Eastleigh Lakeside Railway - 'SUMMER GALA' 12/07/2009 (Part 1)

Like the Moors Valley Railway, the Eastleigh Lakeside Railway also holds a 'Summer Gala'. It also holds one in March as well and have both events held on a Sunday only. The 2009 'Summer Gala' was held on Sunday 12th July with seventeen locomotives in action - all from the railway's own collection. The star attractions being Nos.70055 "Rob Roy" and 4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" - both of which had been recently overhauled. Locomotives in action were... - BR 'Britannia'-class 4-6-2 No.70055 "Rob Roy" - LNER A4-class 4-6-2 No.4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" - LMSR 'Coronation'-class 4-6-2 No.6220 "Coronation" - LMSR 'Royal Scot'-class 4-6-0 No.6100 "Royal Scot" - SR LN-class 'Lord Nelson' 4-6-0 No.E850 "Lord Nelson" - SR 'Atlantic'-class 4-4-2 No.1908 "Ernest Henry Upton" - ELR 'Bullock'-class 4-6-2 No.2006 "Edward VIII" - ELR 'Bullock'-class 4-6-2 No.1002 "The Empress" - ELR 'Bullock'-class 4-6-2 No.1001 "The Monarch" - ELR 'Maxi-Lucky-Seven' 2-4-2 No.7 "Sandy River" - ELR 'Atlantic'-class 4-4-2 No.4789 "William Baker" - ELR 'Northern-Rock'-class 4-6-2 No.10 "Sir Arthur Heywood" - ELR 4-8-4 No.3 "Francis Henry Lloyd" - CFM 'Garrett' 0-4-0+0-4-0 No.1A "Saint Leonard" - L&B 2-6-2T "Taw" - DFR 4-6-0 No.8 "David Curwen" - 'Romulus'-class 0-4-0 "Sanjo" This is Part 1 of 2.