Great Central Railway and The Battlefield Line

1st August 2006

In the mid 1970's I was a member of the then Bristol Suburban Railway (BSR) , now the Avon Valley Railway.

The BSR used to run excursions to many different preserved lines.

This gallery contains photos from a very wet trip that combined the Great Central and The Battlefield line in, I would say, 1975 based on the fact that the Duke was in the shed and according to the records left Barry in 1975.

It must have been a fair old journey from Bristol to Loughborough back then.

Battle field line UID saddle tank gives breakvan rides in pouring rain	Battle field line UID saddle tank gives breakvan rides in pouring rain	Battle field line UID saddle tank gives breakvan rides in pouring rain	Great Central Railway 71000 Duke of Gloscester in the frame of the new shed at Loughborough
Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 5231 (British Railways no. 45231) now called Sherwood Forester and based on the mid hants stands at Loughborough station on the GCR	unidentified tank engine at Loughborough	Unidentified tank engine at Loughborough	West Country class no 34039 Boscastle sits in the frame of the shed at Loughborough