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| Kirklees Light Railway: Back on the Line Again Gala Weekend; 12th/13th September 2009 | |
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| Topic Started: 1 Jul 2009, 04:49 PM (87 Views) | |
| Badger064ST | 1 Jul 2009, 04:49 PM Post #1 |
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The Friends of the Kirklees Light Railway are pleased to announce the theme of their 4th Annual Steam & Diesel Gala which will be held over the weekend of the 12th and 13th September 2009. The theme this year is "Back on the Line Again" which aims to bring back and reunite former KLR resident locomotives or perhaps what the KLR locomotive fleet might have looked like! (Is it also the first time all the early BVR locos are back together again since the CCLR's 2nd Little Unusual Steam Gala in 1995?) the headlining cast are:- SR&RL No.24 2-6-2 FLW 1990 Wroxham Broad 2-6-4T G&S/Winson Sian 2-4-2 Guest 1963 The supporting line up are BMR "Mountaineer" 0-4-0TT - a chance to test its new cylinders KLR 2-6-2T Fox KLR 0-6-4ST Badger KLR 0-4-0+0-4-0T Hawk KLR 0-4-0+0-4-0TG Owl KLR 4wDH Jay All locomotives are subject to availability. Thank you to our friends and colleagues at the Bure Valley, Cleethorpes Coast, Windmill Farm Railways and Sian Project Group for agreeing to allow their locomotives to come for a hurl up the hill. The event will feature and intensive timetable with additional shuttle workings and a demonstration goods train for photographers. There will also be vintage vehicles and a model exhibition and no doubt the Duck Pond Miniature Railway will be in operation too. Further details of times and prices will be published nearer the time. Edited by Badger064ST, 6 Jul 2009, 06:35 PM.
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http://stuartross.fotopic.net/ www.friendsofklr.co.uk Find us at Facebook to discover more about the Kirklees Light Railway http://www.facebook.com/pages/Huddersfield-United-Kingdom/Kirklees-Light-Railway/152198742256 | |
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| Allen Wiggins | 10 Aug 2009, 09:47 PM Post #2 |
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Just a little something I knocked up just go get you lot interested in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzvGGwvPJSM Cheers Allen |
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| sdashton | 3 Sep 2009, 09:54 PM Post #3 |
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Preparations are going well for next weekends gala at the KLR. A copy of the timetable is now available at www.friendsofklr.co.uk |
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| Badger064ST | 7 Sep 2009, 07:23 PM Post #4 |
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Well things are starting to happen, today adaptor couplings were taken out of storage and dusted off. Two new yoke plates were fabricated ready for Wroxham Broad and one of Tracey Joe's Romney buffers jumped out from underneath the radial drill in the workshop...could it be a coincidence or is it becoming energised like the Doctors hand?! |
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http://stuartross.fotopic.net/ www.friendsofklr.co.uk Find us at Facebook to discover more about the Kirklees Light Railway http://www.facebook.com/pages/Huddersfield-United-Kingdom/Kirklees-Light-Railway/152198742256 | |
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| AJcoulls | 9 Sep 2009, 10:34 PM Post #5 |
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See you there - "White Van 2" will be in attendance with a grey crate full in the back... 
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| colinpeake | 13 Sep 2009, 07:21 PM Post #6 |
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How the Kirklees Light Railway would top 2008's 'Battle of the Atlantics' was anyone's guess, but Ithink they have managed a close run with the 2009 theme of 'Back on the Line Again', bringing together locomotives that once had a home on the line, plus a return visit by 'Mountaineer' from Cleethorpes. Here are some pictures taken on the Saturday:  Mountaineer and Fox at Clayton West  A very happy Mr Shaw, lighting/smoke conditions at Skelmanthorpe were great!  Fox at Skelmanthorpe  Fox with Mountaineer in the haze  Side-view of Mountaineer (I sooo want to tilt-shift this!)  Badger with the Shibden Park i/c loco at Shelley  More bizzare light/shadow at Skelmanthorpe  Wroxham Broad passes Mountaineer/Sian at Skelmanthorpe  Sian in the sun  Sian after turning  Wroxham Broad between turns  Side-view of Wroxham Broad  Rear view of Wronxham Broad  No report from Kirklees is complete without Emley Moor transmitter!  24 at Clayton West  24, Hawk and Owl in the sun  Wroxham Broad and Fox - Laurence hitches a ride...  Jay at Shelley after turning  Sunset over the shed  Sian and 24 ready to head out on the 8.00 pm train Thanks to everyone at the KLR for a grand day out, and for the hospitality given to the MRMT Trustees and Advisers. I'll leave it to someone else to explain what happened later in the evening... Colin |
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Colin Peake MRW Digest Editor Miniature Railways - Colin Peake's Photos | |
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| MuzTrem | 13 Sep 2009, 07:49 PM Post #7 |
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Great pictures as always Colin  Funnily enough, I haven't seen Sian since she was actually based at Clayton West! If only I had more opportunities to go up North...
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| craiggluyas | 14 Sep 2009, 08:57 AM Post #8 |
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Hope to sort through my shots tonight! Got some nice ones, helped by the weather! A fantastic event, well done to Stu and Steven for all the hard work. This is fast becoming the 15" gauge gala in the calander! I think we may have beaten the record for the most forum members in one place, and also think someone has taken my crown for the most pollution. Photo evidence to follow but Chris's socks were mentioned... The fun and games on Sat night just added to it. Edited by craiggluyas, 14 Sep 2009, 09:01 AM.
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Craig Gluyas Talking to one's self is a sign of madness. I talk to my imaginary friend. | |
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| Nick Tozer | 14 Sep 2009, 10:15 AM Post #9 |
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Most enjoyable event as usual ... only marred by my video camera corrupting much of the film I took and by my almost unbelieveable failure to press the start button when the 17:00 'Shelley or Bust' departure erupted out of Clayton West 
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| Timbo | 14 Sep 2009, 10:18 AM Post #10 |
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Gutted that we missed a lot of fun on Saturday night - what happened? Massive thanks to the KLR gang (especially Stu) and all of the visiting teams for making it happen. |
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| craiggluyas | 14 Sep 2009, 01:32 PM Post #11 |
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No 24 had a bit of a hissy fit and decided to runa hot bearing and stop on the way down. Now some would blame the driver and fireman combo but..... Anyway, after a little while 24 was coaxed into the loop at cuckoos and sian heading the train back down. It was getting quite hairy for a while as the passengers needed re-filling (& emptying) 24 then rolled down at a slow pace with 3 of us on the footplate arriving back to a great applause from the newly refilled passengers. |
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Craig Gluyas Talking to one's self is a sign of madness. I talk to my imaginary friend. | |
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| DevilDrummer | 14 Sep 2009, 02:00 PM Post #12 |
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A truly enjoyable event, i think a good time was had by all. Well done to all involved! I think alot of railways could learn from KLR's galas, theyre quickly becoming the best! Took alot of pictures, will post some on my fotopic and some in the embarasing pics thread...  Looking forward to next years already
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"Humans are so smart, they dont even need a meteorite to destroy themselves, like the stupid dinosaurs did!" http://devildrummertom.fotopic.net | |
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| Cagney boy | 14 Sep 2009, 02:45 PM Post #13 |
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A few of my own pics from Saturday. Being my first time at Kirklees, I was Definatly Not Dissapointed, can't wait to see what they do next year.    
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| Allen Wiggins | 14 Sep 2009, 06:12 PM Post #14 |
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some superb pictures there on behalf of kirklees light railway, id like to says thanks to steve and the cclr team for getting 24 running again on sunday!!! |
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| sdashton | 14 Sep 2009, 07:33 PM Post #15 |
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We now have some incriminating evidence, the Huddersfield Examiner have carried a photo tonight showing Tom tweaking 24 with a BIG spanner, could it be it wasn't the crews fault after all? In all seriousness I'd like to echo Alans sentiments and also thank everyone who came, took part and loaned us their locomotives. Its the people that make the events so good, so thank you to everyone who came and to those who were very late home on Saturday night! Stephen |
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