PRAIRIE TO VISIT NORTHANTS:

GWR 2-6-2T No. 5553 is to star in the Northampton & Lamport

Railway’s August 27-29 gala. Other performers are set to include NLR residents Hawthorn Lesley 0-40ST Swanscombe No. 4 (3718/1928), Class 31 No. 31289 and Class 47 No. 47205 in an action-packed timetable, including demonstration freight trains along the Boughton extension (Sunday only). It is expected that the Gala should also see the first public appearance of at least some of the Ironstone Train Project wagons (see picture p66) – the exact number being subject to progress with restorations. The Waterman Railway Heritage Trust is pictured approaching Darley Dale on May 28.