2023 Cotswold Festival of Steam Gala on the GWSR! 12th May 2023

As with other Gala events I've paid my first visit to before, this is another one I can now cross off my list! The Cotswold Festival of Steam, an event held once a year on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, is a celebration of when Cheltenham and Gloucester used to have one of the largest working railway networks back in the heydays of Steam, with home and guest locomotives appearing that had some sort of familiarity with the respective areas before the withdrawal of Steam in the 1960s. Had an absolute blast on this day, seeing locomotives I've not seen yet as well as those that I have, having lots of different kinds of variety makes these days all the more enjoyable! And I may definitely visit this event again in future too :)
Locomotives in the video:
SR Merchant Navy Class 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.
GWR 6959 Class 7903 Foremarke Hall (disguised as 6999 Capel Dewi Hall)
GWR 7800 Class 7820 Dinmore Manor
BR Standard Class 2 78019 (Visiting from the Great Central Railway)
GWR 4073 Class 4079 Pendennis Castle (Visiting from the Didcot Railway Centre)
L&YR Class 21 No.19 LMS No.11243 (Visitng from the East Lancashire Railway)
BR Standard Class 4 75014 Braveheart (Visiting from the Dartmouth Steam Railway)
SR U Class 31806 (Visiting from the Swanage Railway)

[@ianstewartaviation2634]

Awesome great to see these beautiful machines in action, we should be so grateful to the volunteers that keep this history alive thanks for sharing Barney👍👏

[@barneyward6448]

No worries! Glad to do so!

[@CEO100able]

A great variety of British steamers at the Gala event of the year. Excellent footage!

[@barneyward6448]

Thanks! Glad to provide it for you and everyone!

[@CEO100able]

@@barneyward6448 You're very welcome. I am looking forward to seeing more British Gala event footage with passenger trains! Keep up the excellent work!