June 2009 news archive

Great coverage – great pictures! posted on 29/06/2009
The railway media continues to give the GWR great coverage and the arrival for the 25th Anniversary Cotswold Festival of Steam, of Hall class 4-6-0 no. 5972 Olton Hall appearing as it Harry Potter film star Hogwarts Castle, was no exception.
Diesel gala and shunterfest timetables posted on 26/06/2009
Qualify for a bus pass? Then claim a free ride on the GWR! posted on 26/06/2009
Are you prepared to admit you are 60 this year? You’re in good company – so is locomotive 7903 Foremarke Hall. Bring proof of your age and you can ride for free on 4th or 5th July, if you have a fare-paying passenger with you.
Earl David and the Normandy connection at Long Marston posted on 21/06/2009
During the weekend following the Cotswold Festival of Steam, there was another railway event taking place on the route of the former Stratford to Cheltenham line.
Motoring echoes from the past posted on 21/06/2009
A hot summer’s day; the sound of steam hauled trains; a car park full of cars from the fifties and sixties.
Ever upwards: ‘Hogwarts’ casts its magic posted on 18/06/2009
The GWR has seen record train loadings so in its 25th year of operation, with the total number of tickets sold reaching 21,637: the highest number ever recorded over the same period.
Bucketfuls of cash from Toddington pour into local charities posted on 11/06/2009
Visitors parking in the field next to Toddington station for the visit of Olton Hall – masquerading as ‘Hogwarts Castle’ – during the Cotswold Festival of Steam and the following few days, raised well over £5,000 for local charities.
GWR and international relations posted on 09/06/2009
A distinguished party of visitors from a West German railway town took a ride from Toddington to Cheltenham and back to Winchcombe recently, as part of a civic delegation visiting the railway town of Swindon.