October 2009

14th October 2009

The month started with yet another diesel gala the original plan was to visit SVR however with the issues the week before on the railway we opted for GCRN a location we had only visited in before
31452 made its first public appearance in the new livery 47765 returned to pulling trains and 08220 pulled its first passenger train in 23years tooled with D8007 - 20154 - 56097 - 47292 - D7629 and 37248 it was a cracking gala. Well Done to all involved in getting this venue up and running.
The following some of the lads headed to a bus rally based in and around the Embsay Railway with shuttles running between Bolton Abbey and Embsay 37294 - 47004 - 31119 - D5600 - 08054 - 08773 where all found at various locations.

Canon season is once again with us bringing with it some much needed attraction on the main line fingers crossed the bonnets keep on showing on 3S10

York was the destination Sat 17th with 2 charters bringing in some quality traction first up was GBRf staff outing returning 86701 - 86702 to mainline traffic next was Spitfires charter from Taunton and included the Harrogate - Leeds Circular which John and Myself where meant to have a spin on however this didnt happen so we spent the rest of the day in the pub Enjoy the Pics.

91121 calls at York with a Newcastle service 17-10-2009.jpg	91106 waits departure from York with a Newcastle only service 17-10-2009.jpg	86701 pauses at York with a GBRf staff charter 17-10-2009.jpg	86701 arrives with a Newcastle - Kings Cross GBRf staff charter 17-10-2009.jpg
47851 waits to depart York with the return leg to Taunton 17-10-2009.jpg	47851 on the rear of a light loco move heading to NRM to drop of 37516 and then to TPE Depot for fuelling 17-10-2009.jpg	37676 sits at York station with 37516 and 47851 behind 17-10-2009.jpg	37676 on the rear departs York 17-10-2009.jpg
37676 37516 47851 arrived at York with a Spitfire charter from Taunton 17-10-2009.jpg	185145 with a ECS at York station 17-10-2009.jpg	185 City no roman remains in this view 17-10-2009.jpg	180112 departs York with a service for Kings Cross 17-10-2009.jpg
Taken with permission Residident Industrial Gronk stands inside the Electrical testing compound at Brush Loughborough works 11-10-2009.jpg	Embsay Railway repair and restoration sheds 11-10-2009.jpg	E6016 spent the day stabled on standby duties in case of failures at Ruddington depot 10-10-2009.jpg	D7629 runs light loco onto East Leake sidings 10-10-2009.jpg
D1524 - 47004 stabled with 37294 at Bolton Abbey sidings 11-10-2009.jpg	Taken with permission 57603 under overhaul and testing at Brush Loughborough works 10-10-2009.jpg	Taken with Permission 56201 - 56009 long term resident at Brush Loughborough works 10-10-2009.jpg	56097 ticking over ready for its first outing of the day at Ruddington 10-10-2009.jpg
56097 runs light loco onto Ruddington depot 10-10-2009.jpg	56097 departs East Leake with D7629 leading the train back to Ruddington 10-10-2009.jpg	56097 arrives into East Leake with its second run of the day 10-10-2009.JPG.jpg	47765 ready to make its pres life debut at Ruddington 10-10-2009.jpg