Northern Class 331 set for Derby open day

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Another announcement from the Greatest Gathering team and this time we are heading to the modern day.

Northern are to send a Class 331 Electric Multiple Unit to the Derby open day, subject to operational requirements.

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

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 – 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

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