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Last Hurrah Steam Gala
Price
Not listed
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Where
Heritage railway running between Loughborough Central and Leicester North, Leicestershire
About
A two-day end-of-season steam gala with a busy timetable, visiting locomotives, double-headed trains, freight demonstrations and Saturday evening services.
The railway’s final steam gala of the 2026 season runs on 14–15 November across the Great Central Railway. The published programme names visiting Class 14 D9525, Class 20 20227 “Sherlock Holmes”, Sentinel 7232 “Ann” and BR 9F 92134, alongside the home fleet. It advertises double-headed steam services, freight demonstrations, Mountsorrel Branch steam passenger trains and Saturday evening services. No overall daily start or finish times are stated.
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Listed on gcrailway.co.uk. Details can change, so check with the organiser before you go.