The Swanage Railway Spring Steam Gala 2023 featuring 70000 Britannia - 25/03/2023

Описание: The Swanage Railway celebrated the return of its Spring Steam Gala which hadn't been seen in 3 years. The Swanage Railway decided to bring two British Railway Standards to the railway. The visiting engines for the gala were no. 70000 Britannia visiting from Locomotive Services Limited at Crewe and no. 76084, a BR Standard Class 4MT from the North Norfolk Railway. 70000 Britannia arrived by rail from Crewe, whilst the Standard 4MT 76084 arrived by road. The day was very mixed ranging from breezy wind and rain to my camcorder not working, it was a stressful, but overwise decent day to say the least. The engines did pretty well, and although my video was shorter than expected due to camcorder problems, I did as much as I can to get the best footage I can of the day. There were two passenger sets and a freight train in between. However, from the first train of the day, the trains were already late and up to my final shot, the trains were around an hour late, which was due to various problems in conjunction with the timetable.

The highlights were without question 76084 climbing towards Norden as well as Manston sounding brilliant on the day, with Britannia also doing her bit as well. Here are the locomotives that worked during the gala:

British Railways Standard Class 7 - 70000 'Britannia
British Railways Standard Class 4MT - 76084
Southern Railway Unrebuilt Battle of Britain Class - 34070 Manston
Southern Railway Rebuilt West Country Class - 34028 Eddystone
Southern Railway Maunsell U Class - 31806

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