Avon Valley Railway welcomes visitors to September 1940s weekend

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Avon Valley Railway 1940's weekend
Avon Valley Railway Official 1940's weekend // Credit: Avon Valley Railway

The in is inviting visitors to its traditional 1940s Weekend on 16 and 17 September.

This year, the event has the theme ‘Salute to Shunters’.

Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 Diesel Mechanical No WD70042 ‘Overlord’ will be at the event, visiting from The Historic Dockyard at . Overlord is a sister to Avon Valley’s WD70043 ‘Grumpy’, and the two locos will run alongside each other in more than seventy years.

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Credit: Avon Valley Railway

Hunslet Austerity No 7 ‘Wimblebury’ will also be present, as it is on loan to Avon Valley for the 2023 season from the .

Resident locomotives Frys Sentinel No 7492 and Polish TKh49 No 4015 ‘Karel’ will haul trains in a busy gala timetable.

All locos’ appearances are subject to availability.

The timetable includes express trains, double- and triple-headers, and freight trains (both fitted and unfitted). It also includes Overlord’s first hauling of a revenue-earning passenger service in recent memory.

Other attractions include:

  • a costumed ‘Winston Churchill’
  • singer Jayne Darling
  • re-enactors portraying 1940s life
  • vintage vehicles on display.

Tickets are priced at:

  • £12 Adult
  • £11 Concessions
  • £8 Child (5-15yrs)
  • Under-5s free

All tickets can be purchased from this link.

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