33109 Running Day - Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway, 28th September 2009

29th September 2009

Many thanks to Ian and the team at the GWR for a truly superb day out. Proving once again that running days are the future, 4 round trips to Cheltenham on load 7 with lots of thrash, plenty of unclutered photo opportunities, a few angles you wouldn't normally get, a multitude of headcodes, together with a trip around the shed at Toddington to see 26043/45149 made for one of the best Crompton days out of 2009...and thanks to 33106 for providing the fine Bath Ales beer! In short, in preservation terms...this was a classic!

33109 collects its load 7 stock at Toddington to form the 1030 departure 28/9/09 1280x803	33109 collects its load 7 stock at Toddington to form the 1030 departure 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 collects its load 7 stock at Toddington to form the 1030 departure 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 then shunts the other stock out of the way at Toddington to enable run rounds during the day 28/9/09 1280x854
Finally, 33109 moves its train from platform 2 to platform 1 to form the 1030 departure for Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 Cheltenham Racecourse 1030 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse...in rare white blank blinds moment...28/9/09 1280x854	Before some more traditional blinds were applied...28/9/09 1280x854	33109 runs round at Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 1280x854
33109 Cheltenham Racecourse 1120 Cheltenham Racecourse - Toddington...with '11' Brighton - Exeter headcode 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 Toddington 1215 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 1280x854	Health & Safety! Black Prince is loaded ready for a trip to the GCR, Toddington 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 Toddington 1215 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 1280x854
33109 Cheltenham Racecourse 1215 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 Cheltenham Racecourse 1215 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse with '89' Bristol - Pompey on the blinds 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 Cheltenham Racecourse 1305 Cheltenham Racecourse - Toddington now with '62' Waterloo - Exeter on the blinds 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 Cheltenham Racecourse 1305 Cheltenham Racecourse - Toddington showing '91' Bournemouth - Weymouth 28/9/09 1280x854
A well appreciated bonus was the tour around the shed at Toddington to see 2 more fine sulzer engines currently under restoration - 26043 Toddington 28/9/09 1280x854	45149 Toddington 28/9/09 1280x854	Already looking the business - 26043 Toddington 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 Cheltenham Racecourse 1430 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 1280x854
33109 Cheltenham Racecourse 1430 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 Cheltenham Racecourse 1520 Cheltenham Racecourse - Toddington..displaying '90' Weymouth Boat Train as the headcode, 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 departs Toddington with the 1615 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse...slowing for a photostop! 28/9/09 1280x854	You just don't get to do this at galas....33109 poses for the camera outside Toddington with the 1615 to Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 1280x854
33109 Toddington 1615 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 1280x854	33109 Toddington 1615 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 640x960	These people have excellent taste in traction...33109 seminar, Toddington 28/9/09 1280x854	And the sun even came out! 33109 recommences its journey at Toddington with the 1615 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 1280x854
33109 recommences its journey at Toddington with the 1615 Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse 28/9/09 1280x854