Trustworthy, administrator
11,907
edits
Changes
m
add link
'''April 1994''':
:On the afternoon of Wednesday 6 April a skip lorry struck [[Hay Bridge]], demolishing the west-side walkway and pushing the main girders two feet out of alignment. Easter week services were suspended, but round the clock work by the PW Department supported by the Highways Department and the Railway Inspectorate saw the bridge reopened just 48 hours later. Visiting locomotive 6024 King Edward I was first to cross the repaired bridge, echoing the events of May 1983 when 92220 Evening Star ‘tested’ the repaired embankment at Bridgnorth.
:The Spring Gala included the unusually high number of 5 visiting locomotives. 1993 Autumn Gala guest 44442 had returned to steam following repair over the winter, 6024 King Edward I was another winter visitor for engineering work, 5029 Nunney Castle had arrived in connection with the launch of a share issue, while LMS Stanier Jubilee 45596 Bahamas and Standard Tank 80080 (sister of the SVR’s 80079) were also present.
