Your guide to the galas, special events and main line railtours
FEBRUARY
29-MARCH 1 EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY MUSEUM:
Winter Beer Festival.
MARCH
2 St 2 Model BALA MID-NORFOLK David’s Railway LAKE Day. RAILWAY: RAILWAY: Exhibition. 3 Railwayana 3 Steam GREAT WHITWELL Sunday. CENTRAL Swapmeet. & REEPHAM RAILWAY: STATION: 8 ‘After 9/10 APPLEBY-FRODINGHAM KENT Dark’ & rail EAST tour. SUSSEX RPS: RAILWAY: 9/10 Mum BURE Goes Mothering VALLEY Free Weekend. RAILWAY: Sunday. 10 MUSEUM: EAST ANGLIAN Mother’s RAILWAY Day Steam. 10 RAILWAY: LEIGHTON Mother’s BUZZARD Day. LIGHT 15-17 Legendary EAST LANCASHIRE Locomotives. RAILWAY: Locos: 45690, 60007, 70000. 16/17 GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY:
GCR 125 Anniversary event. 16/17 STATFOLD BARN RAILWAY:
Spectacle of Steam. 17 EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY MUSEUM: Roman Roadsters Meet. 21-24 KEIGHLEY & WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY: Steam Gala. Locos: 4079, 6990, 45596, 45212, 41241, 52044, 75078, 1054, 85, 78022. 26 GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE STEAM RAILWAY: Behind Closed Doors Carriages Edition. 28/29 NENE VALLEY RAILWAY:
Tornado Driving Experience. 29-31 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY
CENTRE: Days Out With Thomas. 29-APRIL 1 BALA LAKE RAILWAY:
Easter Egg Hunt. 29-APRIL 1 EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY MUSEUM: Days Out With Thomas. 29-APRIL 1 EPPING ONGAR RAILWAY: Easter Egg Hunt. 29-APRIL 1 MID-HANTS RAILWAY:
Easter Bunny Train. 29-APRIL 12 ISLE OF WIGHT STEAM
RAILWAY: The Great Railway Easter Egg Hunt. 30 NORTHAMPTON & LAMPORT
RAILWAY: Boughton Opening. 30-APRIL 1 APEDALE VALLEY LIGHT
RAILWAY: Easter Opening and Easter Egg Hunt. 30-APRIL 1 BRESSINGHAM MUSEUM: Easter at Bressingham.
30-APRIL 1 GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY: Easter on the Rails.
30-APRIL 1 MIDDLETON RAILWAY: Easter Opening Weekend. 30-APRIL 1 NENE VALLEY RAILWAY:
LNER ‘A1’ Tornado.
31 ROCKS BY RAIL: Open Day and steam-hauled brake van rides. 31-APRIL 1 AVON VALLEY RAILWAY:
Chocolate Trains. 31-APRIL 1 GROUDLE GLEN
RAILWAY: Easter Bunny Trains. 31-APRIL 1 MID-SUFFOLK LIGHT
RAILWAY: Easter Steam Up. 31-APRIL 1 SPA VALLEY RAILWAY:
Easter Egg Hunt.
APRIL
6 MIDDLETON RAILWAY:
Community Day. 6/7 NORTH NORFOLK RAILWAY: 60th Anniversary of Closure. 7 WHITWELL & REEPHAM STATION:
Steam Sunday. 13/14 STATFOLD BARN RAILWAY:
Model Railway Weekend. 18-21 SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY:
Spring Gala. Locos: 29, 72, 13268 20/21 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY CENTRE: Spring Transport Festival. 20/21 GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY:
Road & Rail Steam Weekend. 20/21 LEIGHTON BUZZARD LIGHT
RAILWAY: Beer Festival. 21 BREDGAR & WORMSHILL LIGHT RAILWAY: Classic Car breakfast meeting. 21 EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY MUSEUM: Roman Roadsters Meet. 21 NOTTINGHAM HERITAGE RAILWAY:
Spring Road Transport Gala. 26-28 MID-HANTS RAILWAY: Gala. 27/28 EPPING ONGAR RAILWAY:
Steam Gala. Locos: 2999, 4953. 27/28 NOTTINGHAM HERITAGE RAILWAY: Miniature Traction. 27/28 SPA VALLEY RAILWAY:
Days Out with Thomas. 28 BLUEBELL RAILWAY:
Toy & Collectors’ Fair. 28 CHASEWATER RAILWAY:
Morris Minor Event