Great Central Railway Winter Gala - 8 Locos in Steam! @paulravenscroft1704
Great Central Railway Winter Gala - 8 Locos in Steam!  @paulravenscroft1704
Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
The Great Central Railway's Winter Gala on Friday, 26th January 2024. Eight locos in steam plus the visiting NER Autocar. The following locos were seen in action on various combinations hauling passenger and freight/tanker trains. Locos as follows:

BR 0-6-0 Class 2F number 52322 (visitor)
BR 2-10-0 Class 9F number 92214
BR 2-8-0 Class 8F number 48305
BR 4-6-0 Class 4MT number 75069 (visitor)
BR 4-6-0 Class 5MT number 73156
BR 4-6-0 Class 6959 number 6990 'Witherslack Hall'
BR 2-6-0 Class 2MT number 78018
BR 2-6-0 Class 2MT number 78019
NER Electric Autocar number 3170

The video was taken at Quorn & Woodhouse station and later in day from a field about half a mile south.
The GCR certainly know how to put on a gala - non-stop action. Well done to them!
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Great Central Railway Winter Gala - 8 Locos in Steam!

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