108 EVENTS DIARY
• GALAS & ENTHUSIAST EVENTS
MAY
25-29 Bluebell Railway – Tornado visit 26-28 Bristol Harbour Railway – Running Days 26-28 Bure Valley Railway – Everything Goes 26-28 Chasewater Railway – Anniversary Gala 26-28 Didcot Railway Centre – Rails to the Western Front 26-28 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway – Cotswold Festival of Steam 26-28 Isle of Wight Steam Railway – Three Island Ivatts 27/28 Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway – Operating Days 27 Corris Railway – Special Gala Day 27 Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway – Open Day 28 Gartell Light Railway – Open Day 28 Scottish Industrial Railway Centre – Steam Day
JUNE
1-3 Bodmin & Wenford Railway – Steam Gala & Real Ale Festival 1-3 Churnet Valley Railway – Anything Goes Gala 1-3 Talyllyn Railway – Centenary of Loco No. 6 & ‘RAF 100’ 2, 9, 16 & 30 Appleby-Frodingham RPS – DMU Railtours 2/3 Severn Valley Railway – Goods Gala 3 Bowes Railway – Open Day 3 Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway – Open Day (Services Day) 3, 10, 17 & 24 Caledonian Railway – Steam Sundays 3 Foxfield Railway – Knotty Heritage Trains 3 & 17 Yeovil Railway Centre – Steam Train Days
8-10 Epping Ongar Railway – Steam Gala 9 Appleby-Frodingham RPS – Brake Van Tour 9/10 & 23/24 Bristol Harbour Railway – Running Days 9 Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways – The ‘Snowdonian Limited’ 9/10 Gwili Railway – ‘Gwili 40’ 9/10 Moors Valley Railway – Grand Summer Gala 9 Statfold Barn Railway – Enthusiast Day 10 Isle of Wight Steam Railway – Heritage Train Day 15-17 Dean Forest Railway – Steam Gala 16-18 Bala Lake Railway – Steam Gala 16/17 Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway – Operating Dates 16/17 Eastleigh Lakeside Railway – Surrey Border & Camberley Weekend 16/17 Somerset & Dorset Heritage Trust – Midsummer at Midsomer 16 Talyllyn Railway – Anything Goes Gala
16/17 Tanfield Railway – Legends of Industry Gala 17 Chasewater Railway – Moving the Freight 19-21 & 23/24 Bala Lake Railway – Visiting Locomotives
22-24 Mid-Norfolk Railway – Summer Steam Gala
22-24 Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways – ‘Hunslet 125’ 23/24 Didcot Railway Centre – Opening of the Signalling Centre
24 Gartell Light Railway – Open Day 24-30 Keighley & Worth Valley Railway – 50th Anniversary Gala 24 Scottish Industrial Railway Centre – Steam Day 30 Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway – Goods Train Day
• VINTAGE & TRANSPORT EVENTS
MAY
26-28 East Lancashire Railway – 1940s Weekend 26-28 Hollycombe Steam Museum – Hollycombe Steam Festival 27/28 Bala Lake Railway – Festival of Transport 27 Bressingham – Rover Car Rally 27 Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway – Steam & Classic Cars 27 Churnet Valley Railway – Classic Cars 27/28 East Anglian Railway Museum – Transport Extravaganza 27/28 Helston Railway – Return to the 1940s
27/28 North Norfolk Railway – Dad’s Army
27 Old Kiln Light Railway – Bus & Coach Rally 27 Pecorama – Classic & Vintage Vehicle Rally
JUNE
1-3 Great Central Railway – 1940s Wartime Weekend
2/3 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre – Miniature Traction Engine Rally
2/3 Dean Forest Railway – 40s Weekend 2/3 Gwili Railway – Classic Bike Show 3 Amberley Museum – London to Brighton Classic Car Run 3 Spa Valley Railway – Stationary Engine Rally 9/10 Amberley Museum – Mid Summer Steam Show 9/10 Beamish – Morris Car Rally 15-17 South Devon Railway – Ticket to Ride: A Sixties Celebration
16/17 Aln Valley Railway – Classic & Vintage Vehicles Weekend 16/17 East Lancashire Railway – Bus Gathering & Collectors’ Fair 16/17 Keith & Dufftown Railway – 1940s Weekend
16/17 Mid-Hants Railway – War on the Line 17 Beamish – Reliability Run 17 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre – Historic Commercial Vehicle Rally 17 Epping Ongar Railway – Fathers’ Day Classic Car Show
17 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway – Classic Vehicle Clubs Day 17 Peak Rail – Preserved Buses 17 Rushden Historical Transport Society – What Your Dad Drove 23/24 Amberley Museum – Emergency Services Weekend 23/24 Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway – Vintage Vehicles Weekend 23/24 Welshpool & Llanfair Railway – Welshpool Transport Festival 24 Fife Heritage Railway – Leven Rally 24 Leighton Buzzard Railway – Vintage Vehicles Rally
30 Llangollen Railway – Classic Transport Weekend 30 North Norfolk Railway – Vintage Bus Rally
• REAL ALE EVENTS
MAY
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
JUNE
1 Avon Valley Railway – Beer Festival 1-3 Churnet Valley Railway – Cider Festival
2, 9, 16/17 & 30 East Lancashire Railway – Guided Rail Ale Trails 2/3 Leighton Buzzard Railway – Ale Trail 15/16 Kent & East Sussex Railway – CAMRA Real Ale & Cider Festival 16 Llangollen Railway – Real Ale Train 16/17 Ribble Steam Railway – Beers & Ciders, Bikes & Cars 21 Avon Valley Railway – Midsummer Wine Festival
• OTHER EVENTS/FATHERS’ DAY
MAY
26-28 Aln Valley Railway – Northumberland Weekend 26-June 3 Midland Railway – Butterley – Brick Week 27/28 Locomotion, NRM Shildon – Meccano Magic
JUNE
2/3 Battlefield Line – Models Weekend 2 Bressingham – Narrow Gauge East 2/3 Locomotion, NRM Shildon – Shildon Model Railway Club Open Exhibition 2/3 Nene Valley Railway – Model Railway Show 9/10 Avon Valley Railway – The ‘Brick Express’ 9/10 Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway – Model Railway Weekend 15-17 Great Central Railway – The Model Event 16/17 Downpatrick & County Down Railway – ‘Down to the Races’ 16/17 Stainmore Railway Company – Model Railway Show 17 Amberley Museum – Dads Can Do 17 Barrow Hill Roundhouse – Dads’ Day 17 Battlefield Line – Fathers’ Day 17 Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Bure Valley Railway – Fathers’ VIP Package 17 Cambrian Heritage Railways – Fathers’ Day 17 Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Cholsey & Wallingford Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Churnet Valley Railway – Fathers’ Day Special 17 Corris Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Devon Railway Centre – Fathers’ Day 17 Didcot Railway Centre – Fathers’ Day 17 East Anglian Railway Museum – Fathers’ Day Steam Up 17 Elsecar Heritage Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Isle of Wight Steam Railway – Workshops Open Day 17 Leighton Buzzard Railway – Fathers’ Day Whisky Festival 17 Llangollen Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Long Shop Museum – Fathers’ Day Model Show 17 Lynton & Barnstaple Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Northampton & Lamport Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Pecorama – Fathers’ Day 17 Plym Valley Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Rocks by Rail – Fathers’ Day 17 Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Rudyard Lake Steam Railway – Fathers’ Day Specials 17 South Downs Light Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Swindon & Cricklade Railway – Fathers’ Day 17 Whitwell & Reepham Station – Fathers’ Day
23/24 Bluebell Railway – Model Railway Weekend