FANTASTIC but cold FIRST day at the Great Central Railway, Winter Steam Gala. 23rd January 2025

[@tattoo1084]

Great viewing Phil.👍👍

[@philclarke3203]

Thanks David 👍

[@rogerredding5269]

Love ❤️ it thanks for sharing this video thanks for sharing.

[@philclarke3203]

Many thanks, my pleasure 👍😀

[@SimonTog]

Good video Phil :)

[@philclarke3203]

Thanks Simon :)

[@richardswiderski4985]

Good start to the year Phil😊 great video plenty going on.

[@philclarke3203]

Thanks Rick 👍

[@mikerobertson7435]

The first minute was fabulous.Reminded me of days in the late fifties when I used to bunk sheds. Very esoteric. I shall now watch the rest of your video.

[@philclarke3203]

Yes, it did look like a scene from the 50s. Thanks for watching 👍

[@dennisshaffer4528]

You knocked this video out of the park,nice!

[@philclarke3203]

Thanks

[@levelcrossing150]

Great video and it looked like an excellent day out, Phil.

[@richardtremaine5517]

Thanks for your efforts Phil. We were fortunate to visit on the Saturday,: brilliant sun all day but very cold producing great exhaust conditions. MASSIVE crowds, never seen the like Thanks GCR, I will be back for the reunification event, GCR north & south, with bus links; 5-6 April. Not to be missed, getting the cash ready to support! Richard T.

[@philclarke3203]

Thanks.👍. It was 😀

[@philclarke3203]

​@@richardtremaine5517thanks Richard . Yes the weather certainly dictated when people went. That should be a good day in April

[@hamshackleton]

Plenty of smoke and steam - very atmospheric!

[@philclarke3203]

Yes, good weather for that

[@cedarcam]

I was looking at going on Friday too as I was at a model show on Saturday With the rain cold and storm I did not get there Looked a good day out as usual there.

[@philclarke3203]

Oh dear, you certainly missed out, but the Friday was a day to avoid

[@cedarcam]

@@philclarke3203 Yea Axl went on Saturday and it was a lovely day. Very cold though. Anyway the model show was good and I found a few things to buy. I will get to GCR another day

[@philclarke3203]

​@@cedarcamand very busy on the Saturday I believe? Glad you enjoyed the model show and managed to spend some money

[@cedarcam]

@@philclarke3203 Yes Axl said it was very busy Good to hear that. One thing I got, I picked up a 2nd hand loco for £75 which looks in real good condition, happy with that.

[@johnrafferty8087]

Wasn't able to make the gala. So was resly glad I could ride behind the 3 Visiting GWR locos yesterday.

[@philclarke3203]

@@johnrafferty8087 that worked out ok in the end, for you 👍

[@johnrafferty8087]

@philclarke3203 Indeed it did

[@wideyxyz2271]

❤

[@philclarke3203]

👍👍😀

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

1:21 quite a few engines in this clip at the shed

[@philclarke3203]

Great line up

[@andrewdking]

A strange time of year for galas. The Bluebell are closed for maintenance and stuff.

[@philclarke3203]

Good start to the year though. GCR always have one in January

[@andrewdking]

You must get exhausted running around filming all those maneuvers at different locations. That zoom around time point 17 minutes of a train arriving is insane. Was that all hand held ? And that loco sneaking out using squid steam - tick success 😊

[@philclarke3203]

Not really, just hop on the trains. Yes I did like the long zoom shots . All hand held, but leaning on a fence as much as possible. Thanks Andrew 👍