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From : RailwayFanatic92220
Added: May 11, 2009
Over the weekend of the 8th-10th May the Great Central Railway Celebrated 40 Years since the Great Central main Line Closed in 1969 and 40 Years since a group of enthusiasts took over. Although the actual Date of Closure was on the 3rd May (the previous weekend) over the bank holiday weekend teh GCR for some reason held a Thomas the Tank Engine Event instead, maybe it was to do with a contract with the new company? Ridiculous! The resident home fleet was in operation with the star being ex.SR 'King Arthur' Class No.30777 'Sir Lamiel' -ex.SR King Arthur No.30777 'Sir Lamiel' -BR Standard 2 No.78019 -ex.LMS 8F No.48305 -ex.GCR Robinson 04 No.63601 (in its final months of its Bolier Certificate- a farewell video of the 04 to come) -Class 27 No.D5401 (27 056) -Class 46 Peak No.D123 'Leicestershire & Derbyshire Yeomanry' (Saturday Only) -Class 47 No.D1705 'Sparrowhawk' (Sunday Only) Please note- all the footage in the film was taken over Sunday only as so D123 does not appear. A mixture of Mineral trains, Local trains, Post Office trains and express trains were running with a book signing at Loughborough, Bus shuttles to see the new Mountsorrel Branch and display pictures at Rothley. It was a shame to see so little people come but a good event indeed!
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