British Railways Britannia class no. 70013 Oliver Cromwell.
United States Army Transportation Corps class 160, no. 5197.
Great Western Railway ‘pannier’ tank locomotive no. 6430

Home locomotives in action:-
Great Western Railway locomotive, no. 2807
Hall class no. 7903 Foremarke Hall
Manor class no. 7820 Dinmore Manor
Southern Railway express locomotive no. 35006 Peninsular & Oriental SN Co;

I hope you enjoy the action which gives a flavour of what was happening . Please feel free to like and comment and subscribe to my channel. Many thanks if you are already a subscriber. Thank you for watching. Check out the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway website for details of a great family day out well worth visiting at


Finally it was a really memorable occasion and for me the star was the American 5197 with her unique whistle which you couldn't help but notice even after she had long passed through. But King Edward and the other guests were all star performers in their own right.

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Ever wanted to ride on a steam train? Here's a birds-eye view of the newly opened line that links Cheltenham Racecourse with Broadway in Worcestershire.

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway raised millions in donations to complete the fifteen mile section of line, and also rebuilt the Victorian railway station from scratch - as an almost exact replica - so steam trains can make the trip there on a newly opened line.

Train featured: Bulleid Merchant Navy class 4-6-2 no. 35006

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The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway - Cheltenham to Broadway

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway
Steam train from Cheltenham racecourse to Broadway
Filmed on Saturday 1st September 2018 by Dan Smith DPS Media Productions.

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Steam around Cheltenham & Gloucester including Cheltenham South and Charlton Kings.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Cotswold Steam Celebration 24th May - 27th May 2013

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway came back in late 2012 to running in full line after two devastating landslips at Gotherington in 2010 and Chicken Curve in 2011. With major work on both landslip in the repair cost of around £1 million. The last gala was in 2010 over the line of Toddington to Gotherington section of GWR 175 steam gala. This Cotswold Steam Celebration and it is the first gala in 3 years.

The theme of the gala was Big Four. Over the last May Bank holiday weekend of 2013 would see 7 different steam locos running on the GWSR metals with further 2 more on the North Gloucestershire Narrow Gauge section. With some more on display at Toddington

The full line show:-
SR Schools Class no.925 Cheltenham (visiting from Mid Hants Railway)
SR Merchant Navy class no.35006 Peninsular & Oriental SN Co - Static Display over the weekend at Toddington still under restoration due to steam later on in 2013
LMS 8F Turkish loco no.8274 (resident to GWSR)
LNER B12 class no.8572 (visiting from North Norfolk Railway)
GWR 28xx class no.2807 (resident to GWSR)
GWR Small Prairie 4575 class no.5542 (resident to GWSR for number of years)
GWR Modified Hall no.7903 Foremarke Hall (resident to GWSR)
BR Standard 4MT tank no.80072 (visiting from Llangollen Railway)

I visited the gala on two first days of 24th & 25th May with the weather in the mixed side with rain and very strong winds on Friday turn to lovely sunny weather on Saturday

Shots includes:-
This time i have included by loco not locations

8572 - Climbing away from Toddington, Chicken Curve in the pouring rain, Winchcombe, running round at Cheltenham, departing from Cheltenham, Stanway Viaduct with 8274 on the back (sorry for interferes in the shot, I don't know thats due to part of other mics next to it or my Iphone), Gotherington and two shots at Hailes Abbey.

925 - Chicken Curve, Toddington, Winchcombe, Stanway Viaduct, Gotherignton and finally at a crossing at Cheltenham

80072 - Arriving and Departing at Toddington and Gotherington

2807 - Departing at Toddington, Hailes Abbey and north of Cheltenham

a look at 35006

5542 - Toddington, Winchcombe, Gotherington and Hailes Abbey Light engine was only just as it was completely unaware she was coming!

8274 - Winchcombe in the afternoon of 24th May was failed in the morning later was fixed and ran in the afternoon, With 925 double header at Foot crossing at Cheltenham, Gotherington

A quick look around Broadway with GWR Pannier tank no.5764 on display with a little miniature railway in operation, an miniature traction engine running and a heritage bus was not include. Regard of 5764 was the first loco to film in HD over West Somerset Railway Winter Steam Gala of end of 2010 the video is available to watch

7903 - Cheltenham Double header with 80072, Winchcombe departing in both directions and arriving and a few shots of 7903 on 15th May my first visit of 2013. I include those since 7903's boiler ticket expires in 2013.

It was a fantastic weekend, a fantastic gala and meeting alot of friends too!

I would like to say thank you to Kristian (letmadnessbegin) for an excellent day on the Saturday to take me chasing with his Dad!

Please note, there are so many lineside shots which i have got an valid lineside pass Thank you.

Also i know this video is not in HD what so ever due to 56mins would kill my internet and will be hell long time to upload it.

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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway - 'Cotswold Festival of Steam' 25/05/2019

The 'Cotswold Festival of Steam' has earned its place as a highly regarded event on the Gala-Calendar over recent years. This years rendition, held over the 25th-27th of May, paid testimony to this as the Gala brought together various locomotive designs; including designs of the Southern Railway (SR), London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) as well as the Great Western Railway (GWR)

In keeping with 'Festival of Steam' tradition, the event was run under a theme - this year being Northern Soul; echoing the origins of two of the visiting locomotives to the event: B1 Class - 1264, and 439 Class - 419. The event would see no fewer than 8 steam locomotives gracing the metals of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, working the full current line length of 15 miles between Cheltenham Racecourse and Broadway.

Also making a return visit for this year, 6023 King Edward II will be staying at the railway for the duration of the Summer months, courtesy of the Didcot Railway Centre.

Locomotives:
Ex-SR Rebuilt 'Merchant Navy' Class - 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co.
GWR 2800 Class - 2807
GWR 4200 Class - 4270
BR(W) 7800 'Manor' Class - 7820 Dinmore Manor
LNER B1 Class - 1264
BR(W) 6959 Modified 'Hall' Class - 7903 Foremarke Hall
Ex-GWR 6000 'King' Class - 6023 King Edward II

Rounding-off the visiting trio, Caledonian Railway's 439 Class - 419, made its debut visit to the Cotswolds as part of the 419's' on-going UK tour. Due to the locomotive failing with a hot bearing a couple of days before the gala, 419 was limited to light shunting manoeuvres around Winchcombe for most of the day - as such, the locomotive doesn't feature in this video.

All footage filmed on Saturday the 25th of May 2019.

Gloucester,Warwickshire Steam Railway....October 2019

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This video brings to an end to our 2019 series.
Many thanks to all of our subscribers and viewers over this year.
Your support is much appreciated,thanks also for your kind comments.Best wishes from Chris and Rosie.
On this visit to the GWR it happened to be the food & drink event and was very busy,on our return trip from Cheltenham it was standing room only hence not many shots from that trip.
All the video is filmed hand held,so please excuse the odd camera shake.
It was nice to travel on the extension to Broadway something we have been looking forward too.This section of the line seems very popular.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway

22.6.08. 850Lord Nelson leaves Toddington Station for Winchcombe and Cheltenham Racecourse Station.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway 'Give my regards to Broadway' Cotswold Festival of Steam 2018

The end of May bank holiday weekend saw the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway hold their annual Cotswold Festival of Steam; the theme this year being Give my regards to Broadway' as it's a celebration of the much anticipated re-opening of Broadway Station to passengers. The gala was very thought out with visiting engines including ‘6023 King Edward II’ visiting from her loan stay at the Severn Valley Railway, in fact this is believed to be the first-ever visit to the line by a member of this class. Also was Standard Class 7 – 70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’ from the Great Central Railway only running now on heritage railways after her mainline certificate expired. USATC S160 - 5197 visiting from the Churnet Valley Railway and Pannier Tank – 6430 from the Llangollen Railway.

The full lineup are included:

Visitors –

- Collett King class 4-6-0 - 6023 King Edward II with kind permission of the Great Western Society, will be visiting for the first time, in fact this is believed to be the first-ever visit to the line by a member of this class.
- USATC S160 class 2-8-0 - 5197 with kind permission of Batt Holden Ltd and the Churnet Valley Railway - a class that ran over this line during the latter end of the Second World War. A sister locomotive ran for a short time on the GWSR some years ago
- Riddles BR Standard 7MT 'Britannia' class 4-6-2 - 70013 Oliver Cromwell with kind permission of the Great Central Railway, National Railway Museum and 5305 Locomotive Association
- Collett 0-6-0PT - 6430, with kind permission of Hugh Shipton & the Llangollen Railway

Home Fleet -

- Collett Manor class 4-6-0 - 7820 Dinmore Manor, built 1950
- Modified Hall class 4-6-0 - 7903 Foremarke Hall, built 1949
- Bulleid Merchant Navy class 4-6-2 - 35006 Peninsular & Oriental SN Co, built 1941
- GWR 2800 Class 2-8-0 no.2807 *

*Does not feature in the video

Shots included –

- 5197 and 35006 - Didbrook
- 6023 King Edward II – Gotherington*
- 70013 Oliver Cromwell – Greet Tunnel*
- 35006 and 5197 (T&T) – Little Buckland*
- 6430 and the DMU Set – Laverton
- 7820 and 7903 – Dixton Cutting*
- 70013 Oliver Cromwell – Greet*
- 7820 and 6023 King Edward II – Winchcombe*
- 6023 and 70013 (T&T) – Stanway Viaduct*
- 70013 and 6023 (T&T) – Didbrook
- 6023 and 70013 (T&T) – Southam near Cheltenham Racecourse

*Lineside Pass needed for these shots

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Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Heritage Steam railway

Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Steam Railway Cotswolds Festival of Steam 2015

Back to the old usual video for this video then having the small intro of a picture.

Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Steam Railway hold there annual steam gala now for 3 years after the landslip at Gotherington & Chicken curve, Cotswolds festival of steam had a theme to it. Speed to the West meaning that steam from Southern & Great Western Railway's will meet up once again for a gala. Summer Saturday's in the west was the peak time for both of those railways hauling passengers to the seaside resorts, the one place both of these railway's would of meet up generally was Exeter St Davids where GWR went to South West via Dawlish and Southern went up country to Barnstaple.

The railway had no less then 2 Bulleid Pacifics running with one static display and a return to former home railway with one loco too on the visiting side. Southern Railway unrebuilt West Country class no.34007 Wadebridge (visiting before in 2007 & 8) and no.34092 (City of) Wells (first time visitors) Both visiting from Mid Hants & Keighley & Worth Valley Railways and GWR Hall class no.6960 Raveningham Hall (former home fleet) visiting from West Somerset Railway.

Full list of locos starred at the gala:-
Visiting
SR Bulleid West Country class no.34007 Wadebridge (visiting from Mid Hants)
SR Bulleid West Country class no.34092 Wells (or City of Wells)
GWR Modified Hall no.6960 Raveningham Hall (visiting from West Somerset)

Home fleet:-
GWR 2800 class no.2807
GWR Manor class no.7820 Dinmore Manor
GWR 4200 class no.4270
GWR 4575 class no.5542

On display:-
SR Bulleid Merchant Navy no.35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. (moved to Winchcombe for the event and first time ever moved from Toddington since 1980's!)
GWR 2800 class no.2874

List of locations in the film:-
34007:- Didbrook, Winchcombe, Gotherington & Cheltenham Racecource
2807:- Didbrook x2
4270:- Toddington & Gotherington
34092:- Toddington, Southam Lane foot crossing, Cheltenham Racecource, Gotherington x2
6960:- Hailes Abbey, Winchcombe, Southam Lane, Gotherington (with 34092 passing) & Toddington
7820:- Gotherington, Didbrook, Southam Lane foot crossing & Toddington
5542:- Chicken Curve, Toddington & Cheltenham Racecource (double heading with 6960)
34007 & 34092:- Didbrook, Chicken Curve & Toddington

All filmed over the three days of the event of 23rd to 25th May 2015

Enjoy!

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Christmas Cracker On a very cold and frosty 30.12.08 5542 leaves Greet Tunnel on to Gotherington Halt
7903 Foremarke Hall departs Gotherington Halt with the 15.05 for Winchcomb Station where we pass 5619
drawing into Platform 1 Foremarke Hall leaves with the 15.26 to Toddington City of Truro approaches Winchcombe Station and passes British Standard
9F 92203 Black Prince on Platform 2

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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Cotswold Festival of Steam 2017

Over the weekend of the 27-29th May 2017, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire held its annual steam gala, also known as the Cotswold Festival of Steam. This year’s theme was ‘Workhorses of Steam’ to celebrate the unsung steam heroes of Britain's railways.
The railway managed to have seven operational locomotives, five from the home fleet with two visiting from other preserved Railways. One visitor was Collet 14xx no. 1450 accompanied by auto-trailer no. W238 ‘Chaffinch' visiting from the Severn Valley Railway and the other was BR Standard Class 4MT no. 76017 visiting from the Mid Hants Railway. They railway attempted to have more visiting locos such as USATC S160 No. 6046 from the Churnet Valley Railway, LMS Black Five No. 45305 from the Great Central Railway and SDJR 7F No. 53808 from the West Somerset Railway, but were all unfortunately unavailable to attend for various reasons.

As of last years event, the 14 coach evening train went ahead on the Saturday evening with 7903 ‘Foremarke Hall’ on the southbound trip and 35006 ‘Peninsular & Oriental SN Co’ on the northbound trip. All three rakes of mk1’s were in constant use throughout the gala between Toddington and Cheltenham Racecourse with some services being top and tailed up to the extended northern limit of the running line at Little Buckland allowing an eight mile round trip from Toddington. During the gala 14xx No.1450 and auto trailer no. W238 ‘Chaffinch' operated shuttle services up to Little Buckland and also ventured up to Cheltenham Racecourse for one round trip each day. Platform two at Cheltenham Racecourse was used for the first time in public which allowed two trains to be present at the station making it much busier and allowing passengers to change trains.

I hope you enjoy the video.

Locomotives operating at this year’s gala included -

Collet 14xx no. 1450 with auto-trailer no. W238 ‘Chaffinch' visiting from the Severn Valley Railway
BR Standard Class 4MT no. 76017 visiting from the Mid Hants Railway.
Bulleid Merchant Navy class no. 35006 ‘Peninsular & Oriental SN Co’
GWR Hall no. 7903 ‘Foremarke Hall’
GWR Manor class no. 7820 ‘Dinmore Manor
GWR 2800 class no. 2807
GWR 4200 class no. 4270

Clips include –
76017 & 35006 double heading at Dixton
1450 arriving and departing Gotherington with an auto train
1450 departing Cheltenham Racecourse with an auto train
7820 arriving and departing Gotherington with a southbound freight
7820 arriving and departing Gotherington with a northbound freight
35006 running around at Cheltenham Racecourse
35006 departing Cheltenham Racecourse
4270 arriving at Cheltenham Racecourse with a freight
7903 departing northbound from Gotherington
76017 departing southbound from Gotherington
2807 running around at Cheltenham Racecourse
7903 & 35006 on the 14 coach evening train at Southam

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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway 'COTSWOLD FESTIVAL of STEAM' - 2018

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway hosted its annual 'COTSWOLD FESTIVAL of STEAM' gala over the weekend of Saturday 26th to Monday 28th May 2018.

The theme for this year's event was 'Give My Regards To Broadway' being the first gala to run trains along the newly opened extension to Broadway.

Visiting Locomotives in use at the gala were as follows...
- GWR 6000-class 'King' 4-6-0 No.6023 King Edward II (from Didcot Railway Centre)
- GWR 6400-class 0-6-0PT No.6430 (from the Llangollen Railway)
- USATC S160-class 2-8-0 No.5197 (from the Churnet Valley Railway)
- BR 'Britannia'-class 4-6-2 No.70013 Oliver Cromwell (from the National Railway Museum and the Great Central Railway)

Resident Locomotives in use were as follows...
- SR rebuilt 'Merchant Navy'-class 4-6-2 No.35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.
- BR(W) 6959-class 'Modified Hall' 4-6-0 No.7903 Foremarke Hall
- BR(W) 7800-class 'Manor' 4-6-0 No.7820 Dinmore Manor
- GWR 2800-class 2-8-0 No.2807

Shots featured in this video are as follows...
- 7820: Gotherington Halt
- 7820+7903: Didbrook
- 7820+6023: Kayte Lane Crossing
- 6023: Southam Lane and Dixton Cutting
- 5197+35006: Dixton Cutting and Cheltenham (Racecourse)
- 35006: Didbrook and Gotherington Halt
- 5197: Kayte Lane Crossing x2
- 6430: Manor Lane, Winchcombe, Hailes Abbey Halt and Southam Lane
- 70013: Didbrook, Winchcombe, Gotherington Halt and Southam Lane
- 2807: Gotherington Halt

Filmed on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th May 2018.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

In den Cotswolds verkehrt die großartige Museumsbahn Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, die aktuell von Cheltenham Race Course bis Laverton Halt verkehrt. Im Jahr 2018 soll die Strecke bis Broadway wieder in Betrieb genommen werden. Der historische Bahnhof, Stellwerk, Signale usw. wurden sorgfältig rekonstruiert. Die Eisenbahnenthusiasten möchten eines Tages die ganze Linie von Cheltenham nach Stratford-upon-Avon wieder befahren, die 1976 stillgelegt und dann 1979 abgebaut wurde. 1984 begann dann in Toddington, wo auch das Depot ist, Stück für Stück der Wiederaufbau. Die Filmszenen entstanden am 17. September 2017.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, May 2018, Part 3

After a quick look round Toddington, we await the arrival of GWR 'Manor' 7820 'Dinmore Manor' for our return to Cheltenham. After the arrival of GWR 2800 No. 2807 we depart off up through Winchcombe and onto Gotherington, where we pass SR Merchant Navy No. 35006 'Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co' with a Toddington bound train in the loop, before returning to Cheltenham Racecourse station, where we watch the locomotive take water and disappear back to the front of the train ready for it's return working to Toddington.

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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Gala (inc Freight Train ride) 27/05/17

Starting early morning at Toddington as the locos are gotten ready for the day. Then a brake van ride on the goods train to cheltenham race course station and back changing motive power for the return journey.
A quick look at the narrow gauge line at Toddington and the loco depot.