29 December 2008 - Toddington

Lunch at the Hobnails Inn at Little Washbourne and then a visit to the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway (GWR) at Toddington.

Our lunch stop. The Hobnails at Little Washbourne .

On the wall outside an old ceramic brewery sign. West Country Ales. I remember these from when I was a lad living in this area. Follow this link for the history.

A lot of interest in the cab of City of Truro.

City of Truro (3440) with a 56XX class tank locomotive (5619) about to leave the platform.

Signal box and signals.

5619 leaving the platform.

Building up speed.

A closer look at 5619 as she passes by. Follow this link for more information on the railway and details of the locomotives.

A close look at the name plate and date of manufacture (1903) of City of Truro.

There was a really busy atmosphere around the place today

Looking down the line from the platform.

Waiting for the next train.

Another shot of Truro in the fading light.

Foremarke Hall (7903) returning with a full load.