GCR Autumn Steam Railway Gala 9th-11th Sept 2009 (Part 1) Video

In this first part of the Great Central Railway's Annual Autumn Steam Railway Gala 2009, we start off at Loughborough Sheds with an Evening Photo Shoot on Friday 9th. Here we see all the locos being prepared for the following days service. The two outside the shed clips were brightened slightly so more could be seen.
We then move on to Saturday 10th at Quorn & Woodhouse Station with a flying start to the weekend as BR Standard 7 No.70013 'Oliver Cromwell' pulls off an amazing Mail Drop as ex.LMS Fairburn Tank No. 42085 (visiting from the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway) pulls out of the down siding with the Windcutter rake. After seeing a few more trains at Quorn, our next location is a brief visit to Kinchley Lane Bridge to see the 'Shap Banker' before moving on to Rothley where we end this part with the Fairburn Tank arriving into the station after a TPO Mail Drop at Quorn.
This years theme was a 'Heavy metal Gala' focused mainly on Goods Engines and the well known 'Oliver Cromwell' which looked splendid on the RB set. So, the final line up was:

-BR Standard 9F No.92203 "Black Prince"
-WD Standard 8F 'Dub-Dee' No.90773
-BR Standard 7 'Britannia' No.70013 "Oliver Cromwell"
-BR Standard 2 No.78019 (which failed on Friday and was replaced by "Sir Lamiel" on Saturday, this loco was back on the Sunday)
-ex.SR N15 'King Arthur' Class No.30777 "Sir Lamiel" (replaces No.78019 on the Saturday)
-ex.LMS 8F No. 48305
-ex.LMS 4MT 'Fairburn Tank' No.42085
-ex.GCR 04 No.63601

Part two to follow!

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GWRDec: brilliant mate, great shots from the sheds! you almost would have had me on the 8f arriving at Quorn if 70013 hadn't been in the way! liked the shot of 70013 on the tpo and 92203 passing through Quorn, also loved the shot of the Banked Train too, i didn't realise it was 63601s birthday! 5* and faved mate, brilliant work

RailwayFanatic92220: Thanks! It's 63601's Birthday in two years which is why they were worried that they wouldn't get the overhaul finished in time. Look out for part 2!