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With 2011 now under way we take a look back at some of the best and most memorable moments from 2010, split into three parts. Here is Part 3 and the list of shots goes as follows:

- 6201 'Princess Elizabeth' on 'The North Wales Coast Express' sounding magnificent as she emerges from the tunnel passing Conwy Castle (22/08/10)
- 'Holy War' on the Bala Lake Railway climbing the bank up to Llanuwchllyn station, giving a long whistle for the crossing (16/08/10)
- 44871 on 'The Cambrian Coast Express' seen in terrible weather but giving a fine performance as she storms out of Machynlleth (17/08/10)
- A beautiful mountain sunset seen from the camp site at Llanuwchllyn (26/08/10)
- 'Sir Haydn' disguised as 'Sir Handel' departing Rhydyronen for Tywyn on the Talyllyn Railway (23/08/10)
- 'Lydia' climbing up the line to the high level station on the Perrygrove Miniature Railway. They thought we wanted to get on but after a few signals and head nods they new what was going on and opened up the taps again, nice (25/09/10)
- Tyseley Locomotive Works Open Day - featured the rare outside appearance of 4003 'Lode Star' (24/10/10)
- 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresely' on 'The Cathedrals Express' departing Swindon in the low light on the return (01/12/10)
- 60163 'Tornado' on 'The Bath Christmas Market' storming through Keysham with a whistle and clouds of steam billowing from her chimney (04/12/10)

Thanks to everyone for their support over the year and I look forward to seeing what 2011 will bring. Thank you and Happy New Year.

We visited the Hollycombe Steam Collection during their steam rally which is said to be the biggest event of the year at Hollycombe. The event featured a wide variety of steam traction from railway locomotives and road locomotives to static engines used to power the fairground rides.

In this video we see Polish Tourska LAS Type 0-6-0T no.3257 running around to couple up to Hunslet 0-4-0ST 'Jack Lane', they then proceed to depart, I assume she was taking the Hunslet to a trailer to be taken away although I'm not too sure.

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After visiting the Alan Keef Ltd open day we then visited the 15in gauge Perrygrove Miniature Railway for their 'Vintage Trains Afternoon' which actually coincided with the open day so most of the people there would have been at the open day as well.

Locomotives in action -

- 0-6-0T 'Spirit Of Adventure' built in 1993 by the Exmoor Steam Railway
- 0-6-0T 'Ursula' built in 1999 by James Waterfield
- 2-6-2T 'Lydia' built in 2008 by Alan Keef Ltd
- 4wDH 'Jubilee' built in 1998 by Hunslet (on shunting duties)

Part 2 now and after everything had been sorted out at the other end we could finally make our way back down the line. After arriving back at the low level station a bit of deja vu occurs as we see 'Lydia' backing off her train into the siding and 'Spirit Of Adventure' on the front.

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BR Class 52 'Western' D1015 'Western Champion hauled the London Paddington - Penzance - London Paddington tour 1Z52 'The Royal Duchy' with BR Class 47 47760 on the rear up to Exeter St Davids where the tour would then be steam hauled by BR Britannia 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' and exLMS Black 5 44871 to Penzance. D1015 would then haul the tour from Penzance back to London Paddington. Here she is seen departing Swindon right time on the outward run of the tour. Filmed on a Sony-DCR-SR57E Camcorder. Enjoy

Super power at Didcot Railway Centre as for the first time in 49 years two ex-GWR 6000 'King' Class 4-6-0s could be seen in steam together, newly restored no.6023 'King Edward II' & no.6024 'King Edward I'. It almost didn't happen as in the early hours of the morning 6023 blew a head gasket, but this was soon fixed and by the afternoon she was steaming away nicely. We start off by seeing 6023 raising steam gently in the yard next to Castle Class no.5051 'Earl Bathurst' who sadly cannot be in the steam as her ticket ran out in 2008, 6024 is seen running on the demonstration line and we take a quick look at the GWR Steam Railmotor no.93 who has now moved to Didcot from the Llangollen Railway. We again see 6024 on the demonstration line before returning to the yard to see 6023 move off shed to head to the turntable. She is turned about a quarter of the way at first to allow people to photograph and/or video her, 6024 is seen passing by in the background. 6024 is then seen shunting the stock on the demonstration line, she then moves off the stock to head off to the yard to be lined up with 6023 and 5051. After getting some shots off them together at last we move back to the lineside as 6023 and 6024 now doubled up - a combined tractive effort of 80,600 lbf - back onto the stock, they back up slightly so as to get a good run up to the station and they looked fantastic together. The last few shots consist of the pair running up and down the demonstration line seen from various different spots.

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After visiting the Alan Keef Ltd open day we then visited the 15in gauge Perrygrove Miniature Railway for their 'Vintage Trains Afternoon' which actually coincided with the open day so most of the people there would have been at the open day as well.

Locomotives in action -

- 0-6-0T 'Spirit Of Adventure' built in 1993 by the Exmoor Steam Railway
- 0-6-0T 'Ursula' built in 1999 by James Waterfield
- 2-6-2T 'Lydia' built in 2008 by Alan Keef Ltd
- 4wDH 'Jubilee' built in 1998 by Hunslet (on shunting duties)

We start Part 1 at the lower level station where we see 'Spirit Of Adventure' backing up to 'Ursula' after arriving double headed with the vintage train. 'Jubilee' then arrives to take the stock away. 'Spirit Of Adventure' then moves off into the loop ready for when 'Lydia' arrives while 'Ursula' moves off to the shed. 'Lydia' then arrives and 'Spirit Of Adventure' moves onto the front to form the next train. 'Lydia' then moves off the back of the train into the siding, we now board the train for a trip up the 3/4 mile line whilst integrating some line side clips into the mix at certain locations. We then see 'Spirit Of Adventure' running round at the high level station and we wait for the next train to arrive so we can leave. After quite a wait it hadn't turned up so we decided to get out and walk down the footpath to the low level station to see what was happening. It turned out that a coach had de-railed so we had to wait for that to be sorted out so once it had been all trains were "running to the timetable, but 40 minutes late" as we had been told. After everything had been sorted 'Ursula' was on her way and we see her half way up the line as she climbs her way to the top making a fine sight, and we still managed to get to the top and get the same train down the we had caught up.

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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Great Western Society, the Didcot Railway Centre held a special event over the course of two weekends September 10th & 11th and 17th & 18th . This was to feature visiting locomotives, demonstration goods trains, vintage trains, operational signalling on the branchline and a naming ceremony.

Locomotives appearing during the events were:

- Ex-GWR 6000 Class 4-6-0 no.6023 'King Edward II' (Sadly not in steam on the day I went)
- Ex- BR Gas Turbine no.18000 (Recently arrived from the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, on display outside the shed.)
- FGW Class 43 HST Power Cars nos.43027 'Penydarren' & 43024 (Named on the Saturday at Didcot 'Great Western Society 1961 - 2011 Didcot Railway Centre'
- Ex-GWR 0-4-0ST no.1340 'Trojan'
- Ex-GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 no.5322
- Ex-GWR 2251 Class 0-6-0 no.3205 (A locomotive which the GWS helped to save, visiting from the South Devon Railway)
- Ex- GWR 1400 Class 0-4-2T no.1450 (17th & 18th only)
- GWR broad gauge Firefly Class 2-2-2 'Firefly'
- Steam Railmotor no.93 (17th & 18th only)
- Ex-GWR Diesel Railcar no.22 (17th & 18th only)

And a number of other locomotives on display during the event. I went on the first Sunday and had to spend most of my time in the shed due to the weather being rather indecisive, was hoping to see the TPO but unfortunately this was cancelled. Notice someone seems to have stuck at she plate sticker on 6023, 32A Norwich, not exactly Western Region.

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