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Mixed Traction Weekend 11, 12, 13 June 2010
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Diesels in the West...
The three-day Mixed Traffic Weekend will showcase the Western Region’s Diesel Hydraulics with a feast of Maybach music - courtesy of "Western", "Warship" and "Hymek" locomotives. All motive power is, of course, subject to availability.
Locomotives...
| · | Class 42 Warship no D832 Onslaught
| | · | Class 42 Warship no D821 Greyhound
| | · | Class 52 Western no D1010 Western Campaigner
| | · | Class 52 Western no D1062 Western Courier
| | · | Class 35 Hymek no D7017
| | · | Class 14 no D9520
| | · | Class 14 no D9526
| | · | Class 47no D1661 North Star
| | · | Class 25 no D7523
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| | · | BR(W) 2-6-2T no 4160
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All the above is believed correct as at 19 February 2010 and listed in good faith. Not all locomotives will be working each day. All motive power is, of course, subject to availability.
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Events and Highlights...
| · | A feast of Maybach music - with Western, Warship, Hymek and Class 14 locomotives in action
| | · | Three guest locomotives - Western no D1062 Western Courier, Warship no D821 Greyhound, Class 14 no 9520
| | · | The return of Class 52 Western no D1010 Western Campaigner
| | · | ROF Barclay shunters working at Dunster Yard on 12 June
| | · | Intensive timetable
| | · | DMU shuttle service between Minehead and Blue Anchor on all three days
| | · | Diesel & Electric Preservation Group Heritage Diesel Visitor Centre, Depot and Yard open for inspection
| | · | Free bus service linking Taunton and Bishops Lydeard Railway Station
| | · | Special souvenir programme available
| | · | Lots of photographic opportunities
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All the above highlights, and the information below, are believed correct as at 19 February 2010, detailed in good faith and subject to availability.
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Train Timetables...
Please note other trains - empty coaching stock, light engines - may run. Details will be found in the Working Timetables (see below) and also published with the Souvenir Programme.
Working Timetables...
Working timetables, showing which locomotive is rostered for each train, and full departure and arrival timings for each train including goods trains, for the event are published as PDFs:
Shuttles...
On the Friday and Saturday there are DMU shuttle services from Minehead to Dunster. Departures from Minehead will be at 10.40am, 11.40am, 12.40pm, 1.40pm and 2.40pm. All trains return from Dunster 12 minutes later. On Sunday the DMU will be running shuttles to Norton Fitzwarren from Bishops Lydeard at 11.45am, 12.45pm, 1.45pm and 2.45pm.
On Saturday 12 June, locos and coaches will shuttle between Bishops Lydeard and Norton Fitzwarren, leaving Bishops Lydeard at 11.45am, 12.45pm, 1.45pm and 2.45pm, with the 11.45am departure being top and tailed by Class 42s nos D821 and D832, with the later departures top and tailed by the two Class 14s. See the souvenir brochure for more details.
Catering...
Bar and buffet facilities will be available throughout the event on most trains serving a range of hot and cold food, tea/coffee and a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Refreshments including hot food will be available at principal stations including Bishops Lydeard, Williton, Watchet and Minehead. Light refreshments should also be available at Blue Anchor, Stogumber & Crowcombe Heathfield.
Fish and Chips...
A limited number of fish and chip meals will be available to passengers on the 6pm departure from Minehead on Saturday 12 June. This venture is a first for a WSR special event. Order a meal before 3pm that day by calling Minehead Office on 01643 704996 or by popping into the Information Office at Minehead Station and purchasing a voucher in person. This can be exchanged on the train for the meal. The cost of the fish and chip meal will be £6.50 and booking before 3pm on the day is essential. Please note that the fish and chip voucher is not valid for travel and a seperate travel ticket will be required.
Museums...
The Gauge Museum at Bishops Lydeard, Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust  museum at Washford, and Blue Anchor Railway Museum will all be open. Trackwork display at Crowcombe Heathfield. The Taunton Model Railway Group’s base at Bishops Lydeard will also be open (small separate admission charge payable).
Shed Visits...
At Williton you will have the chance to visit the excellent Diesel Heritage Centre, which features much information about the early Western Region diesels in particular. The shed and workshop of the Diesel & Electric Preservation Group will also be open, offering a rare glimpse inside, and several diesel locomotives will be on display in the yard, some of which can be cabbed. The D&EPG sheds and yard area will be open on all three days, 10am to 5pm. Please note the engineering base of the WSRA, and the area around it, will not be open over the Mixed Traffic Weekend.
Lineside Photography...
A reminder that access to the lineside and other areas away from the public areas is restricted to those with a valid Lineside Photography Permit. More information...
DMU shuttles...
On all three days a DMU shuttle services operates between Minehead and Blue Anchor.
Souvenir Programme and Working Timetable...
A colour souvenir programme which will include the complete working timetable and locomotive rosters for all four days will be available from 7 June 2010 from Minehead and at all stations during the event and priced at £3.00 per copy.
Bus service - Bishops Lydeard and Taunton
A special free bus service linking Taunton Station, the Park and Ride car park at Silk Mill and Bishops Lydeard will run at least every 30 minutes on all three days. The service will start from 9.30am
collecting from under the Taunton Station bridge each day with the last bus connecting with the final train arrival at Bishops Lydeard.
Location of bus stop at Taunton Railway Station:
The free bus service will stop for WSR passengers under the Taunton Station Bridge each day. Those coming off Taunton Railway Station, simply leave the station and follow the pavement round to the overbridge - there is no need to cross the road.
Retail Outlets...
The Railway's principal shops at Minehead and Bishops Lydeard will both be open throughout the Gala – offering a wide range of gifts, souvenirs, books, videos etc – and shops at several of the intermediate stations will also be open. The excellent Reader’s Halt bookstall, situated on the platform at Minehead, will also be open. A small number of sales and information stands will also be present.
Tickets...
Please note that no privilege ticket, free pass and voucher facilities are valid at the Mixed Traction Weekend. Special Event fares apply to all passengers.
Discounts are available on Rover Tickets purchased in advance- use the Booking Form .
Rover Tickets allow you the complete freedom of the line and purchasing them is the best way of enjoying the Gala. One, Two and Three Day Rover Tickets will be available.
Rover Tickets for the Mixed Traction Weekend are now online at TicketWeb .
How to Book...
You can book Rover Tickets at a discount in advance in the following ways...
| · | Via the TicketWeb website
| | · | By telephone, using your Credit Card. Please ring 01643 704996, 9am-5pm Monday-Friday
| | · | By completing the Booking Form
| | · | In person at Minehead Station 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday
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Loco rosters - brief details...
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The Railway issued these words on 2 June:
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| The following list shows the times of the diesel departures at the head of trains which will be working over the whole length of the line between Bishops Lydeard and Minehead. | |
| It is arranged by loco number and does not show the double-heading although that should be easy enough to work out.
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| No D1010 Western Campaigner
| | Friday 11th 0900 from Minehead, 1100 from Bishops Lydeard, 1300 from Minehead, 1700 from Bishops Lydeard
| | Saturday 12th:- 0900 from Minehead, 1200 from Bishops Lydeard, 1500 from Minehead, 1700 from Bishops Lydeard.
| | Sunday 13th:- 1000 from Bishops Lydeard, 1400 from Minehead, 1700 from Bishops Lydeard
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| No D1062 Western Courier
| | Friday 11th:- 1000 from Bishops Lydeard, 1200 from Minehead, 1500 from Bishops Lydeard, 1800 from Minehead
| | Saturday 12th:- 1200 from Bishops Lydeard, 1400 from Minehead, 1600 from Bishops Lydeard, 1800 from Minehead
| | Sunday 13th:- 1000 from Bishops Lydeard, 1400 from Minehead, 1600 from Bishops Lydeard, 1800 from Minehead.
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| No D821 Greyhound
| | Friday 11th:- 0900 from Minehead, 13.00 from Bishops Lydeard, 1500 from Minehead, 1700 from Bishops Lydeard
| | Saturday 12th:- 0900 from Minehead, 1400 from Bishops Lydeard, 1600 from Minehead, 1800 from Bishops Lydeard
| | Sunday 13th:- 1100 from Minehead, 1300 from Bishops Lydeard, 1500 from Minehead
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| No D832 Onslaught
| | Friday 11th:- 1000 from Minehead, 1300 from Bishops Lydeard, 1600 from Minehead, 1800 from Bishops Lydeard
| | Saturday 12th:- 1000 from Minehead, 1300 from Bishops Lydeard, 1500 from Minehead, 1800 from Bishops Lydeard.
| | Sunday 13th: 1000 from Minehead, 1300 from Bishops Lydeard,
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| No D7017
| | Friday 11th:- 0900 from Bishops Lydeard, 1100 from Minehead, 1400 from Minehead, 1700 from Minehead
| | Saturday 12th:- 0900 from Bishops Lydeard, 1200 from Minehead.
| | Sunday 13th:- 1200 from Bishops Lydeard, 1500 from Minehead, 1800 from Bishops Lydeard
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| The two Class 14s will work in multiple throughout the three days.
| | Friday 11th:- 1200 from Bishops Lydeard, 1400 from Minehead.
| | Friday 12th:- 0800 from Bishops Lydeard, 1100 from Minehead,
| | Sunday 13th:- 0900 from Bishops Lydeard, 1200 from Minehead, 1400 from Bishops Lydeard, 1600 from Minehead.
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| No D1661 North Star
| | Friday 11th: 1600 from Bishops Lydeard
| | Saturday 12th: 0800 from Minehead, 1000 from Bishops Lydeard.
| | Sunday 13th:- 0900 from Minehead.
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| DMU
| | Friday 11th: 0800 from Bishops Lydeard
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The Railway issued these words on 26 May:
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The souvenir booklet for the Mixed Traction Weekend between 11th and 13th June will include in its contents the full set of planned locomotive diagrams but just to whet the appetite here are one or two of the highlights for the fans of Maybach Music.
Friday 11th June:
The day starts with a bang at the Minehead end with an up working for a “Warship” and “Western” double header with D821 and D1010 heading the 0900 departure which will pass the 0800 DMU from Bishops Lydeard at Blue Anchor and the 09.00 behind D7017 at Williton.. And for those who remember when the D800’s hunted in pairs on the “Cornish Riviera” the 13.00 from Bishops Lydeard will be a “must” as both the Class 42’s will be double-heading.
Saturday 12th June:
From Minehead “Greyhound” and “Western Campaigner” once again have charge of the 0900 and will meet the “Teddy Bear” pairing on the 08.00 from Lydeard at Blue Anchor, possibly promoting the first gricer gallop of the day. The midday from Bishops Lydeard is a super-power pairing of both “Westerns” and D1010 goes back in company with D832 on the 1500 from Minehead. And for the grand finale the 1800 from Bishops Lydeard is another “Warship” pairing which will meet D1062 at Williton for that final bit of barrow crossing exercise.
Sunday 13th June:
The Class 52 pairing starts its day from Bishops Lydeard at 10.00 and D821/D832 will set off together from that end of the line at 13.00. It’s D1010 and D1062 together on the 14.00 from Minehead or if you prefer to wait until 15.00 you can head south away from the coast behind D821 and D7017.
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And of course there is plenty of single headed action to enjoy as well. The Souvenir Booklet with all the details can be obtained by sending a cheque for £3.00 payable to West Somerset Railway to The Railway Station, Minehead, TA24 5BG or can be ordered over the ‘phone for £5 by ringing 01643 704996. Discounts on Rover tickets for one, two or three days are available up until close of play on Monday June 7th.
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