“Some bright periods” is Met Office speak for “Mainly cloudy”. So it was on Saturday January 4th, the first day of The Battlefield Line Winter Warmer Steam Gala and my first outing of 2020. Working the through trains were 6989 Wightwick Hall, pronounced Witick, and small Prairie 5526. The ‘local’ train was worked by 5542 coupled to a two car DMU, unorthodox perhaps but effective as it provided power at both ends. Time keeping throughout the day was immaculate although I can’t speak for the last two trains of the day as I was heading home.
For those who are unaware, the line takes its name from the reputed site of the Battle of Bosworth, 1485, during which King Richard III was killed and his crown passed to Henry VII thereby commencing the Tudor dynasty. In 2012 Richard's remains were found in Leicester at the site of Greyfriars Friary and after confirmation of the facts he was buried in Leicester Cathedral in 2015. End of history lesson!
3 янв 2020
