Avon Valley Railway - London Transport Gala - 17/10/15
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 Published On Oct 19, 2015

London Transport was the theme for this year's End of Season Gala at the Avon Valley Railway. The gala would bring together three London Transport liveried locomotives; Metropolitan Railway E Class 0-4-4T no.1 (a.k.a Met 1), GWR 4575 Class 2-6-2T no.5521 (Running as L150) and GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT no.5786 (Running as L92). Completing the line up would be the home based Hunslet Austerity Class 0-6-0ST no.15 'Earl David', not strictly a locomotive with LT connections, but a welcome addition nonetheless. Throughout the day, these four tank engines would work to an intensive timetable of passenger and goods trains, featuring double headers, non-stop runs, banking runs, and even a triple header with three LT liveried locos. A further addition to the London Transport theme was the use of two Routemaster buses, working a shuttle service for visitors to the line, between Keynsham and Bitton.

Shots included are:

Met 1: Bitton North Crossing and Cherry Gardens Lane.
L150: Field Court Farm (With Met 1 banking), Bitton North Crossing and Meadow Court Drive.
L92: Bitton North Crossing and Cherry Gardens Lane.
Met 1, L92 and L150: Field Court Farm.
15: Bitton North Crossing, Cherry Gardens Lane, Field Court Farm and the Bristol & Bath Railway Path.

Filmed on a Panasonic HS900 with a Pro Sound L92AA microphone.

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