Great Central Railway , Loughborough , Leicestershire Sunday 11th October 2009

11th October 2009

What adjectives could you use to describe what must have been the best ever steam gala in the railways history, stupendous, brilliant, supurb, amazing, incredible, astonashing out of this world, none, as no words can descibe just how good it was.
With 7 engines in steam and an intensive service, hadly more than a 20 minute gap between trains, a mixed goods, windcutter, and TPO interdispersed between passenger services this gala was brilliant. many months of hard dedicated work must have gone into the planning of the event and then the hardest job of all, making it work is just immence, please would the staff and volenteers of the GCR stand up, take a bow and accept the applause of the public who you amazed, sometimes saying a simple thank you seems inadequate, but thank you.

I hope my pictures do your hard work justice.
Ian

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