Diesel Gala 12th September 2010

Class 26007 

Class 26007 at Quorn and Woodhouse station on Sunday the 12th of September 2010 

Class 26007 is a  British Rail Class 26 diesel locomotive or the BRCW Type 2. There were 47 of these built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company in 1958/9. It is painted in BR Blue. 

Class 26007 also at Quorn and Woodhouse station on the 12th of September 2010 with the return train

2-6-0 78019 

2-6-0 78019 was the only steam at was a Diesel Gala.

 I think it was on the Great Central's Sunday Dinning train. For those who had paid for their Sunday dinner to  be behind a steam train.

Pages on the Great Central Railway 12th Spetember 2010

D5185 + D5098 at Quorn and Woodhouse.

Deltic D9009 and D123 at Quorn and Woodhouse.

Class 37314 and D5830at Quon and Woodhouse

Class 26007  and 2-6-0 78019 at Quorn and Woodhouse

The Great Central Railway runs from Loughborough to Leicester North station close to the Leicester outer ring road. There are stations at Rothey and at Quorn & Woodhouse. The head quarters of the railway is at Loughborough were the engine shed is and the main shop ect. The railway has a large collection of steam and diesel engines