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Ruislip Lido Railway 2023 Gala Weekend.

Discussion in 'Miniature Railways' started by 45669, May 16, 2023.

  1. 45669

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    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.
     
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    MellishR Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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