South Downs Light Railway 'NARROW GAUGE GALA' - 18/03/2023

The South Downs Light Railway held its 'NARROW GAUGE GALA' over the weekend of Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th March 2023.

A collection of ten locomotives (seven Steam, one Diesel and two Electric) were in use over the two days including a major first visit for a locomotive that hasn't left its home railway in just over 30 years!

The three visiting locos were as follows...
ELR 'Maxi-Lucky-Seven'-class 2-4-2 No.7 "Sandy River" (first visit away from the Eastleigh Lakeside Railway since the railway opened in 1992)
HMR 0-4-0 No.7 "Firefly" (from the Hastings Miniature Railway)
'Hunslet' 2-4-0ST+T "Nelly" (from a Private Railway)

They joined the following resident locomotives...
SDLR 'Exmoor' 0-4-2T Nos.319 "Pulborough" & 334 "Peggy"
SDLR 'Bagnall' 0-4-2ST+T No.1 "Alice"
AER 'Hunslet' 2-4-0 "Agapanthus"
'Exmoor' 0-4-2D-H "Arun"
SDLR B-E 4w "Oddjob"
SDLR 0-4-0B-E No.38 "Merlin" (first passenger runs)

Sequences featured in this video are as follows...
"Arun"
"Oddjob"
"Merlin"
"Sandy River"
"Alice" & "Firefly"
"Agapanthus"
"Pulborough" & "Peggy"
"Nelly"

Filmed on Saturday 18th March 2023.

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