North Yorkshire Moors Railway Annual Steam Gala announces line-up and ticket price freeze
North Yorkshire Moors Railway has announced the line-up for its Annual Steam Gala taking place later this year.
NYMR has also announced tickets for the event, set to take place from Sep 24 to 27, will be the same as last year.
Among the guest locomotives for the event are the No. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, No. 4079 ‘Pendennis Castle’ and T3 class steam locomotive No. 563.
As well as the special guests, the NYMR will also be showcasing its own fleet of steam locomotives including Black 5 No. 44806, Black 5 No. 5428 'Eric Treacy', SR Schools No. 926 'Repton', Lambton Tank No. 29 'Peggy', Cockerill No. 8 'Lucie', NER Class P3 No. 2392, and No. 2253 ‘Omaha’.
A full timetable of services will be operated across the four-day event, while there will also be a shuttle service from Whitby to Grosmont in the morning and return shuttle from Grosmont to Whitby for visitors joining from Whitby.
Paul ‘Piglet’ Middleton, Director of Mechanical Engineering at NYMR, said: “We’re incredibly excited to announce our line-up for this year’s Annual Steam Gala - we’re welcoming back our firm favourite Sir Nigel Gresley and introducing Pendennis and T3 for the first time and of course, we’ll have newly oil-converted steam locomotive No. 2253 Omaha in traction.
“It’s set to be a fantastic four days of steam and we can’t wait to welcome everyone who is travelling from near and far to celebrate our visiting and home fleet locos.”
Tickets to the event have been frozen, meaning they starts at £49.50 per adult, while children under 15 get free entry.
For those who can’t make the event, NYMR is running special pre-booked seat allocated services this September and October featuring legendary locomotives: No. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley and No. 4079 ‘Pendennis Castle’ as part of the Rockstar Engines services.