The title explains it all really ! But just to clarify, on the evening of Saturday 28th May 2016, on the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway's 'Cotswold Festival Of Steam' the recently restored Merchant Navy 35006 'Peninsular & Oriental' is seen out a fourteen coach special running non stop from Toddington - Cheltenham - Toddington - Laverton - Toddington. The Merchant is captured from three angles as it tackles the slight rise out Gotherington. With the 9F on the rear providing no support, the southern beast is actually hauling an equivalent load of 17 coaches ! A spectacle not to be missed ! As we were having a day off and travelling on the trains this was the only footage I managed to capture.
I hope you enjoy this one off performance.
11 сен 2024