Western pannier sneaks into East Lanes Railway's L&Y reunion

摘要

THE South Devon Railway's Collett'64XX'0-6-0PT No. 6412 was the sole visiting locomotive at the East Lancashire Railway's (ELR) Spring Steam Gala on March 6-8. The GWR interloper attended what was primarily a celebration of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. The pannier may have provided Western Region interest in this London Midland heartland, but the undoubted star of the event was the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Trust's (L&YRT) newly overhauled Aspinall 'Class 23' No. 752, which was making its gala debut, and hauling some of its first revenue-earning trains since 1982.