March, Easter and early April
Nov 12, 2018
4 minutes
THE spring gala season is in full swing and the last two weeks of March will see major three or four-day events on the Keighley & Worth Valley, Severn Valley, Swanage and West Somerset railways.
The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, having opened shortly before the end of BR steam in August 1968. BR Standard Britannia Pacific No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell was very much the star of the last few months of steam and the KWVR steam gala will see No. 70013 making its last appearance in steam before retiring for overhaul on expiry
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