4K GWR 5553 Small Prairie Arrives at the Northampton and Lamport Railway
The August bank holiday gala 2022 at Northampton & Lamport heritage railway is shaping up to be a grand one indeed. Great Western Railway (G.W.R) SmallPrairie 5553 is the special guest and is on its way from Peak Rail in Rowsley.
As a volunteer my task was to film every moment to the new and in progress Boughton Station, the loco being placed on our railway from the lorry and then back up the line to put 5553 away in Lamport station engine shed ready for this weekends bank holiday gala from 27th/28th/29th August. The steam engines will be working freight whilst the Diesel locomotives will be working the passenger trains up and down the line from Pitsford siding to bridge 13.
Just to note 5553 spent its last working days in 1960 at St Blazey sheds in Cornwall. St Blazey is my mothers birth town and where my grandfather worked at St Blazey sheds from 1950's until 1971. So more than likely my Grandfather worked on this locomotive many moons ago. Amazing connection.
Tickets for this weekends Bank Holiday Gala are available from the website linked below
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If you would like to support this awesome heritage railway then the many ways in which you can can be found with the link below
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Great video as always. Love the drone footage, it brings a whole new perspective to our railway :)
@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Martin yh it really gives it that umphh
Amazing video Dave
Been on it at peak rail at matlock great little engine enjoy it guys 😀😀😀
That's a great video purple
Great Video Mate and Fantastic Drone Footage
@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures
7 ай бұрын
Cheers Deltic
I love a Prairie in that livery, and I have an affinity for Cornwall so I’m Lovin the connection with St Blezzy. I’ll be lookin out for 5553 in future and mebbe lookin out a OO gauge for my Layout. Gr8 Drone footage & thanks for postin 🙏🏻✌🏼🚂✨
This is a great video mate, so jealous lol, love it. 🙂
Cool
Small prairie surely, but nice!
@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures
Жыл бұрын
I am told it's a large Prairie but I'm unsure as to why it's called a Large Prairie
Hope you enjoyed your day there as there days could be numbered, there's an action group wanting this line reopened from Northampton to market harborourgh,
@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures
4 ай бұрын
Nah it went to east west rail link. That with the Leicester to nuneaton line. It would be pretty pointless
@joginns778
4 ай бұрын
@@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures your wrong mate take a look at a railway map Northampton stations en route to Marketharborough Pitsford and Brampton Spratton ,Brixworth, Lamport ,Kelmarsh ,Clipston and Oxendon Market harborough
@joginns778
4 ай бұрын
@@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures it's all in British rail atlas 1955 railway network,
@joginns778
4 ай бұрын
@@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures I fink your a little confused mate east west rail runs from Oxford to bletchley onwards to Bedford and will be built to run to Cambridge, your enthusiasm is good,
@PurpleandCoRailwayAdventures
4 ай бұрын
Bedford to Bletchley, the marston vale is EAST West link when its extended. at the moment it already Links Midland mainline with WCML. No point in opening a line if they dont need to bud
Wrong small prairie, 😔😔,