Ruislip Lido Railway 2023 Gala Weekend.

Morning All,

The 12 inch gauge Ruislip Lido Railway held a gala over last weekend which featured not one, but two, steam locomotives. They had their own 2-4-0ST+T MAD BESS which has just had a major overhaul, plus a visiting 2-6-2T called CHRISTOPHER which is based at the Littlehampton Miniature Railway. MAD BESS is a scaled down version of the Ffestiniog Railway's ex Penrhyn Quarry Railway BLANCHE. Best of all, there was a parallel run using both these engines:



Here are three more short videos on YouTube:







More episodes to be added as time allows...

TTFN,

Ron.

 

Pity it wasn't publicised very well. I live only a few miles away and might have gone on Sunday if I had known.

 

Well they publicised it well enough for me to start a thread in the events section.

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Looking forward to next years event - perhaps they'll invite the FR's "Sherpa"!

 

The 2024 Steam Gala on the Ruislip Lido Railway is over the three days 4th -6th May and guess what - 'Sherpa' is coming up from Fairbourne!

 

I've now put all my photos and videos from the 2023 gala onto Flickr if anyone would like to have a look:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/albums/72157709261326952/

Ron.