Avanti West Coast are to send their Pride Pendolino No. 390119 to The Greatest Gathering.

The appearance of 390119 is subject to operational requirements but should be on display all three days.

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

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.

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

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

Bi-Mode

• Class 93 – courtesy of Rail Operations Group
• Class 755 – courtesy of Greater Anglia