East Lancashire Railway - Autumn Steam Gala 2026 (18/10/26)

This weekend saw the East Lancashire Railway host their annual Autumn Steam Gala which saw 4 visitings locomotives and in time for the gala, resident L&YR Class 23 11456 & Class 27 52322 were repainted into LYR lined black (whilst it could be a coincidence, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway’s 180th anniversary is next year in 2027) Resident Locomotives: • LYR Class 23 - 752 • LYR Class 27 - 1300 • SR West Country Class - 34092 “City of Wells” Visiting Locomotives: • GWR 5700 - 7714 • Hudswell Clarke - 1208 “Illingworth” / “Mitchell” • LSWR Urie S15 - 30506 • SECR O1 - 65 (Note - LYR Class 21 11243 & BR Standard Class 4 Tank 80097 did run at the gala but were not running on Sunday) Chapters: 0:00 - Heywood 2:14 - Bury Bolton Street 11:16 - Ramsbottom 17:55 - Rawtenstall 24:23 - Thanks for Watching! #gwr #5700class #7714 #secr #railway #steam #britishrailways #britishrail #greatwesternrailway #lyr #1300 #class27 #class23 #752 #bullied #34092 #cityofwells #manchester #greatermanchester #lancashire #steam #train #trains #locomotive #heritage #gala #event #30506 #hudswellclarke #southernrailway#bury #ramsbottom #rawtenstall