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The Cotswolds Festival of Steam

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Date: May 25, 2007

Green Arrow31st May - 3rd June Gloucestershire,Warwickshire Railway(GWR)

The GWR is all ready for their big event of the year - the Cotswold Festival of Steam- which is based at their Toddington, Winchcombe and Cheltenham Racecourse stations.

The biggest “name” will be Gresley LNER V2 class 2-6-2 No 4771 Green Arrow which is coming from the National Railway Museum in York. It will be it’s first ever visit to the GWR and it will be a great sight, resplendant in it’s striking pre-war apple green livery.

Other engines which will be running are Somerset and Dorset 7F 2-8-0 No 88, SR West Country 4-6-2 No 34007 Wadebridge, GWR small Prairie 2-6-2T No 5542 (working the “Coffee Pot” push pull auto coach), GWR Modified Hall 4-6-0 No 7903 Foremarke Hall, GWR 0-6-0ST No 813 and 9F 2-10-0 No 92203 Black Prince.
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There will be a full working of freight, local passenger and through passenger trains and the chance to see behind the scenes at the GWR Winchcombe carriage works.

www.gwsr.com

Come and stay at Little Gidding, which is only half an hour away from the Festival, and be a steam buff in comfort in the Cotswolds

Update: 30th June.

A Blog by Chris Leigh has some great video clips of the Cotswold Festival of Steam.

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2 Responses to “The Cotswolds Festival of Steam”

  1. Ian Crowder Says:

    Many thanks for promoting the Festival on your site. We broke a lot of records over the four days. You may be aware that Green Arrow is, in fact, remaining on the line until the end of August and there will be plenty of opportunity for visitors to ride behind this iconic engine, before it returns to the NRM eventually and is finally put on static display after its boiler ticket expires in November. If you would like pictures, feel free to lift any off our website.

    Best wishes
    Ian

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