South Downs Light Railway 2022 - Steam Gala - Pulborough - Driver, Passenger & Lineside Views

It was the weekend and the weather was too good to stay indoors, so my wife and I jumped in the car for a trip to Pulborough for a visit to an antique emporium followed by a look around the garden center to pick up some end of season bargains. After a coffee and a cake I wandered over to the railway where there is usually a train running at the weekends for children: parents and grandparents are also welcome. There were three passenger trains and freight train running, clearly it was a special event weekend, I didn’t have my cameras with me, so I asked one of the railway’s volunteers whether a similar train service would be running the following day, to which the answer was “Yes”. I returned early the following day to film the locomotives being prepared for the day ahead, it turned out to be a really good event with plenty of rail action and the bonus of a model railway display.
The garden center is about a mile from the town center and a 10 minute walk from the mainline railway station. The town itself is located in West Sussex close to the ancient and modern bridges carrying the A29 London to Bognor Regis road over the River Arun.

Locomotives in action on the day were:
No.6100 in LMS crimson livery, similar in appearance to a 'Royal Scot' locomotive.
No.6220 LMS streamlined pacific locomotive 'Coronation' in blue with bold silver lining.
No.27 ‘The Railway Mission’ in British Rail 'Express Green' livery, similar in appearance to a GWR King Class locomotive.
No.84 ‘Crowborough’ a Terrier Class engine finished in Stroudley's ‘Improved Engine Green’.
No.135 ‘Anna’ a distinctive tram engine was hauling a demonstration freight train.

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Track Gauge - 10 ¼ inch.