{"id":3380,"date":"2024-01-18T02:17:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T16:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2024-01-18T02:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T16:17:15","slug":"replacement-guest-locomotive-announced-for-gcrs-winter-steam-gala-after-mechanical-fault-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=3380","title":{"rendered":"Replacement guest locomotive announced for GCR\u2019s Winter Steam Gala after mechanical fault"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new guest will star at the GCR Winter Steam Gala this month in the place of the previously announced \u2018Omaha\u2019 2253<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Joe Connell<\/em><\/p>\n

BR Standard 4 75069 will visit the Gala in the place of \u2018Omaha\u2019 2253, which is unable to visit due to a mechanical fault before it was due to be transported to the GCR. <\/p>\n

GCR announced that BR Standard 4 75069 will star in the Gala instead thanks to the Severn Valley Railway and \u2018The 75069 Fund\u2019.<\/p>\n

L&Y A Class will also join the Gala straight from its appearance at Embsay, appearing with permission of Andy Booth.<\/p>\n

GCR\u2019s three day Winter Steam Gala takes place 26th to 28th January 2024.<\/p>\n

75069 is a BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 locomotive designed by R.A. Riddles. The Standard 4MT was designed for mixed traffic use on secondary routes where the BR Standard Class 5 and its predecessor, the \u2018Black Five\u2019, would be too heavy. 75069 was one of the final batch allocated to the BR Southern Region which were built in 1955 with a larger tender. This gives greater coal and water capacity, but restricting the weight and route restrictions to that of the Standard Class 5.<\/p>\n

Malcolm Holmes, general manager said \u201cWe are of course disappointed to be changing our plans so close to the date, but we are grateful for wonderful colleagues in the sector who have enabled us to offer another visitor to join what is sure to be a great weekend to start our 2024 season\u201d<\/p>\n

The two visitors will be joining six of the home fleet along with guest railcars Derby Lightweight \u2018Iris\u2019 and the NER Autocar to provide an intensive timetable of passenger and goods trains over the three day weekend.<\/p>\n

Passenger timetable details and fares can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new guest will star at the GCR Winter Steam Gala this month in the place of the previously announced \u2018Omaha\u2019 2253. Joe Connell BR […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[321,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heritage-trains","category-rail-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t