The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway (EVR) held a diesel gala over the weekend of 18th & 19th March 2017. After long time resident 31414 had left the railway the previous year I thought my visits to Wirksworth had come to an end. When the EVR announced that 31206 would be visiting for the gala and having Read the Rest…
The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway advertised a diesel weekend over this weekend and in early January I’d been told by the staff at the EVR that 31414 wouldn’t be working over the weekend at all and they’d been hoping to get a visiting loco in instead. As it turned out nothing came to fruition and 31414 Read the Rest…
The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway (EVR) had the second of their three diesel running days, of the 2013 calendar, over the weekend of 22nd & 23rd June. Due to the non-availability of 33035, 31414 was the only loco available to work the Duffield trains, resulting in the Ravenstor bank services being operated by a DMU instead Read the Rest…
The third Ecclesbourne Valley Railway diesel weekend of the year, for the second time in a row featuring 31414 & 33035. This time, unlike last time, everything went smoothly throughout the weekend with both locos working the trains they were rostered to. The only exception being the 1355 Ravenstor “shuttle” on the Saturday, which was Read the Rest…
This weekend saw the second “Diesel Weekend” of the year for the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway (EVR). The normal timetable applies of the Wirksworth – Duffield line with departures at 1020, 1220, 1420 & 1620 from Wirksworth, while the Wirksworth – Ravenstor departures are enhanced with departures at 25 & 55 minutes past the hour from Read the Rest…
The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway (EVR) ran a diesel gala on 13th & 14th August 2011, which featured 31414 and should also have featured new arrival 33035, but unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your view on the matter, 33035 didn’t work at all over the weekend and 31414 did 4 round trips Wirksworth – Duffield (1020, Read the Rest…