Gala Planning Team News Don Bishop updates the latest plans
After 21 months it was fantastic for the WSR to be able to put on a gala event once more after the Covid pandemic. As things had slowly returned towards normality in the summer, the gala planning team resumed their meetings, but online using video conferencing software. We looked at the options available to us and it was agreed to run two events in September and early October. There would be no budget for visiting locos so we put together the events using the home-based fleet of locos and rolling stock. The timetable was dictated by the resources we had available, and because the level crossing work at Minehead was still going on, the
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line could only be used to Dunster where the special shunting arrangements were in place. The bus link was provided between Dunster and Minehead, and the timetables had to be worked out from scratch. Our ever-enthusiastic team member Seb Welsh did a fantastic job putting these together for both events, especially given the limited resources available. The timetables also had to allow for the temporary closure of both Doniford Halt and Washford stations. The first event, the Mixed Traffic Mogul No. 9351 enters Bishops Lydeard from under the road bridge 3 October 2021. Photo: Keith Smith
WSR JOURNAL – WINTER 2021
