West Somerset Railway Summer Diesel Festival - Diesel Gala - 2023

Diesel to the West
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A short trip to the West Somerset Railway, for the Summer Diesel Festival. I was here at the end of April for the spring steam spectacular, which you can watch using the link below. Between the 8th to the 10th of June, the West Somerset Railway ran their annual diesel gala. Featuring a wide selection of locomotives including visiting and our home fleet locomotives which are looked after by the Group.
The West Somerset Railway didn't hold back from having an intensive timetable, though it wasn’t really a timetable when it was almost 1 hour behind schedule come the end of the day, rather, a rough guide. A couple of locomotives visiting for the weekend, including ; Class 25 No. D7659, Class 33 ‘Crompton’ No. 33002 “Sea King”, Class 55 ‘Deltic’ No. 55009 “Alycidon” & Class 14 No. D9551.
These accompanied the full times at the West Somerset Railway, including; Class 09 No. D4107, Class 14 'Teddy Bear' No. D9526, Class 33 'Crompton' No. D6566, Class 33 'Crompton' No. D6575, Class 35 'Hymek' No. D7017 & Class 35 'Hymek’ No. D7018, though I didn’t see a Hymek all day! In this video, shots were taken at:

00:00 - West Somerset Railway Summer Diesel Festival
00:10 - Deltic No.55009 near Nethercot
00:50 - No. 33002 ‘Sea King’ at Combe Florey
01:30 - D9551 & D9526 crossover at Blue Anchor
04:20 - No. 33002 passes through Washford
06:23 - D7659 approaches Washford
06:53 - No. 55009 Alycidon at Watchet
09:40 - 2 Class 33s (D6566 & 33 002) pass through Stogumber at speed
10:29 - D7659 arrives into Williton crossing over with D9551
13:40 - Deltic 55 009 leaves Watchet for Bishops Lydeard
14:59 - Deltic at Leigh Bridge
16:30 - 33 002 & D6566 near Bicknoller
17:45 - D9526 at Leigh Wood crossing along with
19:04 - 55 009 at Leigh Crossing heading to Minehead
19:48 - D9526 heading to Bishops Lydeard at Roebuck Crossing
20:38 - D9551 heading to Minehead at Roebuck Crossing
21:29 - D7659 at Crowcombe Heathfield
23:59 - 33002 ‘Sea King’ & D6566 Double Cromptons at Crowcombe Heathfield

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Disclaimer : No trespassing was committed in the making of this video, all shots were taken at stations, roads or footpaths.