Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway - First Visit to the Railway - 08/03/20

To start off the new heritage railway season for 2020, we decided to take a trip up to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, where they were running the blue timetable that had both steam and diesel railcar running along the 14 miles of track from Broadway to Cheltenham Racecourse.

The steam engine used for the steam service was hauled by GWR 7800 Class 7820 'Dinmore Manor', which was saved from Barry Scrapyard in Wales many years ago, while the railcar service was ran by the green three-car Class 117 DMU.

Most of the filming was focused on the DMU, because it was our very first time riding on a complete Class 117 set at a heritage railway.

Before deciding to go to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, the original plan we had for the day was to go to Weston-Super-Mare and catch 'The Devon Crompton' with Class 33s running on it, but due to the railtour running a lot later than we originally thought, we decided to knock that one on the head, and settle for a first visit to the heritage railway.

It worked out very well in the end, and we had a very relaxing day on the Class 117, and enjoyed the day.

Filmed on Sunday 8th March, 2020.

Filmed by Thomas Coombes and Scott Coombes
Produced by Thomas Coombes

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