2008 - MID HANTS RAILWAY - BIG 4 STEAM GALA

16th September 2008

41241 & 41312 at Alresford at the start of the day	60019 41241 & 41312 ready for a busy day wait at Alresford	33053 BR Diesel with civil engineers train (leased from Battlefield Line Railway)	34007 Wadebridge heads off to Alresford
34007 waits by the yard	41241 & 41312 Ivatt Tanks double headed all day	41241 & 41312 approaching Ropley	4936 Kinlet Hall arriving at Ropley from Alton
4936 heading back towards Alton	5029 Nunney Castle pulls out of Ropley	5029 passing the yard at Ropley	60019 Bittern waiting on the platform at Ropley

BIG 4 STEAM GALA
MID HANTS RAILWAY
WATERCRESS LINE
13.SEPTEMBER 2008

This Steam Gala was a celebration of 60 years since the nationalisation of the railways in 1948.

Steam locos reperesenting the big 4 regions, Southern, LMS, LNER and GWR were operating. There was also a freight train, break down train and civil engineers train.

Resident Locos.....
WADEBRIDGE 34007 Southern
(on hire from Bodmin & Wenford Railway)
BITTERN 60019 LNER
IVATT TANK 41312 LMS
STANDARD CLASS 5 73096 BR

Visiting Locos.......
NUNNEY CASTLE 5029 GWR
KINLET HALL 4936 GWR
IVATT TANK 41241 LMS

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