DIESEL DIARY

MLVs TO STAR AT MID HANTS GALA

TWO Class 419 MLVs (Motor

Luggage Vans) belonging to the EPB Preservation Group are to headline at the Mid Hants Railway’s diesel gala on July 15-17. Nos. 68001/002 can also operate on batteries, and previously did so when they were based at the East Kent Railway, prior to moving to their current base at Southall.

ELR SECURES ‘CHOPPER’ DUO

A PAIR of Class 20s from Locomotive Services are confirmed visitors for

2022 GALAS/EVENTS

May 19-22: Severn Valley Railway

May 27-29: Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway

June 9-11: West Somerset Railway

June 10-12: North Norfolk Railway

June 10-12: Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

June 18/19: Midland Railway – Butterley (DMU)

June 30-July 2: East Lancashire Railway

July 2/3: Swindon & Cricklade Railway

July 15-17: Mid Hants Railway

July 29-31: Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway August 5-7: Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

August 12-14: Spa Valley Railway

August 12-14: Caledonian Railway

September 3/4: Llangollen Railway

September 10-11: Middleton Railway

September 16-18: East Lancashire Railway

September 17/18: Dean Forest Railway

September 17/18: Epping Ongar Railway

September 23-25: Mid-Norfolk Railway

September 29-October 2: Severn Valley Railway October 8/9: Llangollen Railway (DMU)

November 12-13: East Lancashire Railway (DMU) the East Lancashire Railway’s summer gala. Also planned to attend are

No. 26007 (D5300) from Barrow Hill, along with HNRC's No. 37703.

DELTIC ANNIVERSARY PAIRING

ALTHOUGH not a gala, worthy of note is a planned visit (subject to the loco being declared fit) of Deltic

No. 55009 Alycidon to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway on August 19, where it will operate with 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier to mark 40 years since the two Deltics entered preservation.