Eastleigh Lakeside Railway 'SPRING STEAM GALA' - 23/03/2014

The Eastleigh Lakeside Railway held its 'SPRING STEAM GALA' on Sunday 23rd March 2014. The weather was mixed with sunshine most of the time but with showers/sleet on a couple of occasions. Locomotives in use (and in single, double-header & top-n-tail formation) were as follows... SR LN-class 'Lord Nelson' 4-6-0 No.E850 "Lord Nelson"+SR 'Atlantic' 4-4-2 No.1908 "Ernest Henry Upton". LNER A4-class 4-6-2 No.4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley"+SBCR 'Bullock'-class 4-6-2 No.1002 "The Empress". SBCR 'Bullock'-class 4-6-2 Nos.2005 "Silver Jubilee"+2006 "Edward VIII". LMSR 'Royal Scot'-class 4-6-0 No.6100 "Royal Scot"+'Coronation'-class 4-6-2 No.6220 "Coronation". ELR 'Atlantic' 4-4-2 No.4789 "William Baker"+ELR 4-8-4 No.3 "Francis Henry Lloyd". BR 'Britannia'-class 4-6-2 No.70055 "Rob Roy". SR 'Merchant Navy'-class 4-6-2 No.21C1 "Channel Packet". ELR 'Northern Rock'-class 2-6-2 No.10 "Sir Arthur Heywood". Rio Grande 4-6-0 No.8 "David Curwen" & L&BR 2-6-2T No.761 "Taw". Romulus 0-4-0 "Sanjo" & "Idris".