The Battlefield Line Diesel Gala - 18th September 2009

20th September 2009

A flying visit to the Battlefield Line 'Gridlock' event. 33019 never gets lots of turns at the Gala here due to the rich variety of motive power always on offer. Nervertheless, its always an excellent line to visit for 70's/80's nostalgia and the thrash is always memorable - I enjoyed my first run off 019 for two years - very noisy it was too! Oh....and the Grids looked the part!!

Star Grid 1 - 56040 Shackerstone 18/9/09 1280x854	Star Grid 2 - 56086 Shackerstone 18/9/09 1280x854	Southern on the Shack - 33019/73114 await their supporting roles at the Gridlock event 18/9/09 1280x854	25067 & 33019 back onto the 1200 Shackerstone - Shenton at Shackerstone 18/9/09 1280x854
56040 Shackerstone 18/9/09 1280x854	33019 - You can still see the original 6534 numbers underneath the current paint work, last seen in full in February 1974! 18/9/09 1280x854	33019 & 25067 Shackerstone on arrival with the 1230 Shenton - Shackerstone 18/9/09 1280x854	33019 Shackerstone on arrival with the 1230 ex Shenton 18/9/09 1280x854
33019 relaxes on Shackerstone TMD after its noisy round trip to Shenton 18/9/09 1280x854	73114 & 56086 back onto the 1300 Shackerstone - Shenton at Shackerstone 18/9/09 1280x854	No railway does 70's/80's BR nostalgia as well as the Battlefield Line - a nice touch were these Bradford - Weymouth window stickers which definitely made the Shackerstone - Shenton move look like an insect leap! 1280x854	31130 Shackerstone, waiting to work the 1415 to Shenton, swapped with 31101 after 130 missed the first trip of the day due to flat batteries 18/9/09 1280x854