GWR 2-8-0T 4200 Class no. 4247 at Toddington Station on 8th August 2004. This locomotive was built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon in 1916.

GWR 4-4-0 "City" Class no. 3440 City of Truro approaching Cheltenham Racecourse on 13th May 2005. This locomotive was built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon in 1903. The locomotive achieved fame by reputedly reaching 102 mph whilst hauling the "Oceans Mail" special from Plymouth to London Paddington on 9th May 1904. The locomotive is preserved at the National Railway Museum in York.

GWR 0-6-0PT 6400 Class no. 6430 at Cheltenham Racecourse on 11th September 2004. This locomotive was built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon in 1937, and was withdrawn from traffic in 1964. It is normally resident on the Llangollen Railway.

BR Class 03 no. D2069 at the Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. This locomotive was built by British Rail at Doncaster Works in 1959. It was withdrawn from traffic in 1983, and rescued for preservation in 1990 from a scrapyard in Leicester.

BR Class 24 no. 24081 departing Cheltenham Racecourse on 24th August 2004. This locomotive was built by British Rail at Crewe Works in 1960. It had the distinction of being the final locomotive of its class in traffic, and was withdrawn in 1980.

BR Class 47 no. 47376 approaching Cheltenham Racecourse on 5th September 2003. This locomotive was built in 1965, by Brush Traction, Loughborough. It was the first locomotive to be painted in the corporate livery of Freightliner in 1995, and survived in traffic until 2001. It was preserved in 2002.

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway (GWR) is a volunteer-run organisation that has reopened the closed railway line between Toddington and Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire. It has plans to extend to Broadway, Worcestershire. The line was originally part of the Great Western Railway's Cheltenham - Stratford-upon-Avon - Birmingham line, built in 1900-1906, and runs through the Cotswold towns of Winchcombe and Bishop's Cleeve. The line was closed after a derailment in 1976. The preservation group rehabilitated the line, starting steam train operations in 1984. This culminated with the reopening of the line to Cheltenham Racecourse in 2003, by HRH The Princess Royal. The railway operates a wide variety of both steam and heritage diesel locomotives as well as heritage multiple units. These have included the world-famous locomotives 4472 "Flying Scotsman", and 3440 "City of Truro", which was reputedly the first engine to reach 100 mph, in 1904. 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Stations

• Toddington
• Winchcombe
• Gotherington
• Cheltenham Racecourse

Cheltenham Racecourse railway station is a railway station serving Cheltenham Racecourse on the outskirts of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. ...

Locomotives

Locomotives marked with an asterisk (*) are not permanent residents on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

• Steam locomotives
  • BR 2-6-0 Class 4MT no. 76077
  • BR 2-10-0 Class 9F no. 92203 "Black Prince"
  • GWR 0-6-0 2251 Class no. 3205* (2004-)
  • GWR 2-8-0 2800 Class no. 2807
  • GWR 2-8-0 2884 Class no. 3822* (2003)
  • GWR 4-4-0 3700 "City" Class no. 3440 "City of Truro"* (2003, 2004, 2005)
  • GWR 2-8-0T 4200 Class nos. 4247 and 4270
  • GWR 4-6-0 4900 "Hall" Class no. 4936 "Kinlet Hall"* (2004-)
  • GWR 2-6-2T 5101 "Large Prairie" Class no. 5199* (2003)
  • GWR 2-8-0T 5205 Class no. 5224* (2003-2004)
  • GWR 0-6-0PT 5700 Class no. 9642* (2005-)
  • GWR 0-6-0PT 6400 Class nos. 6412* (2004) and 6430* (2004)
  • GWR 4-6-0 6959 "Modified Hall" Class nos. 6960 "Raveningham Hall", 6984 "Owsden Hall", and 7903 "Foremarke Hall"
  • Industrial 0-6-0ST no. 2409 "King George"
  • LMS 2-8-0 Class 8F no. 8274
  • SR 4-6-2 "Merchant Navy" Class no. 35006 "Peninsular & Oriental"

• Diesel locomotives
  • BR 0-6-0 Class 03 nos. D2069 and D2184
  • BR 0-6-0 Class 14 no. D9553
  • BR Bo-Bo Class 20 no. D8137
  • BR Bo-Bo Class 24 no. 24081
  • BR Bo-Bo Class 26 no. 26043
  • BR Co-Co Class 37 nos. 37215 and 37324 "Clydebridge"
  • BR 1Co-Co1 Class 45 no. 45149
  • BR Co-Co Class 47 nos. 47105 and 47376 "Freightliner 1995"
  • BR Co-Co Class 56 no. 56003
  • BR Bo-Bo Class 73 no. 73129 "City of Winchester"
  • LMS 0-6-0 English Electric shunter no. 7069

• Diesel multiple units
  • BR Class 101 observation car 6300 (ex-54356)
  • BR Class 108 unit 51950+52062

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Signalling

The signalling on the line is a mixture of Electric Key Token and Staff working, depending on operational requirements. Current sections are: On railways, a token (also staff or tablet, depending on its shape) is a physical object which a locomotive driver is required to have before entering onto a particular section of single track. ...

• Toddington - Winchcombe (EKT)
• Winchcombe - Cheltenham Racecourse (short section staff)
• Toddington - Cheltenham Racecourse (with Winchcombe switched out - long section staff)

The above arrangements will change when Cheltenham Racecourse 'box is commissioned.

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• Toddingon - operational
• Winchcombe - operational
• Gotherington - non-operational (building only)
• Cheltenham Racecourse - currently being commisioned (early 2006)

Future plans

The railway currently has two major projects ongoing.

• Implementation of signalling on the Winchcombe-Cheltenham section of the line, to allow operation of multiple trains. This includes construction of signal boxes at Cheltenham Racecourse and Gotherington.
• Extension of track northwards from Toddington towards Broadway, with the construction of a new station at Broadway.

In the long-term future, plans could include a southern extension to link up to the national rail network at Cheltenham Spa mainline station, and extensions further north towards Honeybourne and possibly eventually Stratford-upon-Avon. However, extensions to the ends of the closed sections of line at Stratford and Cheltenham are impossible at present as a supermarket has been built over the trackbed at Cheltenham and a road has been built on the trackbed at Stratford. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Broadway, Worcestershire Broadway is a Cotswold village in Worcestershire, England. ... Cheltenham Spa railway station is a railway station serving the Cotswold town of Cheltenham Spa. ... Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a town in Warwickshire, England. ...

North Gloucestershire Narrow Gauge Railway

Toddington station is also home to the North Gloucestershire Narrow Gauge Railway.

External links

• Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway
• North Gloucestershire Narrow Gauge Railway
• Cotswold Steam Preservation Ltd. - Owners of No. 2807