The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway has announced that BR Standard Class 4 No. 75069 is visiting them for their Cotswold Festival of Steam.

Visiting thanks to the Severn Valley Railway, 75069 will join 34092 City of Wells at the gala alongside 6880 Betton Grange and the rest of the GWSR home fleet.

Further visiting locos are still to be announced. 

Tom Willson, Chairman of the small volunteer organising committee commented: “This is a very special year not just for our railway but for heritage railways throughout the UK, as well as the national network.

“We are expecting up to ten locomotives to perform at our award-winning Cotswold Festival of Steam.  And as a special Railway 200 offer we are inviting youngsters between the age of 5 and 15 to travel free (under-5s travel free anyway) – up to three with a family ticket bought for the event, on Bank Holiday Monday.