A day on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway, June 2021.
Visit the railway online at: www.gwsr.com/
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Time codes:
00:00 - Introduction, Cheltenham Racecourse CAMC Site, Culla Creative
02:15 - Arrival Toddington, Toddington Station, boarding the train
04:53 - Steam train ride Toddington to Cheltenham Racecourse
10:15 - Steam train ride Cheltenham Racecourse to Broadway
12:35 - A visit to Broadway Village, lunch at the 32
14:22 - Steam train ride from Broadway to Toddington
16:12 - VIP visit to Toddington Signal Box and loco sheds
23:14 - Outro - He never smiles!
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway is a volunteer operated heritage railway in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire offering a round trip of 28 miles. It uses part of the route of the former Great Western Railway's main line from Birmingham to Cheltenham which used to run via Stratford-upon-Avon.
It now operates steam and heritage diesel trains between Cheltenham Racecourse and Broadway through spectacular scenery in the Cotswolds. The line commands wonderful views across to the Malvern Hills and beyond.
Dougal and I start our day at Cheltenham Racecourse CAMC Site, and drive through Winchcombe to Toddington and the GWSR. From Toddington we ride behind Merchant Navy Class 'P&O Steam Navigation Company' back to Cheltenham Racecourse, then from Cheltenham Racecourse to Broadway passing Broadway CAMC site on the way.
In Broadway we take a look around the village and have a delicious plant-based lunch at the 'Number 32' Cafe.
Back on the train we head back to Toddington where my friend Tony, with whom I worked on Eurostar, gives us a VIP tour of the signalbox and the loco sheds.
If anyone is wondering how the token system works in signalling, an explanation is provided here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_(...)
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