Dave Bower

37714 and D6700 in Quorn & Woodhouse station yard this morning shunting the van train, 10 May 2026. @GcrGreat #Class37

A superb weekend at the @GcrGreat Diesel Gala, with an opportunity for a few pics in between looking after visitors in Test Car 2. #quornwagonandwagon

Hello and welcome to a Diesel Gala weekend update from the team at #quornwagonandwagon quornwagonandwagon.co.uk/26-04-26-lowfi…

D9525 leaving Quorn & Woodhouse Station with the 11:50 Loughborough to Leicester North 25 April 2026 @GcrGreat

@GcrGreat Diesel Gala Day 2, more sunshine promised, & Test Car 2 open again to visitors at south end of Quorn & Woodhouse Station yard, 25 April 2026. Guided Tours today, open 10am till at least 4pm. #quornwagonandwagon

TEST CAR 2 - OPEN TODAY Quorn & Woodhouse Station, @GCR Diesel Gala. Open 10am till 4pm (Fri 24 Apr 2026) #quornwagonandwagon

Hello and welcome to a bumper update from the team at #quornwagonandwagon, covering four weeks work that saw Tank 3621 released to traffic, the Palshoc get its new springs and more progress on the Lowfit and Tank 3689. quornwagonandwagon.co.uk/12-04-26-sprin…

A date for your diary - 24th, 25th and 26th April 2026. The #QuornWagonandWagon group will have Test Car 2 open to visitors at Quorn during the GCR Diesel Gala weekend.

Here's this week's blog post: Getting Ready for more... What we should say is we're getting ready for more progress, not more wagons! Both the Conflat and 3689 have recieved some attention this week. quornwagonandwagon.co.uk/15-03-26-getti…

Hello and welcome to this week’s news from #quornwagonandwagon The Lowfit gets a first coat of Bauxite; Conflat-A B507489 had some attention, Tank 3689 progresses, and the lettering is completed on 3606’s Esso plates. Read our update blog here :- quornwagonandwagon.co.uk/08-03-26-first…

#ThrowbackThursday and Esso Tank 3621's progress since she arrived at Quorn. #quornwagonandwagon

Hi and welcome to our weekly update from Quorn. The Lowfit has received some paint, work continues on tank 3689, and 3621's signwriting is completed. quornwagonandwagon.co.uk/22-02-26-lowfi… #quornwagonandwagon

Hello and welcome to this week's news from the team at Quorn. Tank 3621 is getting closer to completion, there is progress on tank 3689 and we continue with vacuum cylinder repairs. Read the full update here:- quornwagonandwagon.co.uk/15-02-26-plate…

Hard to believe this was 40 years ago today! 59003 was shunted into the EDU workshop at the RTC Derby to start acceptance testing, 27 Jan 1986 (my pic) #Class59 #RTC #Derby #railvehicletesting #EMD

Vanfit B777728 getting it's numbers and replacement builders plates 😁 #signwriting #quornwagonandwagon #preservation @GcrGreat

Happy New Year from the team at #quornwagonandwagon.  In what is our first post of the 2026, we look back on 2025. For us you could call this the year of the tank, perhaps more specifically the year of the Esso tank. Read our 2025 review here:- quornwagonandwagon.co.uk/01-01-26-happy…

Hi, Seasons Greetings and a warm welcome to our BETWIXTMAS update from the Team at #quornwagonandwagon, as tank 3606 heads to join the other tanks at Swithland, and we continue with our work at Rothley. quornwagonandwagon.co.uk/28-12-25-a-cou…

Hello, just a quick update this week from the team at #quornwagonandwagon We've progressed cleaning up the Lowfit; started the signwriting on Tank 3621 and pressure tested the repaired vacuum cylinder dome. A full update will follow once we've sorted a website technical issue.