A Celebration of 25 years in preservation of mainline diesel loco 37215 at GWSR

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• English Electric Type 3 / British Rail Class 37 diesel No. 37215 hits 25 years •Class 37's first test run between Toddington & Gotherington on 5th July 1998 •Locomotive launched into preservation service on 25th September 1998

This year marks 25 years in preservation service for one of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway's resident English Electric Type 3 / British Rail Class 37 diesel-electric locomotives - No. 37215 (D6915). The locomotive first moved under its own power in preservation on the 5th July 1998 with a test run operating between Toddington and Gotherington.

‍37215 (D6915) was officially launched into preservation service on Friday 25th September 1998.

‍Join us to travel behind 37215 on our pink timetable and celebrate 25 years of preservation.

And there'll be a steam train running that day too.

Road Direction
Toddington Station GL54 5DT. what3words puzzles.throats.expectant
Winchcombe Station GL54 5LD. what3words address is curries.dwarves.blotchy
Cheltenham Racecourse Station GL50 4SH. what3words hobby.rates.stray
Broadway Station WR12 7DF. what3words reworked.frog.canyons

Public Transport
Cheltenham Spa can be reach via the national rail network and stagecoach operate the D and E buses to Cheltenham Racecourse regularly.

Stagecoach run the W bus service stopping at Broadway, Toddington and Winchcombe.

NN Creswell operate a bus to Broadway from Evesham and Stagecoach Midland operate a service to Broadway from Stratford-upon-Avon.

Winchcombe station can be reached by the 606 bus operated by Pulham's from Cheltenham to Chipping Camden, this stops at Winchcombe, Toddington and Broadway.