May 2008 News items
The archive of the May 2008 news articles.
- July diesel gala press release
posted on 06/06/2008
- Second weekend of Cotswold Festival of Steam!
posted on 30/05/2008
The weather forecast is better so we’re looking forward to a bumper turnout for the last two days of the Cotswold Festival of Steam and do we have a weekend in store! - Latest carriage and wagon department report
posted on 30/05/2008
- Sunday 1st June: A day of charged emotions - the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight overflies the GWR’s locomotives
posted on 30/05/2008
Seventy years ago, the Hawker Hurricanes were already in operational service and the first Spitfires were being delivered to the RAF. The ancestor of the Lancaster bomber – the Avro type 679 – was taking shape. - Golden opportunity to visit Lord Nelson
posted on 29/05/2008
An inspection of locomotive no. 850 Lord Nelson – which was billed as the star attraction at the GWR’s Cotswold Festival of Steam has confirmed that further repairs are needed to the foundation ring in engine’s firebox. - Cotswold Festival of Steam – a success despite the best efforts of the weather!
posted on 29/05/2008
The rain may have dampened the countryside but it certainly didn’t dampen the spirits of visitors to the Cotswold Festival of Steam over the first weekend. Over 2,000 passengers have been carried on the GWR’s trains so far. - David Shepherd and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight swoop in
posted on 29/05/2008
Sunday 1st June promises to be a pretty special day as the Cotswold Festival of Steam winds to a close. David Shepherd will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of his taking possession of a 140 ton steam locomotive off British Railways. - Great start to the Festival, but important loco changes
posted on 26/05/2008
The Cotswold Festival of Steam attracted hundreds of travellers and line-siders on Saturday as the 2008 event got underway. - More pre-Festival pictures! And a couple of books…
posted on 23/05/2008
All locomotives are at the time of writing (Friday night) in steam and ready for the weekend’s action. - Last steam-hauled Penzance-Wolverhampton express
posted on 23/05/2008
Our story about through trains prompted David Aldred of Bishops Cleeve to dig out the excellent picture below taken from Southam bridge, looking towards the racecourse. - Your essential guide to the Festival!
posted on 23/05/2008
- 40 years ago: a BR 9F changes hands
posted on 21/05/2008
One of the anniversaries being marked during the Cotswold Festival of Steam is the four decades that artist and wildlife conservationist David Shepherd has owned his beloved 9R 2-10-0 Black Prince. - 100 years since through services began
posted on 21/05/2008
One of the celebrations this year’s Cotswold Festival of Steam marks is the centenary of the first through services on the line. - It’s the pits…
posted on 19/05/2008
A vital connection has been made that will help the forthcoming Cotswold Festival of Steam go smoothly. That is a temporary track that connects one of the brand new pits at Toddington to the rest of the railway. - LMS Patriot for the GWR Festival!
posted on 18/05/2008
Those in the know realise of course, that none of the 52 LMS three-cylinder Patriot class 4-6-0s survived the cutter’s torch but there is a project to build one from new. - ‘Nellie’ arrives
posted on 18/05/2008
- Eightieth birthday for 5542
posted on 16/05/2008
- Lord Nelson about to arrive
posted on 14/05/2008
The National Railway Museum’s Lord Nelson class locomotive is expected to arrive at Toddington this coming weekend for its stay on the GWR for running-in, following repairs at York. - Lord Nelson to star at Cotswold Festival of Steam!
posted on 14/05/2008
The prototype Southern Railway Lord Nelson class 4-6-0 no 850 Lord Nelson, is to be the celebrity star at the Cotswold Festival of Steam, 24th May to 1st June. - Bill Stickers Welcome!
posted on 12/05/2008
- Diesel Visitor No. 2 of 2008!
posted on 06/05/2008
- Good start to 2008
posted on 06/05/2008
- 4F 0-6-0s on the GWR
posted on 06/05/2008
Our news item announcing the forthcoming arrival of the prototype LMS version of the Fowler 4F class 0-6-0 no. 44027, owned by the National Railway Museum and reference to the occasional appearance of the class on the Cheltenham to Stratford line, prompted website viewer David Aldred of Bishops Cleeve to dig in his photo album. - By Wing and Wheel – a Cotswold Feast!! Lord Nelson and the RAF Memorial Flight to star at show
posted on 06/05/2008
The Cotswold Festival of Steam is rapidly approaching – nine days of pure action, divided between the Bank Holiday weekend of 24th to 26th May and 31st May and 1st June. In between, a normal all-steam Red timetable will operate using visiting locomotives. - Wadebridge takes off
posted on 06/05/2008
- The Cotswold Festival of Steam 2008
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