Swanage Railway - 'Diesel Gala' 06-07/05/2022

[@thomascame3582]

Went on Sunday, absolutely blast of a day!

[@robnewman6101]

All Aboard. All Aboard. Enjoy the ride.

[@robnewman6101]

A Really Useful Railway.

[@bobingram6912]

That was a treat for the lugholes, best remember to turn the volume down now!!!!! Good to see 31 back in BR blue, (I don't get out much!!!), well it's good to see a 31anyway. Are 2 x 33s better than 1 x 66?!!!!! I think so👍🏻(controversial, stand by for comments) Best 40 minutes I've spent for a long time, thanks Matthew☺👍🏻 (wonder when they'll get to re roof that shed!!!)

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it, Bob! It's always a pleasure seeing the 33 pair together. I'm sure the roof is on their 'to-do' list. How far down is a good question.

[@BearwoodWestYard]

Flatcap’s off to another quality video from 12:37

[@SimonTog]

Great video from the Gala :)

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Cheers

[@ArmiesOfWar]

Good video I went to swanage yesterday to see the trains I heard one of the diesels “Charybdis” broke down

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Cheers! 31128, failed Friday evening, repaired by Saturday mid-afternoon

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Likely unrelated to the reason it failed, as it was failed due to an air leak.

[@jakemcallister34]

Hi southerner are you coming down to the rhdr 95th anniversary this weekend

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Potentially...

[@definitelytransport484]

Very nice pal, are you up at Romney Next Weekend?

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Thank you! Potentially...

[@definitelytransport484]

@@TheSouthernerYTChannel will see you there hopefully

[@barrythedieselelectricstea5217]

excellent video of the swanage diesel gala👍 saw tonbridge West yards 73136 & 69004 amongst them i was disappointed that 69004 wasn't riding along with them 😟but stayed in the sidings pity after going down there

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Thanks very much! If word of mouth is to be believed, then the reasons behind 69004 not running here are honourable. GBRf is said to have promised the Severn Valley Railway that when a Class 69 visits for their 'Diesel Gala', they'll have the first passenger runs of a 69 on a preserved railway - this was promised before 69004 was confirmed to be coming to Swanage.

[@Ben-rg3rd]

@@TheSouthernerYTChannel I heard that the 69 only had air braking whilst the coaches are all vacuum braked meaning it couldn’t safely pull a train.

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

@@Ben-rg3rd In terms of pulling a set on its own, that's correct (though Swanage does have a small selection of dual braked coaches). However, the 73 could be used as a translator, as has been done previously with Class 66's, 59's and 56's when they've visited.