Eastleigh Lakeside Railway 'SPRING STEAM GALA' - 20/03/2016

The Eastleigh Lakeside Railway held its annual 'SPRING STEAM GALA' on Sunday 20th March 2016. The theme for this year's event was Double-Headers with the majority of trains being double-headed whilst only a couple remained solo-hauled. The locomotives and pairings at the gala were as follows... - SBCR 'Bullock'-class 4-6-2 Nos.1001 "The Monarch" & 1002 "The Empress" - LMSR 'Royal Scot'-class 4-6-0 No.6100 "Royal Scot" & 'Coronation'-class 4-6-2 No.6220 "Coronation" - SR LN-class 'Lord Nelson' 4-6-0 No.E850 "Lord Nelson" & 'Atlantic'-class 4-4-2 No.1908 "Ernest Henry Upton" - ELR 'Maxi-Lucky-Seven'-class 2-4-2 No.7 "Sandy River" - LNER A4-class 4-6-2 No.4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" & SBCR 'Bullock'-class 4-6-2 No.2006 "Edward VIII" - BR 'Britannia'-class 4-6-2 No.70055 "Rob Roy" - L&BR 2-6-2T No.E761 "Taw" & ELR 'Northern Rock'-class 2-6-2 No.10 "Sir Arthur Heywood"