MAJOR celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the Great Western Society (GWS) are to be spread across two separate gala weekends at the society's Didcot Railway Centre base, as ongoing Covid-19 restrictions continue to limit capacity at the 21-acre Oxfordshire site.
The Diamond Jubilee Gala - Part 1 will take place on Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1 and is setto feature five or six locomotives in action and working passenger trains on the centre's two demonstration lines.
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The line-up will include Lambton Colliery No. 29, which is visiting for the summer from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.Recently restored GWR 0-4-0ST No. 1340 Trojan will also be in action, along with 'Saint' No. 2999 Ladyoflegend.