© Geoff’s Rail Diaries 2011 We last visited this little railway several years ago - visitor "Taffy" was running services up and down the line, then recently extended. Today's event - the September Gala - would see visitors again. Taffy once again would be trundling up and down, accompanied by new-build Hunslet "Statfold", and Barclay "Gertrude". The latter is a particularly noteworthy addition to the scene - before her recent restoration was completed, she had spent 50 years in limbo, so to speak. She had last steamed in 1959, with her better-known sister locomotive "The Doll". The three visitors were scheduled to run the passenger service - before and after, two of the line's residents, Arn. Jung "Justine" and Henschel Feldbahn no. 1091 would operate a freight train. Too early and too late for us on this occasion... The North Gloucestershire Railway is located at Toddington, HQ of the well-known (standard gauge) Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. The narrow gauge line has been constructed on the western extremities of the Toddington site - which presented some photographic challenges on this day of clear bright sunshine. The line runs north-south - the sun started out directly behind the smokeboxes, moving around to the inaccessible western side of the line. The pictures on this page needed some "tweaking". And that's about it - we had a couple of rides down the line, and spent a pleasant few minutes at the depot, where Justine, 1091 and an interesting selection of internal combustion locos were out on display - before departing for home. An enjoyable little trip - well worth a look for anyone visiting "big brother" across the other side of the car park... Links: • Slim gauges in the South-West Midlands  our previous visit • Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway