after having the body to a Heljan class 47 in colas livery hanging about the house for almost a week on wednesday was to be the day it was to leave but due to a glitch it didn't leave until the following day. After my Audition for this years school play i plundered off home to pick up the class 47 body and commuted over the other side of town to meet the founder of the railworld railway modeller's group and together we detailed it up and fitted it to a heljan class 47 chassis. on saturday the founder took the loco down railworld where it will run.
meanwhile me and jason had headed north to meet our mate Jeremy (littlegiant18794) and to go to the Great Central Railway (loughborough) for their anual autumn steam gala supported by steam railway. this year it had an eastern theme (though some would say scottish or north eastern theme because of 3 interludes and the other visitors there) the gala was dubiously called Go East Young Man and featured 71000 Duke of Gloucester visiting the GCR for the first time in 23 years, K4 61994 The Great Marquess, D49 246 Morayshire & J72 69023 Joem on their first ever visits to the GCR and the homefleet which featured O4 63601, N2 1744, 78019 which was renumbered as scottish class mate 78054 and freshley overhauled black 5 no. 45305 (4953 featured on the sunday in place of the N2 which had failed
overall the gala was a great success with tons of visitors and loads of fantastic trains and combination the only niggle was some very late running and the N2 failing in the evening this event was an absolute classic
videos and photos are now on both my respective sites for viewing
meanwhile me and jason had headed north to meet our mate Jeremy (littlegiant18794) and to go to the Great Central Railway (loughborough) for their anual autumn steam gala supported by steam railway. this year it had an eastern theme (though some would say scottish or north eastern theme because of 3 interludes and the other visitors there) the gala was dubiously called Go East Young Man and featured 71000 Duke of Gloucester visiting the GCR for the first time in 23 years, K4 61994 The Great Marquess, D49 246 Morayshire & J72 69023 Joem on their first ever visits to the GCR and the homefleet which featured O4 63601, N2 1744, 78019 which was renumbered as scottish class mate 78054 and freshley overhauled black 5 no. 45305 (4953 featured on the sunday in place of the N2 which had failed
overall the gala was a great success with tons of visitors and loads of fantastic trains and combination the only niggle was some very late running and the N2 failing in the evening this event was an absolute classic
videos and photos are now on both my respective sites for viewing
