EVENTS DIARY
APRIL 28 Appleby-Frodingham RPS – Brake Van Tour 28/29 East Lancashire Railway – ‘Scotsman’ on Show 28 Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway – Goods Train Day 28/29 Nene Valley Railway – Mail by Rail Weekend
MAY 5 Abbey Pumping Station – Railway Day 5-7 Aln Valley Railway – Steam Gala 5/6 Bowes Railway – Open Days 5-7 Bressingham Steam Museum – Heritage Steam Gala 5-7 & 26-28 Bristol Harbour Railway – Running Days 5/6 & 27/28 Chatham Dockyard Railway – Running Days 5-7 Locomotion, NRM at Shildon – Festival of Steam 5-7 Midland Railway – Butterley – Victorian Train Weekend 5/6 Moors Valley Railway – Visiting Locomotives Weekend 5-7 Nene Valley Railway – Tornado 10 5-7 Severn Valley Railway – Great Western Takeover 5-7 Spa Valley Railway – Bank Holiday Steam Weekend 6 Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway – Open Day 6/7 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre – Steam Gala & Model Railway Exhibition 6/7 Helston Railway – Industrial Heritage Weekend 6 North Ings Farm Museum – Open Day 6 Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway – Welcoming Whillan Beck 6 & 27/28 Scottish Industrial Railway Centre – Steam Days 6 & 27 Whitwell & Reepham station – Steam Sundays 6 & 20 Yeovil Railway Centre – Steam Train Days 7 & 28 Gartell Light Railway – Open Days 7 Rocks by Rail – Cement Quarry Railway Day 12/13 Devon Railway Centre – 20th Anniversary Special 12/13 East Lancashire Railway – ‘Scotsman’ in Steam 12/13 Epping Ongar Railway – London Transport Weekend 12/13 Great Central Railway – Goods Galore Gala 12/13 Kent & East Sussex Railway – Colonel Stephens 150 12/13 Lynton & Barnstaple Railway – Spring Gala 12/13 Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway – Steam & Diesel Gala 13 Foxfield Railway – Knotty Heritage Trains 13 Isle of Wight Steam Railway – Heritage Train Day 18-20 Bluebell Railway – Branch Line Gala 19 Appleby-Frodingham RPS – DMU Railtour 25-29 Bluebell Railway – Tornado visit 26-28 Bure Valley Railway – Everything Goes 26-28 Chasewater Railway – Anniversary Gala 26-28 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway – Cotswold Festival of Steam 26-28 Hollycombe Steam Museum – Hollycombe Steam Festival 26-28 Isle of Wight Steam Railway – Three Island Ivatts 26/27 South Downs Light Railway – Visiting Locos Gala 27 Corris Railway – Special Gala Day 27 Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway – Open Day
• VINTAGE & TRANSPORT EVENTS
APRIL 28 Bluebell Railway – Toy & Rail Collectors’ Fair 29 Amberley Museum – Stationary Engines 28/29 Avon Valley Railway – Boys & Their Toys 28/29 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway – Wartime in the Cotswolds MAY 5-7 Rushden Historical Transport Society – Cavalcade of Transport 6 Amberley Museum – Classic Motorcycles Day 6/7 Mid-Suffolk Light Railway – ‘Middy’ in the War Years 12 Amberley Museum – Minis at the Quarry 12/13 Statfold Barn Railway – Miniature Steam Weekend 13 Amberley Museum – Commercial Vehicles Day 13 Bluebell Railway – Southern Classic Car Show 13 Bressingham Steam Museum – 1940s Day 13 Churnet Valley Railway – Toys & Trains Day 13 Mid-Norfolk Railway – Bus & Coach Day 13 South Devon Railway – Boundless by CSMA Car Rally 19/20 Amberley Museum – Military Vehicle Home Front Weekend 19/20 Battlefield Line – Market Bosworth Transport Weekend 19/20 Foxfield Railway – War Wheels 19/20 Hollycombe Steam Museum – Steam in Miniature 19/20 Keighley & Worth Valley Railway – Haworth 1940s Weekend 19/20 Kent & East Sussex Railway – 1940s Weekend 20 Head of Steam Museum, Darlington – Vintage Vehicle Rally 20 Isle of Wight Steam Railway – IoW Festival of Transport 26-28 Didcot Railway Centre – Rails to the Western Front 26-28 East Lancashire Railway – 1940s Weekend 27/28 Bala Lake Railway – Bala Lake Festival of Transport 27 Bressingham Steam Museum – Rover Car Rally 27 Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway – Classic Cars 27 Churnet Valley Railway – Classic Car Day 27/28 East Anglian Railway Museum – Transport Extravaganza 27/28 North Norfolk Railway – Dad’s Army 27 Old Kiln Light Railway – Bus & Coach Rally 27 Pecorama – Classic & Vintage Vehicle Rally 28 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre – Annual Bus Rally
• REAL ALE EVENTS
APRIL 27-29 Crewe Heritage Centre – Beer, Berries & Beans 28 East Lancashire Railway – Guided Rail Ale Trail 28 Epping Ongar Railway – Real Ale Train
MAY 3-6 Keith & Dufftown Railway – Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 4-7 Elsecar Heritage Railway – Beer Festival 5-7 Isle of Wight Steam Railway – Real Ale Festival 12 & 19 East Lancashire Railway – Guided Rail Ale Trails 12 Great Central Railway – Real Ale Train 17-19 Barrow Hill Roundhouse – Rail Ale 18-20 Welsh Highland Railway – Rail Ale 19/20 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway – Spring Steam & Real Ale Weekend 25-28 South Devon Railway – Spring Beer Festival 25-28 Wensleydale Railway – WensleyAle Beer Festival 26-28 Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway – Folk & Cider Festival 26-28 Swindon & Cricklade Railway – Real Ale & Cider Festival 27/28 Cholsey & Wallingford Railway – Guinness™ Weekend
• OTHER EVENTS
MAY 5-7 North Yorkshire Moors Railway – Behind the Scenes 12/13 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway – Cotswold Bricks & Trains Weekend 12/13 Yeovil Railway Centre – Model Railway Exhibitionl 26-28 Aln Valley Railway – Northumberland Weekend 26-28 Bala Lake Railway – Great Little Trains Model Railway Show 27/28 Locomotion, NRM at Shildon – Meccano Magic