2012 UK Galas and Special Events Guide

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Taken from the HERRITAGE RAILWAYS GUIDE to special events at preserved lines and Museum centers for 2012 .Listed in chronlogical Order Concentrating on those of intrest to Enthusiasts.......

KEY
PRINCIPAL STEAM GALA
THOMAS AND OTHER KIDS DAYS EVENTS
DIESEL EVENT
January

21/22 East Lancashire Railway : -winter Steam Gala
27-29 great central railway : steam gala

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February
5th Moors Vally Railway : Tank engine day
10-12 Keighley And Worth Valley railway :Steam Gala
11/12 Churnet Valley railway : Days out with Thomas
11/12 Kent & East Sussex Railway :Steam Gala
11/12 Llangollen railways : Days out with Thomas
12 Tanfield Railway : Coal Train Day
13-17 Mid hants railways : Postman Pat Day
15 Churnet Valley railway : Days out with Thomas
16-19 Llangollen railways : Days out with Thomas
18/19 Churnet Valley railway : Days out with Thomas
18/19 Kent & East Sussex railway : Days out with Thomas
18/19 Ribble Steam Railway : Gala Weekend
25/26 Churnet Valley railway : Steam Gala
25/26 East Lancashire Railway: Steam Weekend

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March

3/4 Didcot Railway Center : Days out with Thomas
3/4 East Lancashire Railway : Diesel Weekend
4 Great Central Railway : Quorn Swapmeet
4 Moors Vally railway : Tank Engine Day
9-11 North Norfolk Railway : Spring Steam Gala
10/11 Bodmin & Wenford railway : Half Price Weekend
10/11 Midland railway _Butterley : Days out with Thomas
11 Dean Forest Railway : Bygone Branch Line Day
17 East Lancashire Railway : DMU Day
17/18 Battlefield Line Railway : Steam Gala
17/18 Chasewater Light Railway : Steam Gala
17/18 Ecciesbourne valley Railway: Diesel weekend
17/18 Kirklees Light Railway : Days out with Thomas
17/18 Mid Norfolk railway : Mixed Trafic Weekend
17/18 Warwickshire Exhibition Center Midlands Garden Rail Show
17/18 West Somerset Railway : Spring Steam Gala
22-25 West Somerset Railway : Spring Steam gala
23-25 Mid hants railways : spring Steam Gala
23-25 Seven Valley railway : spring Steam Gala
24/25 South Devon Railway : Half Price Weekend
25 Colne Valley Railway : Diesel Gala
30-1Apr Great Central Railway : 1960 Steam Gala
30-1Apr Mid Norfolk Railway : Spring Diesel Gala
31 Llangollen railways : Diesel Day

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APRIL

1 South Tynedale Railway : Opening to Lintley
1 West Lancashire Railway : Friendly Engines Day
6 Sittingbourne & Kemsley Railway : Sittingbourne Viaduct Reopening
6-9 Embsay & Bolton Abbey steam Railway : Days out with Thomas
6-9 Gwili Railway : Days out with Thomas
6-9 South Devon Railway : Easter Heritage Gala
6-15 Mid hants railways : Days out with Thomas
7-9 Isle Of Man Steam Railway : Rush Hour On The Railways
7-9 Lincolnshire Wolds Railway : Easter Steam Gala
7-9 Nene Valley Railway : Tornado Weekend
8/9 Crich Tramway Village : 1940s' Weekend
8/9 Rock's by Rail: Opening Weekend
13-15 Barrow Hill Round Hpuse : FAB FOUR GALA
14/15 Dean Forest Railway : Days out with Thomas
14/15 Spa Valley Railway : Spring Steam Gala
14/15 Whitwell & Reepham station: 1940s' Weekend
15 Amberley Museum : Industrial Trains Weekend
20-22 Bodmin & Wenford Railway : Days out with Thomas
22-25 East Anglian Railway Museum : Spring Steam Spectacular
21/22 Pontpool & Blaenavon Railway : Spring Diesel Gala
21/22 Tanfield Railway : Light railway Gala
21-29 Llangollen railways : Steel Steam & Stars III
22/23 Battlefield Line Railway: Days out with Thomas
28 Dean Forest Railway : GW Branch Line Day
28/29 Battlefield Line Railway : Days out with Thomas
28/29 Churnet Valley railway :1940s' Weekend
28/29 Nottingham Heritage Center : Spring Deisel Gala
28/29 Rudyard Lake Railway : Spring Steam Gala
29 Pontpool & Blaenavon : Last Train 50th Anniversary

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May

2 Churnet Valley railway : 1940s' Day
4-7 North Yorkshire moors Railway : Spring Steam Gala
5/6 Moors Valley Railway : Marsh Tank Rally
5/6 Welsh Highlands Heritage Railway : Elements Gala
5/7 Bodmin & Wenford Railway : Steaming through The 40s'
5/7 Didcot Railway Center : Gala weekend
5/6 East Lancashire Railway : Days out with Thomas
5/6 East Somerset Railway : Days out with Thomas
5-7 Embsay & Bolton Abby steam Railway: Mixed Traction Weekend'
5-7 Ffestiniog Railway : Spring Event
5-7 Keighley And Worth Valley railway : Railway Children weekend
5-7 Kent & East Sussex Railway : Gala Weekend
5-7 Mid Norfolk Railway : Stratford Depot Weekend
5-7 Midland Railway - Butterley : Vintage Trains
5-7 North Norfolk Railway : Puffing BillyWeekend
5-7 Ribble Steam railway : Friendley Engins
5-7 South Devon Railway : Days out with Thomas
6 Bukinghamshire Railway center : Steam Enthusiasts' Day
6/7 Mid Suffolk Light Railway : Middy At War
11-13 North Yorkshire moors Railway : Spring Steam Gala
11-13 Swanage Railway : Diesel Gala
12/13 Avon Valley Railway : Days out with Thomas
12/13 Bluebell Railway : Southern at War
12/13 Lynton & Barnstaple Railway : Vintage Weekend
12/13 Midland Railway - Butterley : Diesel Gala
12/13 South Tynedale Railway : Narrow Gauge Railway Society AGM
12/13 St Albans South Signalbox : Entusiasts Weekend
12/13 Spa Valley railway : Days Out With Thomas
19 Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway : Open Day
19/20 Buckinghamshire Railway Center : 1940s'weekend
19/20 Great Central Railway : Diesel Gala
19/20 Keighley And Worth Valley railway : Haworth 1940s' Weekend
19/20 Kent & East Sussex Railway : 1940s' Weekend
19/20 Kirklees Light Railway : Days Out With Thomas
19/20 Mid Norfolk Railway : Southern Gala Weekend
19/20 Nene Valley Railway : Diesel Gala
19/20 Severn Valley RailwaY : 150th Anniversary
19/20 South Devon Railway : Mixed Trafic Weekend
19/20 Spa Valley railway : Days Out With Thomas
25-27 Bodmin & Wenford Railway :Bodmin Branch 125 Gala
25-27 Keighley And Worth Valley railway : Heritage Diesel Gala
26/27 North Norfolk Railway : Diesel Gala
26/27 Colne Valley Railway : 150th Anniversary
26/27 Eastleigh Lakeside Railway : Days Out With Thomas
26/27 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway : Days Out With Thomas

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June

2/3 Fairbourne Railway : Little & large
2-4 Colne Valley Railway : Days Out With Thomas
2-4 East Lancashire Railway : Wartime Weekend
2-4 Northhampton & Lamport Railway :Branch line Experience
2-5 Bure Valley railway : Everything Goes
2-5 llangollen Railway : Days Out With Thomas
2-5 Midland Railway - Butterley : Royals on Rails
2-5 Rhyl Miniture Railway : Queens' Jubilee Gala
2-5 Severn Valley RailwaY : Queen Elizabeth II Dimond Jubilee
2-5 South Devon Railway : Dimond Jubilee Weekend
2-10 National Railway Museum : RAILFEST
3/4 Leighton Buzzard Railway :Little Chuffers
3/4 Rushden Transoprt Museum : Jubilee Celebration
3-5 Mid Suffolk Light Railway : Laxfield Thunderbolt
3-5 Tanfield Railway : Jubilee Weekend
5 Lincolnshire Wolds Railway : Queens' Jubilee Special
5 Pontypool & blaenavon Railway : Dimond Jubilee
7 Talyllyn Railway : Duncan Day
7-10 Midland Railway - Butterley : Days Out With Thomas
8-10 Dartmouth Steam Railway : Heritage Festival
8-10 Great Central Railway : Wartime Weekend
9/10 Amberly Museum :Midsummer Steam Weekend
9/10 Dean Forest Railway : Days Out With Thomas
9/10 Mid Hants Railway : War on the Line
9/10 Moors Valley Railway : Summer Gala
9/10 North Yorkshire moors Railway : 1960s' Weekend
15-17 West somerset Railway :Mixed traction Weekend
16 North Norfolk Railway : 125th Anniversary
17 Chasewater Light Railway : Coal Train Day
22-24 North Norfolk Railway : Titfield thunderbolt
22-24 Spa Valley railway : Steaming Through The 40s'
23/24 Battlefield Line Railway :1940s' Weekend
23/24 East Somerset Railway : Vintage Vehicles Day
23/24Ecclesbourne Valley Railway : Shottle Diesel Weekend
23/24 Gwilli Railway : Days Out With Thomas
23/24 llangollen Railway : Heritage Railcar Gala
23/24 Middelton railway : Steam Gala
23/24 Severn Valley RailwaY : 1940s' Weekend
24 Keighley And Worth Valley railway : Vintage Trains
30-1 jul Dean Forest Railway : GW Branch Line Day
30-1 jul Gwilli Railway : Days Out With Thomas
30-1 jul Isle of Wight Steam Railway : 1940s' Weekend
30-1 jul Kent & East Sussex Railway : World War One Event
30-1 jul Llanberis Lake Railway : Gala Weekend
30-1 jul Romney Hide & Dymnchirch Railway : Days Out With Thomas
30-1 jul Rushden Transoprt Museum : TPO Weekend
30-1 jul Severn Valley RailwaY : 1940s' Weekend
30-1 jul Talyllyn Railway : Have a Go Gala

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July

1 Keighley And Worth Valley railway : Vintage Trains
1-8 North Norfolk Railway : Quad-Arts Week
6-8East Lancashire Railway : Diesel Weekend
7/8 Eastleigh Lakeside Railway : Days Out With Thomas
7/8 Great Central Railway : Mail By Rail
7/8 Gwilli Railway : Days Out With Thomas
7/8 Lavender Line : Diesel Gala
7/8 Pontypool & blaenavon Railway : Wartime Weekend
7/8 South Devon Railway : Military Weekend
7/8 Welsh Highlands Heritage Railway : Steam in the Shed
7/8 West somerset Railway : Days Out With Thomas
8 Colne Valley Railway : Colne Valley at War
8 Keighley And Worth Valley railway : Vintage Trains
13-15 Mid Norfolk Railway : Steam Gala Weekend
14/15 Amberly Museum : Railway Gala Weekend
14/15 Bodmin & Wenford Railway:China Clay gala
14/15 Gwilli Railway : Days Out With Thomas
14/15 Kirklees Light Railway : Days Out With Thomas
14/15 Midland Railway - Butterley : 1960s' Weekend
14/15 Nine Valley Railway : Rail Mail Weekend
14/15 Ribble Steam railway : Frendly Engines
14/15 Strathspey Railway : Steam Fair
15 Keighley And Worth Valley railway : Vintage Trains
21/22 Foxfield Railway : Summer Gala
21/22 Ribble Steam railway : Frendly Engines
21-23 Kent & East Sussex Railway : Days Out With Thomas
22 Keighley And Worth Valley railway : Vintage Trains
25 East Lancashire Railway : 25th Anniversary of Reopening
25-29 Isle of Man Railway : Manx HeratageTransport Festival
27-29 Mid Suffolk Light Railway : Light Railway Gala
28/29 Dean Forest Railway : Mixed traction days
28/29 Groudle Glen Railway : Heritage Transport Festival
28/29 llangollen Railway : 1960s' Weekend
29 Keighley And Worth Valley railway : Vintage Trains

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August

3-5 East Lancashire Railway : Days Out With Thomas
3-5 Spa Valley railway : Diesel Gala
4/5Kent & East Sussex Railway : 1960s' Weekend
4/5 llangollen Railway : Days Out With Thomas
4/5 Mid Norfolk Railway : Railway At War
4/5 Peak Rail : Warring forties
4/5 Talyllyn Railway : Tom Rolt Rally
4-7 Midland Railway - Butterley : Days Out With Thomas
5Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway : Annual Gala Day
9-12 llangollen Railway : Days Out With Thomas
10-12East Somerset Railway : Days Out With Thomas
11/12 Bluebell Railway : Vintage Transport Day
11/12 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway : Diesel weekend
11/12 Pontypool & blaenavon Railway : Ivor The Engine
11/12 Swindon & Cricklade Railway : Vintage Weekend
11/12 West lancashire Railway : Gala Weekend
17-19 Dean Forest Railway : Days Out With Thomas
17-20Days Out With Thomas : Days Out With Thomas
18/19 Gwilli Railway : 1940s' weekend
18/19 Isle of Man Steam Railway : Islands at War
18/19 Rushden Transoprt Museum : 1960s' Weekend
18-27 Mid Hants Railway : Days Out With Thomas
23 Talyllyn Railway : Duncan Day
24-27Isle of wight Steam Railway : Island Steam Show
25-27Churnet Valley railway : Days Out With Thomas
25-27 East Somerset Railway : 1930s-1950s
25-27 Embsay & Bolton Railway : Days Out With Thomas
25-27 Midland Railway - Butterley : Vintage Trains
25/27 Northhampton & Lamport Railway : Seaside Specials
25-27 Ribble Steam railway Frendley Engine Day
27 Elsecar Railway : :Annual Gala
29 Churnet Valley railway : Days Out With Thomas
31-2sep llangollen Railway : Autumn Steam Gala
31-2 sep North Norfolk Railway : Grand Steam Gala

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SEPTEMBER

1/2 welshpool & Llanfair railway : Steam Gala
7-9 Swanage Railway : Grand Steam Gala
7-9 Bodmin & Wenford Railway : Steam Gala
8/9 Apedale Valley Railway : Railway gala
8/9 Chasewater Light Railway : Industrial Gala
8/9 East Somerset Railway : Mendip Steam Deram
8/9 Embasy & Bolton Abbey Railway : 1940s' Weekend
8/9 Kirklees Light Railway : Steam & Diesel Gala
8/9 Lincolnshire Wolds Railway : 1940s' weekend
8/9 Midland Railway - Butterley : DMU Weekend
8/9 Nine Valley Railway : Autumn steam Gala
8/9 South Devon Railway : Heritage Transport Gala
8/9 Tanfield Railway : Ledgends Of Industry
9 Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway : Steam & Diesel Gala
14-16North Yorkshire moors Railway : Heritage Diesel Gala
14-16 Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway : South Steam gala
14-16 Welsh Highlands Railway : Autumn Gala
15/16 Didcot Railway Center : Gala Weekend
15/16 East Kent Railway : EMU Weekend
15/16 Eastleigh Lakeside Railway : Days out with Thomas
15/16 Leighton Buzzard Railway : Welsh Steam
15/16North Norfolk Railway : 1940s' Weekend
15/16 Spa Valley railway : Swinging 60s'
21-23 Mid Norfolk Railway : Class47 Golden Jubilee
21-23 Severn Valley Railway : Autumn Steam gala
22 llangollen Railway : Diesel day
22/23 Churnet Valley railway : Diesel Gala
22/23Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway : Days Out With Thomas
22/23Midland Railway - Butterley : Diesel Gala
22/23 Northhampton & Lamport Railway : Railways at War
22/23 Rudyard Lake Railway : Steam gala
28-30 Nine Valley Railway : Diesel Gala
28-30 North Yorkshire moors Railway : autumn Steam gala
29/30 Bure Valley Railway : 60th Anniversary of Closure
29/30 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway : Diesel Gala
29/30 Colne Valley Railway : Days Out With Thomas
29/30 Kent & East Sussex Railway : Days Out With Thomas
29/30 Lynton & Barnstaple Railway : September gala
29/30 Sittingbourn & Kemsley railway : Gala Weekend
30 Lincolnshire Wolds Railway : Mixed traction

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OCTOBER


4-6 Severn Valley Railway Diesel Enthusiasts Gala
4-7 Great Central Railway ; Autumn Steam gala
4-7 West somerset Railway : Autumn Steam Gala
6 Colne Valley Railway : Days out with Thomas
6/7 Didcot Railway Center : Days out with Thomas
6/7 East Lancashire Railway : Days out with Thomas
6/7 Lavender Line : Vintage Transport Gala
6/7Nine Valley Railway : 1940s' Weekend

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NOVEMBER
3East Lancashire Railway : Diesel Day
3/4 South Devon Railway : Half Price Weekend
10/11 Kirklees Light Railway : Days out with Thomas
11 Moores valley Railway : Tank Engine Day
11 West Lancashire light Railway : BBC Childern IN Nead
17/18Great Central Railway : Steam Event
24/25 National Exhibition Center(NEC) Warley Model railway Exhibition

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DECEMBER

29/30 West somerset Railway : Winter Steam Festival




Key
Principal Steam Dates
Thomas and other childerns events
Diesel Events

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This does Not Cover ALL Events only the ones that could , would or are are of intrest.... i hope you find this list usefully and of some use in planing days out or for finding open days for research.

THE ONE I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS HAVING ALL THE A1- A4s on display at Barrow hill round house this year .....
Hope to Get to meet some of you at a few of these events

Thanks for looking

Mark ( Fingers numb SONICSPEED66 )

Comments are WELCOME

[bailerboy]

i do like how the east somerset railway isnt on there at all
tom

[hobby engineer]

Good evening all.

As Secretary of the Nottingham Society of Model & Experimental Engineers, I would like to remind forum readers that we are proudly hosting IMLEC 2012

General Description Of The Weekend’s Activities

The event will now be held over the the two days of the weekend of 14/15 July and on Friday afternoon of 13 July to accommodate the number of entries received. NSMEE have received 28 entries to date and for this year's competition we didn't want to put any competitor on a reserve list. As a result we have decided to start the competition on the Friday afternoon.

There will be a minimum of 4 runs on the Friday with a maximum of 13 runs on the Saturday and 11 runs on the Sunday ie a total of 28 runs.

The first run on the Friday afternoon will start at 3.00pm and on the Saturday and Sunday, at 9.20am. Each loco will run for between 25 and 30 minutes pulling a train of carriages and passengers, the numbers of which are of the drivers own choosing. The turnaround time between successive runs is only 40 minutes, so some pretty slick organization is called for.

Please go to;

www.nsmee.org.uk/Join%20Us.htm

for directions to us.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Cliff Almond
Secretary - NSMEE

[peterseager]

This thread is well past its sell by date. Should it not be removed to reduce the number of stickies at the top of the page?

Peter

[ejparrott]

Need a 2013 version!

[peteh]

Make that 2014!

[ejparrott]

even!

[Midland]

Would a leap ahead to 2015 be out of the question?
D