A blackened freight steam locomotive stands over the pit at Loughborough engine shed at night, lit by shed lamps, with another locomotive glowing in the dark behind.
Photo: Duncan Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Great Central Railway Autumn Steam Gala

📅 Thu 1 – Sun 4 Oct 2026📍 Great Central Railway, Loughborough Central station, LeicestershireLE11 1RW

Four-day Little and Large themed gala on Britain's only double-track heritage main line, contrasting some of the smallest working engines with large main line locomotives. Guests include GWR saddle tank No 813, built by Hudswell Clarke in 1900 for the Port Talbot Railway, and 1927 Sentinel No 7232 Ann from the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, on an intensive timetable of passenger, goods and double-headed trains.

What’s on

  • Little and Large theme
  • Guest Port Talbot Railway No 813
  • Sentinel 7232 Ann visiting
  • Double-headed and goods trains on double track