Diesel Galas
24th September 2005 : Bodmin &
Wenford Gala by way of HRT
Mike Searle on a day out.
20th May 2005 : Churnet Valley & Barrow Hill
Galas
Stuart Chapman on a busy day out to two galas.
7th May 2005 : W.S.R. Diesel Gala
Rob Fraser pays a visit.
9th October 2004 : N.V.R. Diesel Gala
Mike Searle yet again.....
18th
July 2004 : "The Load Bank" - K. & E.S.R. Diesel Gala
Mike Searle out again.....
10th
- 11th July 2004 : A Rare Weekend Pass Out!!
Mike Searle escapes for a couple of days.....
14th March 2004 : Peak Practice -
45118 on the N&LR
Stuart Chapman describes.....
8th June 2003 : Small Shunter Hunting
in the Peaks
Kevin Heath on a day out in Derbyshire.
26th April 2003 : Shackerstone
Diesel Gala (Saturday)
Nick Farrant describes a near-bowl out on the Saturday...
26th April 2003 : The "Nene
Corridor" Project launch
A Nene Valley Railway diesel day.
6th April 2003 : The Branchline Diesel
Weekend
Duncan Jennings describes the Sunday of this event
on the Dean Forest Railway.
22nd - 23rd March 2003 : A Weekend
without Network Rail...
Steve Cassidy describes.....
5th & 6th October 2002 : Barrow
Hill Diesel Gala
The Saturday of this years event, by Mike Searle.
4th - 6th October 2002 : S.V.R. Diesel
Gala
The Friday & Saturday of this years event.
29th September 2002 : Crompton Bashing
North of Derby
Steve Pickersgill on the bash around the Peak District.
21st/22nd September 2002 : Battlefield
Line Diesel Weekend
Stuart Smith describes the Saturday.
3rd August 2002 : K&WVR Diesel
Weekend
The annual DRS-fest!
21st July 2002 : GCR(N) Diesel Gala
A decent day out!
15th June 2002 : Dean Forest Railway "Branchline
Diesel Gala"
Another days gronk bashing.
1st June 2002 : Battlefield Line
"Shunter Weekend" Gala
A days gronk bashing.
18th May 2002 : Nene Valley "East
Coast" Gala
Guy Middletons review...from the rear cab of Deltic no.9 !!
4th-6th May 2002 : Bo'ness (or
Miracles are us!!!)
Phill T goes Sulzer bashing again....
23rd March 2002 : The Mid-Norfolk
Diesel Gala
Chris Morley describes the Saturday of this weekend event
7th July 2001 : Churnet Valley Diesel
Gala
Small loco bashing in north Staffordshire
9th - 10th June 2001 : Another Line in
the Book (27066)
Phill Taylor in action again!
5th-7th May 2001 : Red Pen & Ruler
Phill Taylor on a three day Scottish preserved diesel bash.
7th April 2001 : Mid Hants Railway Diesel
gala
Nigel Benning describes the Saturday whilst....
Phil Sherringham, Daniel Bound and Miggy all describe the Sunday!
4th November 2000 : Gothic Nights (&
Days)
A review of the Friday & Saturday of the NYMR diesel gala, by Phil
Sherringham.
21st October 2000 : Gloucestershire
Warwickshire Railway Diesel Gala
A review of the Saturday.
14th October 2000 : Llangollen Railway Diesel
Gala
The Saturday of the three day event
30th September 2000 : SVR Diesel Gala
Another perspective on the Saturday, by Adrian Knight
29th/30th September 2000 : SVR Diesel Gala
Friday & Saturday of the annual diesel gala
23rd September 2000 : The GCR Diesel Gala
GCR Diesel gala - the Saturday described by Nick Ross
2nd September 2000 : SRPS Sulzer Gala -
Bo'ness
Bo'ness Diesel gala - the Saturday described by Nick Ross
10th/11th June 2000 : North Norfolk Railway
Diesel gala
NNR's Diesel gala - the Saturday described by Andrew Elms
4th & 5th March 2000 : The Trainspotters
Ball(s)
Mid Hants Railway diesel gala...and more...
16th October 1999 : SVR diesel gala
The Saturday of the annual SVR dieselfest.
10th September 1999 : EWS Classic Traction
Event
THE diesel traction event of the year....
1st August 1999 : K&WVR Diesel Gala
This years K&WVR Gala, with visiting DRS traction.
27th March 1999 : The MRC Spring Diesel Gala
Day 1 of the MRC Spring Diesel gala with visiting Deltics & DRS traction.
19th December 1998 : Another
"Super-Spoon" falls to the bashers
A brief visit to the Great Central Railway to "claim" another Class
57.
13th - 15th November 1998 : From Heritage
Traction to the Newest Loco About...
A weekend including pubs, the NYMR diesel gala, the YDR and a pair of 66's.
10th October 1998 : Yet another diesel
gala...
This time the Severn Valley Railway diesel gala, plus brief visit to the
Northampton & Lamport Railway diesel event.
18th & 19th September 1998 : West
Somerset Railway Diesel gala
Yet more decent vintage traction on offer...
David Russell describes the Friday, I describe the Saturday.
12th September 19xx : Westerns, Warships
& Hymeks
A "tale of old" (?) involving a failed Class 52 "Western".
1st & 2nd August 1998 : A Weekend in
Yorkshire...
A weekend spent bashing diesels.
6th June 1998 : Battlefield Line Diesel
Weekend and Cadeby Light Railway
Saturday of the Battlefield Line Diesel Gala plus a visit to the Cadeby Light
Railway.
19th April 1998 : Llangollen Railway Spring
Diesel Weekend
The Sunday of the Llangollen Railway Diesel Weekend.
29th March 1998 : Midland Railway Centre
Spring Diesel Gala
The Sunday of the MRC Spring Diesel Gala weekend.
29th December 1997 : Gloucestershire
Warwickshire Railway
Diesel day with Classes 20, 24, 25 and 47 in action.
28th December 1997 : Battlefield Line
"Christmas Sock" event with Classes 20, 25 and 31 on offer.
8th - 10th May 1987 : Get Out &
Push!
A Tour & a Gala - 1987 Style!
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