Superpower - 11 steam engine cavalcade

BR7MT · Post by **BR7MT** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:16 am

http://railways.national-preservation.c ... 184#109184

Beat that

Regards,

Dan

220389 · Post by **220389** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:40 am

"drools" Mostly GWR

and i spot a 56xx

)))

Beetlejuice · Post by **Beetlejuice** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:11 pm

Thats awesome, are they all in steam as well? Or are they being dragged? Still looks great though!

daniel533 · Post by **daniel533** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:52 pm

The last 2 or 3 engines seem not to be in steam.

BR7MT · Post by **BR7MT** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:33 pm

Oh I think they most certainly are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBLqL2YbTEI

Regards,

Dan

daniel533 · Post by **daniel533** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:45 pm

couldnt see the steam clearly from the last 2. Must of been a fantastic sight.

Daniel

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:57 pm

I think going off the video they were having a "who has the loudest whistle?" competition. Looks like they all had fun.

dinmore · Post by **dinmore** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:02 pm

They were all most definately in steam, but with a line speed of 25 it is obvious they couldn't all be working hard at the same time. I very nearly didnt bother hanging around to take that pic as the time was getting on, they didn't pass on the return run till 19:15 and light was fading quickly.I think it was well worth staying to see it in the end, never seen anything like it

Here is the pic again anyway:

220389 · Post by **220389** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:03 pm

looked so much fun, espically one of my fav loco's where in the line up

look at my pic to get the idea.

davidaward · Post by **davidaward** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:23 pm

220389 wrote:GWR mogul wasn't by the looks of it.

What GWR mogul?

220389 · Post by **220389** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:22 pm

my mistake i meant 3802 (2-8-0)

prairie4566 · Post by **prairie4566** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:22 pm

The SVR should try something like that

They sound lovely, whistling away.

IMO, however, it's not a GWR cavalcade without 4953

JonathonAG · Post by **JonathonAG** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:31 pm

Just wondering, is this not one of the largest galas for a heritage railway without a mainline connection???

I mean, the SVR and WSR both pull off big galas on this sort of scale....but most of the visiting locomotives for those arrive by main line.....while all the the 6880 vistors were by road.....a great achievement when you think about it

220389 · Post by **220389** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:46 pm

that would be good at the SVR, but would be restricted or have a complex uncoupling and recoupling by going over Victora Bridge

prairie4566 · Post by **prairie4566** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:45 am

JonathonAG wrote:Just wondering, is this not one of the largest galas for a heritage railway without a mainline connection???

I mean, the SVR and WSR both pull off big galas on this sort of scale....but most of the visiting locomotives for those arrive by main line.....while all the the 6880 vistors were by road.....a great achievement when you think about it

I agree! Loads of visiting locos there.

1450
9466
5224?
4160
5643
78019
34081

And resident locos 7822, 6430, 5199, 3802.