KWVR Diesel Gala 2024

[@philclarke3203]

Nicee video Colin. Hope you liked the Western? One of my favorite diesel classes. I have a few photos from 1973ish ,I took, of quite a few in a sorry state on the scrap line at Swindon Works

[@cedarcam]

I did like the Western, I had heard about their fast acceleration and it was good to get a bit of that demonstrated. I only saw a few in their last year or so but did see the scrap line. They were selling names for £500 and numbers for £250, a lot back then and even a number was too big and weighty to carry, looking back I wish I could of got one

[@philclarke3203]

@@cedarcam yes £500 alot at the time, and then getting it home, but if only?

[@EErail26]

A brilliant event which I was at for a while on the Friday and all day Saturday. Stars of the show were surely 50021 Rodney and 37250. Already looking forward to next year.

[@cedarcam]

It sure was, especially for Western fans with 2 x 50 and the 52 as well as the tribute to Westerns 69. 37 250 does look a whole lot better than seen not long in dull Dutch livery. I also went on Saturday and thats shown in part 2. Not as long as I did less haulage video that day.

[@calvinsaxton9925]

looks like a splendid ride friday.

[@cedarcam]

It was and great weather too. I hate it red hot like you have now. This was just nice bright sun and a great gala event.

[@JoshHodginsTrains]

Wow did you enjoy it ❤

[@cedarcam]

Yes a great day out

[@TriGogglin]

Man, this is a cool event, ill have to watch it in stages though, it's a long one..

[@cedarcam]

The line is only 5 miles long, made famous by the film The Railway Children, a family film based on a novel set in Yorkshire about a rich family who's Father was arrested and their Mother with 3 children moved a a small cottage near this railway. Now tourists from many paces come here to see the places in the film. It is also a place famous for the Bronte Sisters, who lived and wrote novels around Haworth. The video is a long one with me getting haulage for the first time by by a Western Diesel Hydraulic locomotive I wanted to record that. You can watch it in stages though and see the shorter 2nd days visit which has less onboard video.

[@TriGogglin]

@@cedarcam that's cool, love visiting movie places here when I can..