Avon Valley Railway 'End of Season Gala' - Saturday 19th October 2013

The Avon Valley Railway's annual end of season gala was again to take place over 2 days in late October running to a timetabl which included passenger trains which consisted of expresses and locals along with freight trains. Like previous years the railway impressed with their guest locomotive which for this year was BR Manor 7822 'Foxcote Manor' from the Llangollen Railway. With the Avon Valley now my local railway due to me living in Bristol for University, it was certainly an exciting event to attend.

Locomotives in use -
|BR (W) Manor Class No 7822 'Foxcote Manor'
|Class J94 Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 15 'Earl David'
|Chrzanow Ferrum 0-6-0T 'Ferrum' class number 4015 'Karel'
|Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 0-6-0T number 7151

A very enjoyable day with all locomotives putting in some nice performances, looking forward to my next visit during Half Term to hopefully see 7822 again!

Shots in the video are -
|'Earl David' departs Bitton with the first train of the day to Oldland Common
|'Earl David' heads towards Avon Riverside with the goods train
|7822 climbs away from Avon Riverside with the passenger set
|4015 heads towards Avon Riverside with the local
|7151 with 'Earl David' banking storms out of Avon Riverside with the goods
|'Earl David' nears Bitton station with the passenger set
|7822 climbs the bank from Avon Riverside with the goods train
|7151 arrives into Bitton with the local set with 4015 brining up the rear
|7822 departs Oldland Common with the goods set
|'Earl David' thunders towards Oldland Common with the passenger set
|4015 heads in the same direction with the goods train
|'Earl David' arrives into Bitton with the passenger set
|7822 thunders out of Bitton with the express
|4015 passes through Bitton Station with the goods train
|7822 arrives into Bitton with a service for Avon Riverside
|'Earl David' arrives into Bitton with the local to Oldland Common
|'Earl David' runs round its train at Oldland Common
|7151 arrives into Oldland Common with the goods train
|'Earl David' departs Oldland Common with the local set
|7822 arrives into a very wet Oldland Common
|7822 departs Bitton with a train for Avon Riverside
|7151 along with 'Earl David' & 4015 triple head an epress through Bitton
|7822 thunders out of Bitton with the goods train for Oldland