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Festival of Steam

Festival of Steam

Join us for three weekends of big steam action, featuring star guest locomotives, our challenging gradients and a final farewell!

Over the three weekends the following locomotives will feature:

  • STAR GUEST LOCOMOTIVE, London Midland and Scottish Railway, Stanier Jubilee class locomotive 45690 LEANDER making its last steamings of its current boiler certificate, courtesy of the Beet family
  • Guest locomotive, recreated Great Western Railway Saint class locomotive 2999 LADY OF LEGEND, courtesy of the Great Western Society
  • Great Western Railway Hall class locomotive 4953 Pitchford Hall
  • Great Western Railway priarie locomotive, L150 (5521) in London Transport maroon livery
  • Hawthorn Leslie 0-6-0 saddle tank, number 3437 "Isabel"

Some locomotives will only operate on certain days. See individual events for details.

All trains will be running in conjunction with our fleet of vintage London buses, which will provide connections with Epping Underground (Central Line, zone 6) and Shenfield National Rail stations.

Our stations will only be accessible to passengers holding a ticket valid on the train services

 

SAINT AND HALL WEEKEND - 27 and 28 APRIL

A Great Western weekend, sees recreated Saint class locomotive 2999 Lady of Legend and our own Hall class locomotive, 4953 Pitchford Hall, working our services. Expect to see both locomotives working trains on their own and double headed. 

 

FESTIVAL OF STEAM GALA EVENT - 4, 5 and 6 MAY

All 5 locomotives are expected to be in action with an intensive service operating over this Bank Holiday weekend, including trains into the evening on Saturday

 

LEANDER'S FAREWELL - 11 and 12 MAY

This weekend will see LMS Jubilee 45690 Leander working its final services on its current boiler certificate. Join us for a farewell weekend. It is expected that Leander will be joined by another of our home fleet of locomotives. 

Check out the main website for full details of each event.

 

FOOTPLATE RIDES

You can experience the power of a steam locomotive like never before! Footplate rides are available and can be purchased using the options below. These are valid on the specific service booked, and are only valid when purchased alongside an All Day Rover ticket. Special terms and conditions apply for footplate rides - see the main website for details. 


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