May 2009 news archive

Striking the right note at Toddington posted on 28/05/2009
As if the engine that stars as Hogwarts Castle isn’t enough, the GWR is hosting the world’s biggest transportable concert organ over the weekend of 30th and 31st May.
Was it magic for you, too? posted on 28/05/2009
The Cotswold Festival of Steam is over and tired but happy volunteer staff have been reflecting on a really successful weekend.
By roundabout and bus at the GWR! posted on 22/05/2009
Earl of Wemyss to name locomotive No. 15 ‘Earl David’ posted on 21/05/2009
Now here is a rare occurrence – the naming of a steam locomotive!
First film of Olton Hall – which stars as Hogwarts Castle – on the GWR posted on 20/05/2009
First pictures of Olton Hall, which stars as Hogwarts Castle, running on the GWR posted on 19/05/2009
New wrapper for Cadbury! posted on 18/05/2009
Cadbury No. 1 – the diminutive tank engine that hauled the very first train on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway – will emerge from the David Page shed gleaming like a brand-new pack of Bourneville chocolate in time for the Cotswold Festival of Steam, 23rd to 26th May.
Print your own Festival leaflet or poster! posted on 18/05/2009
Ale and steam weekend posted on 18/05/2009
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, in conjunction with the North Cotswold Branch of CAMRA, are holding their first Ale and Steam weekend on the 6th and 7th June at Winchcombe Station.
Spellbinding! posted on 16/05/2009
Olton Hall/Hogwarts Castle arrives at the GWR.
By classic bus to the Cotswold Festival of Steam! posted on 15/05/2009
Getting to the GWR by public transport during the Cotswold Festival of Steam couldn’t be easier this year. Because Sunday 24th May, you can take a classic bus ride from Cheltenham right to the GWR’s Cheltenham Racecourse station and enjoy the Festival by starting from there.
GWR conjures up a very special visitor posted on 07/05/2009
The biggest and heaviest star of the Harry Potter films is paying the GWR a visit. The ‘star’ is the dark red steam locomotive, no. 5972 Olton Hall, which appears as Hogwarts Castle, hauling the Hogwarts Express that takes Harry Potter and his young wizard companions from Kings Cross to Hogwarts School.
2009 Cotswold Festival of Steam posted on 07/05/2009
The Festival has become a firm fixture in the calendar of important events in Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds. 2009 marks 25 years since the present-day GWR’s first train tentatively set out from Toddington station on a journey of about 700 yards to Didbrook.
Fish and chips update posted on 05/05/2009
Latest carriage and wagon report online posted on 04/05/2009
GWR welcomes another NRM locomotive posted on 01/05/2009
The GWR is now host to a second locomotive from the National Collection.
75 years of Associated Motorways posted on