Over the weekend, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway held its Annual Steam Gala.
The highly anticipated gala ran from the 25th to the 28th of September, seeing over 5,000 passengers attend.
The gala proved to be an amazing success, featuring visiting locomotives BR Standard 4MT No. 80078, courtesy of S Robinson, No. 34072 257 Squadron, courtesy of Southern Locomotives Ltd, Ivatt 2MT No. 41313, courtesy of Isle of Wight Steam Railway, and Standard 2MT No. 78019, courtesy of Charles Newton and the Loughborough Standard Locomotive Group Ltd.
They shone alongside the home fleet, including SR Schools No. 926 ‘Repton’, Black 5 No. 5428 ‘Eric Treacy’, Cockerill No. 8 ‘Lucie’, Lambton Tank No. 29 ‘Peggy’, and BR Standard 4 Tank No. 80136, renumbered for the gala as No. 80116.
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“This year’s Annual Steam Gala was such a success thanks to the staff, volunteers, and locomotive owners for all of their hard work behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly. It’s all hands on deck for the whole NYMR team, from the engine prep all the way to customer service for the full event to provide an unforgettable experience.”
Nick Simpson, Head of Mechanical Engineering
Responses
It was great to see the visiting locomotives and appreciate all the hard work the engineers and station staff paid and volunteers who kept the event going. It was a shame the timetable for a Gala seemed more like their own Summer timetable. It lacked the Gala atmosphere of previous years and other heritage lines. I know lack of freight was due to lack of rolling stock and out of their control.