UK Mainline and Heritage Railway Highlights 2022

Описание: With the year drawing to a close, we can take the time to look back at some of our favourite events and moments from over the past 12 months.

2022 marked a number of important anniversaries for the railways: From the centenary of the merger between the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and the LNWR in 1922, celebrated by a gathering of former L&Y locos and LNWR Coal Tank 1054 at the East Lancashire Railway, to the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign, seeing the debated repaint of Rebuilt Bullied Light Pacific 34027 'Taw Valley' into purple at the Severn Valley Railway. On the mainline, Cross Country celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Class 43 HST on Cross Country routes, seeing the repaint of 43184 into InterCity Executive Livery. Barrow Hill Roundhouse also took the time to celebrate the former Staveley Shed's 150th anniversary, delayed by two years due to Covid, with the resident Deltic Preservation Society also celebrating 40 years since the retirement of the Class 55 Deltics and the formation of the group in 1982.

The year welcomed many locomotives back into traffic, most popular of which was undoubtedly LNER A4 Pacific 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley', temporarily sporting Wartime Black Livery and making appearances at the Severn Valley Railway and North Yorkshire Moors Railway Steam Galas, in addition to a number of mainline tours. First built Class 37 D6700 also returned to service at the Great Central Railway in the spring, much to the delight of many diesel locomotive fans. In April, Didcot Railway Centre also welcomed GWR Castle Class 4079 'Pendennis Castle' back in steam, the first time in the UK since 1977, following her return from Australia in 2000. Another Swindon Sister, GWR Hall Class 4930 'Hagley Hall', made her fresh from overhaul debut at the Severn Valley Railway's Autumn Steam Gala.

2022 was also a year that saw a number of exciting meetings of locomotives: Double Stanier Steam came to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway this year, with 45596 'Bahamas' and 46100 'Royal Scot' running together at the Spring Steam Gala, a collection of Penrhyn Quarry locomotives at the Statfold Barn Railway, alongside the railway's vast collection of Narrow Gauge Steam, Scottish Steam down south with Caledonian Railway locos 419 and 828 meeting at the Spa Valley Railway, and Class 37s Galore at DRS's Crewe Gresty Bridge depot, with heritage liveried 37218, 37401, 37419 and 37425 all in attendance.

2023 is already setting up to be an exciting year on the railways, watch this space...!
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!

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LOCOS & STOCK
LNER Peppercorn A1 60163 'Tornado'
LMS Jubilee Class 45596 'Bahamas'
LMS Rebuilt Royal Scot Class 46100 'Royal Scot'
Andrew Barclay 1991 'Cegin'
Hudswell Clarke 1643 'GP39'
Hunslet 1842 'Howard No.2'
Peckett 2050 'Harrogate'
Hunslet 316 'Gwynedd'
Hunslet 921 'Sybil Mary'
GWR Castle Class 4079 'Pendennis Castle'
GWR Class 57 57604 'Pendennis Castle'
Caledonian Railway 812 Class 828
LNER A4 Pacific 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley'
British Rail Class 37 D6700
Southern Railway Bulleid Light Pacific No.70 'Elizabeth II'
BR Standard 9F 92203 'Black Prince'
Cross Country Class 43 HST 43184 & 43303
DRS Class 37 37218
DRS Class 37 37401 'Mary Queen of Scots'
DRS Class 37 37419 'Carl Haviland'
DRS Class 37 37425 'Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob'
British Rail Class 23 D5910
HNRC Class 20 20905 'Dave Darwin'
GCR 11F Class 506 'Butler Henderson'
Vulcan Foundry 3272 'Vulcan'
LNER J17 8217
Midland Railway Compound 1000
Midland Railway 156 Class 158A
Midland Railway 1377 Class 41708
GWR Hall Class 4930 'Hagley Hall'
British Rail Class 86 86259 'Les Ross/Peter Pan'
Lancashire & Yorkshire 0-6-0 'Pug' No.19 (As 51241)
Lancashire & Yorkshire Class 23 51456
Lancashire & Yorkshire Class 27 52044

VIDEO CONTENTS
0:00 - 60163 - Great Central Railway
1:13 - 45596 & 46100 - Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
2:24 - Railways at Work - Great Central Railway
4:34 - Last Days of Penrhyn Steam - Statfold Barn Railway
7:08 - 4079 & 57604 - Didcot Railway Centre
8:42 - 828 - Spa Valley Railway
10:05 - 4498 - Severn Valley Railway
11:13 - D6700 - Great Central Railway
12:11 - No.70 'Elizabeth II' - Severn Valley Railway
13:30 - 92203 - Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Steam Railway
14:37 - 43184 & 43303 - Derby Station
16:01 - DRS Crewe Gresty Bridge Charity Open Day
17:06 - Barrow Hill Roundhouse 150+2 Gala
18:07 - 4930 - Severn Valley Railway
19:02 - 86259 - Hatch End Station
19:45 - 4498 - North Yorkshire Moors Railway
22:25 - No.19 (As 51241) - East Lancashire Railway
23:28 - 51456 & 52044 - East Lancashire Railway