Heritage Railways
Gala Events
Autumn
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(October to December 2024)
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Friday 3 to Sunday 6 October
Severn Valley Railway
‘Autumn Diesel Bash’
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet: D821 ‘Greyhound’, D1015 ‘Western Champion’ and D1062 ‘Western Courier’. Also Class 14 D9551, Class 17 D8568, Class 20 20048, Class 33 33108, Class 37 37263, Class 40 40106, Class 46 D182 and Class 50s 50007, 50033 and 50035.
Visiting Locos: Class 25 25262, D7628, Class 58 58023 and GWR Castle HST
Timetable: Intensive timetable
Prices (online advanced): Adult Runabout: £38. Child Runabout: £25
Society Member: £25
Note: 2, 3 and 4 day tickets also available
Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 October
Great Central Railway
‘Autumn Steam Gala’
Starring the home fleet of locomotives and an intensive timetable will operate.
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet: Modified Hall 6990 ‘Witherslack Hall, Standard 5 73156, LMS 8F 48305 and Standard 2 78018 and Standard 2 78019 (also D8001 and Iris DMU)
Visiting Locos: GWR Manor Class No. 7828 ‘Odney Manor’
Timetable: Intensive timetable
Prices (online advanced):
One, two and three-day rover tickets available
Adult Rover One Day: £35. Child Rover One Day: £19 (cheaper on Friday)
Adult Rover Two Day: £61. Child Rover Two Day: £33
Adult Rover Three Day: £88. Child Rover Three Day: £47
Friday 4 to Sunday 6 October
Mid-Hants Railway
‘Autumn Steam Gala’
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet. LMS Ivatt No. 41312 and LSWR Urie S15 Class 506 (30506)
Visiting Locos: No. 34072 ‘257 Squadron’ (courtesy of Southern Locomotive Limited), No. 4144 Class 41xx GWR 2-6-2T (courtesy of Didcot Railway Centre), and GWR 66xx Class 0-6-2 no. 6695 (courtesy of the 6695 loco group and the Swindon & Cricklade Railway)
Timetable:
Intensive timetable
Prices (advanced): Adult Rover: £35. Child Rover: £18.50
Prices (on the day): Adult Rover: £39. Child Rover: £22
Family and Multiple day tickets also available
Friday 4 to Sunday 6 October
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
‘Autumn Steam Up’
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet: LMS Jubilee 45596 ‘Bahamas’, LMS Ivatt 2MT 41241, L&Y Class 25 52044 ‘Ironclad’, BR Standard Class 4MT 75078, BR Standard Class 2MT 78022, LNWR Coal Tank 1054 and Taff Vale Class O2 No.85.
Visiting Locos: London Brighton & South Coast Railway Class A1 Stroudley Terrier, 72 ‘Fenchurch’
Timetable: Intensive timetable
Prices (online in advance): Adult Rover: £32. Senior: £29. Child Rover £16. Member: £23 (Lower prices on Friday). Higher on the day prices.
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October
Middleton Railway
‘Autumn Gala’
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet: Four Steam or Diesel locomotives on both days
Sentinel Y1 No. 68153 and ‘Harry’. Also intended Sir Berkeley, ‘Carroll’ and Hawthorn Leslie No. 6
Visiting Locos: - None announced
Timetable: Trains run from 10am to 4pm
Prices (online advanced): Adult £10. Child: £5
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October
Llangollen and Corwen Railway
‘Heritage Railcar Gala’
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet: Four Heritage DMU sets in traffic (understood to be Classes 104, 108, 109 and 127)
Visiting Locos: - None announced
Timetable: Frequent timetable (details awaited)
Prices (online advanced): Adult Runabout: £30. Senior: £27. Child Runabout: £12
Two day tickets also vailable
Friday 11 to Sunday 13 October
Bluebell Railway
Autumn Steam Gala ‘Giants of Steam’
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet. LBSCR Class H2 No. 32424 ‘Beachy Head’, Standard Class 4 73082 ‘Camelot’, GWR 6989 ‘Wightwick Hall’, Rebuilt SR Battle of Britain Pacific No. 34059 ‘Sir Archibald Sinclair’
Visiting Locos: LNER class A4 No. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley
Timetable:
Intensive timetable (awaiting details)
Prices (advanced): Adult Rover: £37. Child Rover: £18.50. Member: £18.50
Family and Multiple day tickets also available
Friday 11 to Sunday 13 October
Bo’ness & Kenneil Railway
‘Steam, Steel, Road & Rails Gala’
Featuring steam trains and a vintage vehicle rally with classic cars, buses, traction engines and stationary steam engines
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet: BR Standard 4 Tank No. 80105 (subject to completion of overhaul), Caledonian Railway 439 Tank 55189, Austerity No. 19 and NCB No. 1 ‘Lord Roberts’
Visiting Locos: LMS Ivatt class 2MT 41312
Timetable: To be announced
Prices (online advanced): Adult Runabout: £40. Child Runabout: £1 (Friday cheaper)
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Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October
Tanfield Railway
‘Run It Weekend Gala’:
Locomotives Intended to Run:
All of the railways operational home fleet steam locomotives will be in service hauling various trains and rolling stock… there’ll also be the appearance of some of our diesel locomotives too.
Home Fleet: For list of home fleet, go to Tanfield Railway in Railway Club Directory
Timetable: Intensive timetable
Prices (online): Adult Rover £16.20. Child Rover £5
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Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 October
Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway
‘Autumn Showcase’
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Steam Fleet. GWR Class '28xx' class heavy freight No. 2807, GWR No. 7820 ‘Dinmore Manor’, GWR Class 2884 No. 3850, and SR Merchant Navy 35006 ‘Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.’
Diesel Fleet: Class 20 20137, Class 37 D6948, Class 45 45149, Class 47 47105 and Heritage DMU Class 117 unit.
Timetable:
Intensive timetable: Details awaited
Prices (advanced): Adult Rover: £29. Child Rover: £11
Prices (on the day): Adult Rover: £38. Child Rover: £19
Two day and three day tickets also available
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November 2024
Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 November
Dean Forest Railway
‘Steam Gala’
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet: GWR 4575 ‘Small Prairie’ No. 5541 and BR(W) 8750 Pannier Tank No. 9681
Visiting Locos: GWR 56xx No. 6695 and BR(W) 94xx No. 9466
Timetable: Frequent timetable (details awaited)
Prices (online advanced): Adult Runabout: £28. Child Runabout: £14
Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 November
East Lancashire Railway
‘DMU Gala’
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet: All home Heritage DMU’s plus Pacer and guest HST
Timetable: Intensive timetable
Prices (online): Adult Rover £25. Child Rover £16.50
Discount for Society Members
Saturday 9 November
South Devon Railway
‘Diesel Gala’
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet: Class 25 25262 and 25185, Class 33 33002, Class 04 D2246 and D2271
Visiting Locos: Class 60 60029 “Ben Nevis”
Timetable: Thirteen train services in each direction: (7.50am to 6pm)
Prices (online advanced): Adult Runabout: £24. Senior: £23. Child Runabout: £17
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Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 November
Great Central Railway
‘Last Hurrah Gala’
Starring the home fleet of locomotives and an intensive timetable will operate. The timetable will see freight and passenger services as well as a railcar service to the Mountsorrel branch on Saturday only.
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Home Fleet:
Modified Hall 6990 ‘Witherslack Hall, Standard 9F 92214, Standard 5 73156, LMS 8F 48305, Standard 2 78019 and Class 37 D6700
Visiting Locos:
BR Derby Lightweight Railcar - 'Iris' and 1903 North Eastern Railway Electric Autocar 3170
Timetable: Intensive timetable (details awaited)
Prices (online advanced): Adult Runabout: £27. Child Runabout: £15
Society Member: £19
December 2024
Saturday 28 December
Bo’ness & Kenneil Railway
‘Winter Diesel Gala’
Locomotives Intended to Run:
Details to be announced
Timetable: Details to be announced
Prices: Details to be announced
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