As revealed last month, Wensleydale Railway is to hold its third annual industrial diesel weekend event at the end of August.

Following last year’s event, this year’s will take place on Saturday 29 August and Sunday 30 August. The event will see trains operating to a special timetable between Scruton, Leeming Bar, Bedale and Leyburn.

Current plans are for the following locomotives to take part:

• Class 14 (D9523), formerly of British Steel Corby
• WL4, formerly a Tyne & Wear works loco, which also worked on the Channel Tunnel
• Sentinel ‘Derwent’, formerly of Hope Cement Works, Derbyshire
• Class 37 (37250), which helped to build the TGV Mediterranean high-speed line in France

Two further locomotives may be rostered subject to repair and operational needs:

• Class 03 (03144) ex MOD
• Class 14 (D9513) ex NCB Ashington

All locomotives are subject to availability. The Railway will add the roster to its website soon.

Visitors can also explore the Railway’s restored station museums at Leeming Bar and Scruton, featuring free guided tours with a costumed living history interpreter volunteer.

A wide selection of food and drink will be available at the event, including hot and cold drinks, ice cream, beer, sandwiches, crisps and snacks. Visitors can buy draft and bottled beer on the platform next to the Leeming Bar buffet car. Leyburn Station’s tearoom will have a selection of homemade cakes on sale. The station’s gift shop stocks a wide selection of railway books, memorabilia and gifts.

The event will run each day from 9am to 5.30pm. All-day ‘Ranger’ tickets cost £25, and normal return fares and single fares are also available. Children aged 3 to 15 travel for only £1 on Wensleydale Railway’s trains when accompanied by a paying adult.

As the summer holidays draw to a close, it’s great to once again be able to showcase some of our collection of preserved heritage diesel locomotives, lovingly restored stations, and stunning Yorkshire Dales scenery to visitors. This event will be the first time that the Sentinel diesel locomotive will be operating trains in its new livery and it’s also a great opportunity to visit Scruton Station. This delightful example of a small rural Edwardian station is only open to the public a few days each year, so this weekend provides an excellent opportunity to visit and meet the amazing living history volunteers who brought this station back to life.

Nick Keegan, Marketing and Fundraising Manager at Wensleydale Railway