Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: 7802

GCR Winter Steam Gala 2019. During our lay over in the Down Carriage Sidings I was left alone for a while on the footplate of our visitor from the Severn Valley Railway, Great Western Railway Manor 4-6-0 7802 Bradley Manor. So what do you do after you've made sure the fire and water are in good shape and you've pulled some coal forward? Take a photo from the tender of course!

Great Western Railway Manor Class 4-6-0 7802 Bradley Manor climbs away Rothley's Section signal with the 11.20 from Loughborough. At this point the engine is on the 1 in 176 gradient. 7802 was visiting the GCR for the Winter Gala in January but stayed on for a while before returning to its home base at Bridgnorth. Wishing everyone HFF and have a great Christmas weekend & a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous 2023.

On the Saturday of the 2019 Winter Gala I was rostered fireman on visiting Great Western Railway Manor 4-6-0 7802 Bradley Manor. On our first trip we had double-headed with Modified Hall 6990 Witherslack Hall on the 09.00 train to Leicester but this shot was taken prior to our second trip, the 11.15, and we were waiting in the Down Loop in Loughborough as 6990 departed steamily out of the station with the 10.45 train.

It's the first day of the GCR Winter Gala and I was on the prep crew watching our visitor from the Severn Valley Railway, Great Western Railway Manor 4-6-0 7802 Bradley Manor come off shed. The photo was taken from Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521 while Chris & Alex are on J94 0-6-0ST 68067 - both locos were being shunted by the Jocko onto the road 2 pit.

The sleek lines of Great Western Railways 4-6-0 7802 Bradley Manor double-heading with Modified Hall 6990 Witherslack Hall as they depart Loughborough during the Winter Gala.

Despite the grey-sky forecast the sun shone brightly on Great Western Railway Manor Class 4-6-0 7802 Bradley Manor as pulls away from Rothley with the 11.20 from Loughborough. At this point the engine is on the 1 in 176 gradient while the coaches are still over the short approx. 1 in 100 climb out of Rothley Brook.

The second day of the Winter Gala. Double-headed Great Western 4-6-0s. 6990 Witherslack Hall and visiting Manor 7802 Bradley Manor depart Loughborough with the delayed 13.45 train.