Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Steam Railway Cotswold Festival of Steam 2023

Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Steam Railway Cotswold Festival of Steam 2023. Filmed Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th May 2023, released Sunday 14th May 2023.
The GWSR held their annual Cotswold Festival of Steam on the 12-14th May 2023 with the theme 'Cheltenham and Gloucester Steam Days' which featured a variety of visiting locos that would have worked along the line in BR days.
The first visitor, 75014 "Braveheart" was visiting from the Dartmouth Steam Railway & Riverboat Company for a period of a few months to cover a lack of steam locomotives on the GWSR. The class were a common sight on the line in BR days working goods and semi-fast services, making "Braveheart" a suitable visitor for the gala.
The second visitor, "Pendennis Castle" was making it's third visit to a preserved line since returning from a major overhaul in 2022, the engine has quite a claim to fame as it starred in the 1925 British Empire Exhibition with Flying Scotsman. It then, later that year, went to to beat the Scotsman on trials on ECML and even toured Australia where it again met up with the Scotsman in 1989 for Australia's bicentennial celebrations. It since returned to the UK in 2000 and has been restored by the Didcot Railway Centre. "Pendennis Castle" would have worked named trains such as 'The Cornishman' and 'The Cheltenham Flyer' over the line in BR days. As well as being allocated to Gloucester between November 1948 and October 1952, which made it a suitable visitor for the Gala.
Although, the third visitor, Pug 11243 never actually would have ventured as far south as Gloucester, it represents 0-4-0 wheelbase locomotives that would have been seen working at Gloucester docks and beyond. 11243 was often found at Winchcombe on shunting duties during the gala, as well as a few short passenger trains.
The forth & fifth visitors, 78019 and 31806, both classes would have been seen working freight and light passenger duties at Gloucester and Cheltenham respectively.
The timetable featured intensive services with goods trains, local stopping services including Hayles Abbey Halt and non-stop expresses, as well as 'Pug' 11243 on passenger and goods shuttles between Toddington and Winchcombe.
Locomotives:
-GWR Class 4073 'Castle' No. 4079 "PENDENNIS CASTLE"
-BR(W) Class 78xx 'Manor' No. 7820 "DINMORE MANOR"
-BR(W) Class 6959 'Modified Hall' No. 7903 "FOREMARKE HALL" (Masquerading as scrapped classmate No. 6999 "CAPEL DEWI HALL")
-Ex-L&YR Class 21 'Pug' No. 11243
-Ex-SR Class U No. 31806
-Ex-SR Class Rebuilt 'Merchant Navy' No. 35006 "PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL S.N. Co."
-BR Class Standard 4MT 4-6-0 No. 75014 "BRAVEHEART"
-BR Class Standard 2MT 2-6-0 No. 78019
Sequence of shots:
-7820 & 4079 top and tailing at Stanton
-7820 at Chicken Curve
-6999 at Greet Tunnel
-6999 & 31806 top and tailing at Stanton
-6999 & 7820 double heading at Southham Lane
-35006 at Didbrook
-35006 at Kayte Lane Crossing
-35006 at Chicken Curve
-31806 & 35006 double heading at Greet Tunnel
-31806 & 6999 top and tailing at Stanton
-31806 & 7820 double heading at Gotherington
-31806 at Didbrook
-31806 at Hayles Abbey Halt
-31806 at Southam Lane
-31806 at Kayte Lane Crossing
-78019 at Greet Tunnel
-78019 at Chicken Curve
-78019 at Gotherington
-78019 at Hayles Abbey Halt
-11243 at Chicken Curve
-11243 at Hayles Abbey Halt
-11243 at Chicken Curve
-75014 at Chicken Curve
-75014 at Kayte Lane Crossing
-75014 at Chicken Curve
-4079 at Hayles Abbey Halt
-4079 at Greet Tunnel
-4079 at Chicken Curve
-4079 & 6999 top and tailing at Stanton
-4079 at Kayte Lane Crossing
-6999 & 4079 double heading at Dixton Cutting
-4079 at Southam Lane
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[@robnewman6101]

My parents and I went on the Warwickshire and Gloucestershire Steam Railway last year.
One day later we went to Broadway Tower.

[@AndreiTupolev]

You've gotta love the Pug storming along!

[@MaximumPressureSteam]

Yes, it certainly stole the show!

[@robnewman6101]

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[@TheGarageRailway]

Does anyone know why they were top and tailed on some trains ? Was a run round loop out of action at one end ? Thanks

[@TheGarageRailway]

Great video by the way. Thanks 😊

[@MaximumPressureSteam]

Thank you 👍. So, some trains between Toddington and Broadway were top an tailed to speed up run around times because they only needed to spend 5 minutes at Broadway whilst trains with one engine would have to spend at least 15+ minutes at Broadway running around their train. And yes, Broadway does have an operational run round loop.