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GWR 2-8-0T '4200' Class, no. 4247, at Toddington Station on 8th August 2004. This locomotive was built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon in 1916.GWR 4-4-0 '3700' (City) Class, no. 3440 'City of Truro', departing Cheltenham Racecourse on 17th April 2004. This locomotive was built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon in 1903. The locomotive achieved fame by reputedly reaching 102 mph whilst hauling the "Oceans Mail" special from Plymouth to London Paddington on 9th May 1904. The locomotive is preserved at the National Railway Museum in York.GWR 0-6-0PT '6400' Class, no. 6412, at Cheltenham Racecourse on 11th September 2004. This locomotive was built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon in 1937, and was withdrawn from traffic in 1964. It is normally a resident on the Llangollen Railway . BR Class 03, no. D2069, at the Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. This locomotive was built by British Rail at Doncaster Works in 1959. It was withdrawn from traffic in 1983, and rescued for preservation in 1990 from a scrapyard in Leicester. BR Class 24, no. 24081, departing Cheltenham Racecourse on 24th August 2004. This locomotive was built by British Rail at Crewe Works in 1960. It had the distinction of being the final locomotive of its class in traffic, and was withdrawn in 1980. BR Class 47, no. 47376, approaching Cheltenham Racecourse on 5th September 2003. This locomotive was built in 1965, by Brush Traction, Loughborough. It was the first locomotive to be painted in the corporate livery of Freightliner in 1995, and survived in traffic until 2001. It was preserved in 2002.1 Description
The award-winning Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway (GWR) is a volunteer run organisation that has reopened the closed railway line between Toddington, Gloucestershire, and Cheltenham Racecourse. It has future plans to extend to Broadway, Warwickshire. The line was originally part of the Great Western Railway's Cheltenham to Stratford-upon-Avon to BirminghamThis article is about Birmingham in England. See also Birmingham, Alabama or other places called Birmingham. Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Being the country's second largest city, it is usually considered B line, which was built in 1900-06, and runs through the local Cotswold towns of Winchcombe, and Bishop's Cleeve. The line was closed after a train derailment in 1976. The preservation group rehabilitated the line, starting steam train operations in 1984. This culminated with the reopening of the line to Cheltenham Racecourse in 2003, by HRH Anne, Princess Royal. The railway operates a wide variety of both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, and heritage multiple units. These have included the world famous engine 4472 " Flying Scotsman" and 3440 " City of Truro", which was reputedly the first engine to reach 100 mph in 1904.
2 Stations
- Toddington
- Winchcombe
- Gotherington (Halt)
- Cheltenham Racecourse
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