Saturday 24th May - Sunday 1st June - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway “The Friendly Line in the Cotswolds” at Toddington, Winchcombe and Cheltenham Racecourse Stations.
The 2008 Cotswold Festival of Steam marks four important milestones - 40 years since the end of steam on British Railways - 40 years since David Shepherd took delivery of “Black Prince” - 60 years since the nationalisation of Britain’s Railways - 100 years since the first through expresses ran over the Stratford-Cheltenham line between the Midlands and the West Country.
The Festival takes place over two weekends - Saturday, Sunday and Monday 24th - 26th May and Saturday and Sunday 31st May - 1st June. Between the two weekends a normal timetable will operate using visiting locomotives. While the main focus is on steam locomotives, on Sunday 1st June at approx 15.00, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will make a flypast at Toddington Station with the Lancaster bomber and Hurricane and Spitfire fighters.
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