July 2008 News items
The archive of the July 2008 news articles.
- A great combination – steaming one way and sweating the other!
posted on 26/07/2008
Earlier this year, the Cotswold Wardens came up with the brilliant idea of linking a short steam train ride with a leisurely ramble through the Cotswold countryside. - School’s out for summer!
posted on 21/07/2008
The GWR is coming into its busiest part of the year. The railway is now running three midweek days every week throughout the school holidays and with plenty of choice for trains and variety of locomotives, now’s the time to pay the GWR – which is one of the regions’s leading tourist attractions – a visit! - First buses, now cars
posted on 09/07/2008
Hot on the heels of last Sunday’s Bus Rally, when 40 buses of all shapes and sizes visited Toddington, the indefatigable Jim Clarke who organised that event is running one of the popular Transport Nostalgia Days this Sunday, 13th July. - Locos come, locos go…
posted on 09/07/2008
The National Railway Museum’s Southern Lord Nelson class 4-6-0 no. 850 Lord Nelson has been ‘split’ (ie, the locomotive and tender separated) ready for the road journey to the Great Central Railway at Loughborough. - Advance news on events for the young and young at heart
posted on 07/07/2008
Advance news on events for the young and young at heart - Have we found the missing link?
posted on 07/07/2008
This summer for the first time since the rail closures of many decades ago, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway will be linked to the Cotswold Line to provide a marvellous day out for families and enthusiasts alike. - Sponsored Walk
posted on 07/07/2008
Every two years the railway holds a fund raising walk along currently non-operational parts of the railway. This year the walk will be between Toddington and Broadway... - Spitfire grounded but the No. 6 for Trafalgar Square arrives early!
posted on 07/07/2008
Visitors to the GWR’s successful Diesel Gala over the weekend were disappointed on Saturday evening when the advertised Spitfire flypast from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight failed to materialise. - Small scale steam on Sunday
posted on 07/07/2008
While the diesels have the run of the standard gauge this weekend the narrow gauge at Toddington run by the North Gloucestershire Railway Co will again operate steam loco 'Justine'. - Spitfire stars on Saturday night
posted on 01/07/2008
The unmistakeable sight and sound of a Spitfire – and at only 100ft altitude – is bound to bring a tingle to the spine on Saturday evening, 5th July. - Bus roster published for Diesel Gala and Bus Rally
posted on 01/07/2008
You’re familiar with our locomotive roster but here’s a new one: the bus roster! - A bus rally to remember!
posted on 01/07/2008
There is a cracking range of buses booked for Sunday 6th July at Toddington.