A rather Misty but Excellent day | Chinnor & Princes Risborough Steam Gala 2026 (1/11/26)

Hello everyone and welcome back to CW Rail Videos. In this video I take you to the Chinnor and Princes Risborough railway for their 2026 steam gala. I’ve never been to a steam gala at the CPRR before but I have been to their diesel galas before which usually happen around March (videos available on my channel) and when I saw that they had Lady of Legend visiting along with 92134 then I wasn’t gonna miss it. I’ve never seen a 9F in steam before and so that was the main draw for me because I was really surprised when they announced it. Plus I’d not seen Lady of Legend before either. The CPRR is a very local railway to me, just over 30 minutes by car or 20 minutes by train and whilst only being 4 miles in length, it is a brilliant railway with many great filming locations. This gala ran from Friday 30th October to Sunday 1st of November. I wasn’t able to make it on the Friday or Saturday which were the better days weather wise as the sun was out all day well as the Sunday was very overcast and misty but thankfully it wasn’t really cold. Although, I would say that I picked the best day as I heard from other people who went on the previous days that, due to the colder and misty weather, all of the locomotives sounded much louder on the Sunday and I can certainly agree with and that comes across in the video. It was a very good day. Here is a little bit of history of the railway. The line was part of the former Great Western Railway branch line between Watlington and Princes Risborough. British Railways closed the line to passenger traffic in 1957 and from that point, only the section between Chinnor and Princes Risborough remained open for cement freight until 1989. The Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Association was founded in August 1989. It began to operate passenger trains between Chinnor and the site of the former Wainhill Halt in August 1994. In 1995, the route was extended to Horsenden Lane, and then to Thame Junction in 1996. This is where the GWR’s branch line from Oxford to Princes Risborough joined. That line closed between Morris Cowley and Thame in 1963 with the Thame to Risborough section remaining open for an oil depot until 1991. The section between Cowley and the mainline is still open and used by freight for the BMW Mini factory. On 21 February 2016, the railway was connected to the main line at Princes Risborough, with services commencing later that year running in to a siding adjacent to Platform 4 at Princes Risborough while works were being undertaken to rebuild the platform there. The railway now operates between Chinnor and platform 4 at Princes Risborough. There are currently long term plans to extend the line west of Chinnor to Aston Rowant which would extend the line to 6 miles. I really hope you enjoy this video and if you do then please consider leaving a like and maybe even subscribing. Until the next video though, look after yourselves and I shall see you down the line very soon for another railwaying adventure. Filming locations: • Chinnor - (Hill road overbridge bridge) 51°41'55.17"N 0°54'19.49"W • Keens Bank - 51°42'06.06"N 0°53'59.77"W • Bledlow Cricket Club - 51°42'45.53"N 0°52'47.12"W • Horsenden Lane Crossing - 51°43'29.44"N 0°51'40.50"W • Princes Risborough Locomotive Roster: • USATC S160 no. 6046, on loan from Churnet Valley Railway • BR Standard 9F no. 92134, visiting from North Yorkshire Moors • GWR 2900 ‘Saint’ class no. 2999 ‘Lady of Legend’ (new build completed in 2019), visiting from Didcot Railway Centre • Sentinal 7109 ‘Joyce’ (operating brake van rides at Princes Risborough) Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - 6046 leaves the yard at Chinnor to attach to the coaches in the loop 02:13 - 6046 brings the coaches out of the loop into Chinnor station 03:58 - 2999 'Lady of Legend' exits the yard to attach to the rear of the train 04:31 - 6046 pulls out of Chinnor with 2999 on the rear 05:42 - 6046 passes Horsenden Lane Crossing heading from Princes Risborough to Chinnor 07:09 - 92134 passes Horsenden Lane Crossing heading from Chinnor to Princes Risborough 09:04 - 2999 'Lady of Legend' heads up Keens/Chinnor bank as it approaches Chinnor, making on hell of a sound 11:06 - 6046 heads down Keens/Chinnor bank having just left Chinnor 13:23 - 92134 passes Bledlow Cricket Club 14:42 - 2999 'Lady of Legend' passes Bledlow Cricket Club 16:03 - 6046 passes Bledlow Cricket Club 17:49 - Back to Chinnor to see 92134 bring the coaches from the loop into the platform 19:11 - 92134 departs Chinnor 20:44 - Back to Horsenden Lane Crossing to see 2999 'Lady of Legend' heading to Chinnor 23:01 - Finishing the day at Princes Risborough, 92134 awaits the arrival of 6046 23:13 - 6046 arrives into Princes Risborough 25:32 - 92134 departs Princes Risborough 27:27 - Outro Music: Intro Music: Miami Musician: Deleted Account Site: https://icons8.com/music/ Outro Music : Chasing Love by jiglr Watch: • jiglr - Chasing Love    • jiglr - Chasing Love