Gold Class 66 locomotive set for Greatest Gathering appearance

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The Greatest Gathering is set to take place this August to celebrate 200 years of passenger railways.

The latest announcement is a GB Railfreight Class 66 and an IIA-D Biomass Hopper.

It is expected that the locomotive will be ‘gold’ No. 66301 and the gold livery 50th Anniversary IIA-D wagon.

The event will take place at Alstom‘s Derby Litchurch Lane Works between the 1st and 3rd August.

NOTE: Friday and Saturday tickets have now fully SOLD OUT – only Sunday tickets remain available.

You can see our video from the official press launch below:

The locomotives confirmed to attend are (Alstom have also noted that examples from the same class may substitute):

Steam

LNER A4 No. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley – courtesy of the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust and Locomotive Services Group
SR Merchant Navy No. 35018 British India Line – courtesy of West Coast Railways Co
LMS 6P No. 46115 Scots Guardsman – courtesy of West Coast Railways Co.
LMS Jubilee No. 45596 Bahamas – courtesy of the Bahamas Locomotive Society

Diesel

BR Class 37 – courtesy of Rail Operations Group
Class 50 No. 50049 Defiance – courtesy of the Class 50 Alliance
Class 57 – courtesy of Direct Rail Services
Class 66 No. 66301 and gold IIA-D wagon – courtesy of GB Railfreight
Class 69 – courtesy of GB Railfreight
Class 60 and JNA-T Wagon – courtesy of DCRail and Cappagh Group
Class 108 DMU – courtesy of the Severn Valley Railway
Class 47 – courtesy of West Coast Railways Co
Class 50 No. 50033 ‘Glorious’ – courtesy of the Class 50 Alliance
Class 35 D7076 – courtesy of the East Lancashire Railway and Bury Hydraulic Group

Electric

Class 507001 – courtesy of the Class 507 Preservation Society
Class 390 Pendolino No. 390119 in its Pride livery – courtesy of Avanti West Coast
Class 91 No. 91110 Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – courtesy of London North Eastern Railway
Class 331 – courtesy of Northern

Bi-Mode