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Steam Gala events - Sep 2026
- Fri 04 Sep 2026 Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Steam & Diesel Gala (plus Garden Railway Show)
Friday 4 September to Sunday 6 September 2026
Our annual celebration. Intensive train timetable, road steam, vintage vehicles, model railway exhibition, and lots more to explore.
Includes Garden Railway Show at Llanfair Leisure Centre
More info and tickets coming soon.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
- Sat 05 Sep 2026 Chasewater Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Sat 05 Sep 2026 Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Steam & Diesel Gala (plus Garden Railway Show)
Friday 4 September to Sunday 6 September 2026
Our annual celebration. Intensive train timetable, road steam, vintage vehicles, model railway exhibition, and lots more to explore.
Includes Garden Railway Show at Llanfair Leisure Centre
More info and tickets coming soon.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
- Sat 05 Sep 2026 Moors Valley Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- September Steam Spectacular
5th & 6th September 2026
Our new September Steam Spectacular features intensive passenger and freight services, 8 locomotives in steam (subject to availability), behind the scenes tours and much more. Buy your Gala Rover on the day to enjoy all attractions (excludes Driver for a Fiver).
- Sun 06 Sep 2026 Chasewater Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Sun 06 Sep 2026 Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Steam & Diesel Gala (plus Garden Railway Show)
Friday 4 September to Sunday 6 September 2026
Our annual celebration. Intensive train timetable, road steam, vintage vehicles, model railway exhibition, and lots more to explore.
Includes Garden Railway Show at Llanfair Leisure Centre
More info and tickets coming soon.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway
- Sun 06 Sep 2026 Moors Valley Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- September Steam Spectacular
5th & 6th September 2026
Our new September Steam Spectacular features intensive passenger and freight services, 8 locomotives in steam (subject to availability), behind the scenes tours and much more. Buy your Gala Rover on the day to enjoy all attractions (excludes Driver for a Fiver).
- Fri 11 Sep 2026 Didcot Railway Centre (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Gala
11-13 September 2026
Join us for a multi engine event, with tours of some of our normally closed areas
Buy tickets
We're yet to announce what will join us for our steam gala this year, but no doubt we will have something special for you in due course! Check back to see what we have coming soon!
Join us for an exciting weekend and celebrate steam with this multi-engine event. See autotrain operations, freight trains, shunting demonstrations, plus tours of our workshop areas, usually closed to the public. See some of the features of our site in operation, including our signal box, traverser, turntable and coal stage.
This is a great way to travel back in time to the golden age of the Great Western Railway and savour the sights, sounds and smells of steam as you explore this 24-acre living museum with trains dating from Victorian times to the 1960s.
Steam trains will be operating on both demonstration lines, allowing you to take unlimited rides. Check our Locomotive Roster to see what we expect to be running on the date of your visit.
Didcot Railway Centre
- Fri 11 Sep 2026 Swanage Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Gala
Friday 11 September to Sunday 13 September 2026
Guest locomotive 60163 Tornado courtesy of the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust.
Swanage Railway
- Fri 11 Sep 2026 Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways (Steam Gala) More...
- Super Power Weekend
Friday 11 September to Sunday 13 September 2026
- Sat 12 Sep 2026 Didcot Railway Centre (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Gala
11-13 September 2026
Join us for a multi engine event, with tours of some of our normally closed areas
Buy tickets
We're yet to announce what will join us for our steam gala this year, but no doubt we will have something special for you in due course! Check back to see what we have coming soon!
Join us for an exciting weekend and celebrate steam with this multi-engine event. See autotrain operations, freight trains, shunting demonstrations, plus tours of our workshop areas, usually closed to the public. See some of the features of our site in operation, including our signal box, traverser, turntable and coal stage.
This is a great way to travel back in time to the golden age of the Great Western Railway and savour the sights, sounds and smells of steam as you explore this 24-acre living museum with trains dating from Victorian times to the 1960s.
Steam trains will be operating on both demonstration lines, allowing you to take unlimited rides. Check our Locomotive Roster to see what we expect to be running on the date of your visit.
Didcot Railway Centre
- Sat 12 Sep 2026 Swanage Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Gala
Friday 11 September to Sunday 13 September 2026
Guest locomotive 60163 Tornado courtesy of the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust.
Swanage Railway
- Sat 12 Sep 2026 Leighton Buzzard Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Sat 12 Sep 2026 Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways (Steam Gala) More...
- Super Power Weekend
Friday 11 September to Sunday 13 September 2026
- Sun 13 Sep 2026 Didcot Railway Centre (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Gala
11-13 September 2026
Join us for a multi engine event, with tours of some of our normally closed areas
Buy tickets
We're yet to announce what will join us for our steam gala this year, but no doubt we will have something special for you in due course! Check back to see what we have coming soon!
Join us for an exciting weekend and celebrate steam with this multi-engine event. See autotrain operations, freight trains, shunting demonstrations, plus tours of our workshop areas, usually closed to the public. See some of the features of our site in operation, including our signal box, traverser, turntable and coal stage.
This is a great way to travel back in time to the golden age of the Great Western Railway and savour the sights, sounds and smells of steam as you explore this 24-acre living museum with trains dating from Victorian times to the 1960s.
Steam trains will be operating on both demonstration lines, allowing you to take unlimited rides. Check our Locomotive Roster to see what we expect to be running on the date of your visit.
Didcot Railway Centre
- Sun 13 Sep 2026 Swanage Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Gala
Friday 11 September to Sunday 13 September 2026
Guest locomotive 60163 Tornado courtesy of the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust.
Swanage Railway
- Sun 13 Sep 2026 Leighton Buzzard Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Sun 13 Sep 2026 Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways (Steam Gala) More...
- Super Power Weekend
Friday 11 September to Sunday 13 September 2026
- Thu 17 Sep 2026 Severn Valley Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Gala
Thursday 17 September 2026 to Sunday 20 September 2026
Visiting locomotives include Ivatt Class 2 tank locomotive 41313 courtesy of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
Severn Valley Railway
- Fri 18 Sep 2026 Severn Valley Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Gala
Thursday 17 September 2026 to Sunday 20 September 2026
Visiting locomotives include Ivatt Class 2 tank locomotive 41313 courtesy of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
Severn Valley Railway
- Sat 19 Sep 2026 Severn Valley Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Gala
Thursday 17 September 2026 to Sunday 20 September 2026
Visiting locomotives include Ivatt Class 2 tank locomotive 41313 courtesy of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
Severn Valley Railway
- Sat 19 Sep 2026 Apedale Valley Light Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- September Railway Gala
September 19th @ 11:30 am - September 20th 2026 @ 4:00 pm
Our traditional autumn railway gala, with the usual format for an Apedale Gala - lots of steam, lots of movements, lots to see!
Full details will be announced later in 2026 - but just mark this one in your diary!
HRA passes will not be valid. Trains will run from 1130 until 1600 on both days.
Apedale Valley Light Railway
- Sun 20 Sep 2026 Severn Valley Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Gala
Thursday 17 September 2026 to Sunday 20 September 2026
Visiting locomotives include Ivatt Class 2 tank locomotive 41313 courtesy of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
Severn Valley Railway
- Sun 20 Sep 2026 Apedale Valley Light Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- September Railway Gala
September 19th @ 11:30 am - September 20th 2026 @ 4:00 pm
Our traditional autumn railway gala, with the usual format for an Apedale Gala - lots of steam, lots of movements, lots to see!
Full details will be announced later in 2026 - but just mark this one in your diary!
HRA passes will not be valid. Trains will run from 1130 until 1600 on both days.
Apedale Valley Light Railway
- Thu 24 Sep 2026 North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Fri 25 Sep 2026 North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Fri 25 Sep 2026 West Somerset Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Weekend
Friday 25th September - Sunday 27th September 2026
Join us as the much-loved Autumn Steam Weekend returns to mark a special milestone ? 50 years of the WSR in preservation. We're delighted to welcome an exciting lineup of visiting and home fleet locomotives, making this a must-see event for steam enthusiasts and families alike.
Across all three days, an intensive timetable will keep the action moving, giving you plenty of opportunities to explore our beautifully preserved stations, ride behind iconic engines, and take in the stunning autumn scenery along England's longest heritage railway. From the rolling Quantock Hills to the Somerset coast, trains will be running from early morning into the evening.
The whole railway comes alive for the weekend, with museums, heritage displays, and model railways open throughout ? perfect for visitors of all ages. And with steam engines against a backdrop of autumn colour, don't forget your camera!
Ticket information: Advance ticket sales close at 10am the day before travel to allow time for preparations. After this point, tickets will need to be purchased on the day at one of our booking offices.
West Somerset Railway
- Fri 25 Sep 2026 Blaenavon's Heritage Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Industrial Steam of South Wales II Gala
Friday 25th / Saturday 26th / Sunday 27th September 2026
Our Steam Gala returns for 2026.
The only steam gala in South Wales this year.
This year sees our second Industrial Steam of South Wales Gala, the last having taken place 15 years ago in 2011.
Join us for three incredible days of steam power in the Eastern Valley of Wales, at the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Expect to hear the engines working hard as they power up our steep gradients. An intensive timetable will be in operation with both passenger and demonstration freight trains operating.
?This year's line up will feature locomotives that originally worked in South Wales.
Visiting Locomotive Announcement.
We are delighted to announce the first visiting locomotive for the gala - GWR Pannier Tank No 7754.
Built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow for the GWR in 1930, 7754 was allocated to Reading, Old Oak Common and finally Wellington (Shropshire).
Following withdrawal from service in January 1959, the locomotive was sold to the National Coal Board, where it first worked at Talywain Colliery, approximately just 3 miles down the valley from our railway
A few months later 7754 was transferred to Mountain Ash, travelling their over BR metals in a freight train. It worked alongside our recently overhauled locomotive No. 2074 'Llantarnam Abbey' and stored locomotive No. 1680 'Sir John'.
7754 was the last surviving 5700 class locomotive in industrial service and was later donated by the NCB to National Museum Wales, who placed it on permanent loan to the Llangollen Railway. The locomotive is now owned by the Llangollen Railway Trust.
We still have TWO more former South Wales locomotives to announce - subject to agreements and availability.
Details will be announced shortly.
- Sat 26 Sep 2026 North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Sat 26 Sep 2026 West Somerset Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Weekend
Friday 25th September - Sunday 27th September 2026
Join us as the much-loved Autumn Steam Weekend returns to mark a special milestone ? 50 years of the WSR in preservation. We're delighted to welcome an exciting lineup of visiting and home fleet locomotives, making this a must-see event for steam enthusiasts and families alike.
Across all three days, an intensive timetable will keep the action moving, giving you plenty of opportunities to explore our beautifully preserved stations, ride behind iconic engines, and take in the stunning autumn scenery along England's longest heritage railway. From the rolling Quantock Hills to the Somerset coast, trains will be running from early morning into the evening.
The whole railway comes alive for the weekend, with museums, heritage displays, and model railways open throughout ? perfect for visitors of all ages. And with steam engines against a backdrop of autumn colour, don't forget your camera!
Ticket information: Advance ticket sales close at 10am the day before travel to allow time for preparations. After this point, tickets will need to be purchased on the day at one of our booking offices.
West Somerset Railway
- Sat 26 Sep 2026 Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Gala
Saturday 26 September and Sunday 27 September 2026
- Sat 26 Sep 2026 Blaenavon's Heritage Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Industrial Steam of South Wales II Gala
Friday 25th / Saturday 26th / Sunday 27th September 2026
Our Steam Gala returns for 2026.
The only steam gala in South Wales this year.
This year sees our second Industrial Steam of South Wales Gala, the last having taken place 15 years ago in 2011.
Join us for three incredible days of steam power in the Eastern Valley of Wales, at the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Expect to hear the engines working hard as they power up our steep gradients. An intensive timetable will be in operation with both passenger and demonstration freight trains operating.
?This year's line up will feature locomotives that originally worked in South Wales.
Visiting Locomotive Announcement.
We are delighted to announce the first visiting locomotive for the gala - GWR Pannier Tank No 7754.
Built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow for the GWR in 1930, 7754 was allocated to Reading, Old Oak Common and finally Wellington (Shropshire).
Following withdrawal from service in January 1959, the locomotive was sold to the National Coal Board, where it first worked at Talywain Colliery, approximately just 3 miles down the valley from our railway
A few months later 7754 was transferred to Mountain Ash, travelling their over BR metals in a freight train. It worked alongside our recently overhauled locomotive No. 2074 'Llantarnam Abbey' and stored locomotive No. 1680 'Sir John'.
7754 was the last surviving 5700 class locomotive in industrial service and was later donated by the NCB to National Museum Wales, who placed it on permanent loan to the Llangollen Railway. The locomotive is now owned by the Llangollen Railway Trust.
We still have TWO more former South Wales locomotives to announce - subject to agreements and availability.
Details will be announced shortly.
- Sat 26 Sep 2026 Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Gala Weekend
Saturday 26 September and Sunday 27 September 2026
- Sun 27 Sep 2026 North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Sun 27 Sep 2026 West Somerset Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Steam Weekend
Friday 25th September - Sunday 27th September 2026
Join us as the much-loved Autumn Steam Weekend returns to mark a special milestone ? 50 years of the WSR in preservation. We're delighted to welcome an exciting lineup of visiting and home fleet locomotives, making this a must-see event for steam enthusiasts and families alike.
Across all three days, an intensive timetable will keep the action moving, giving you plenty of opportunities to explore our beautifully preserved stations, ride behind iconic engines, and take in the stunning autumn scenery along England's longest heritage railway. From the rolling Quantock Hills to the Somerset coast, trains will be running from early morning into the evening.
The whole railway comes alive for the weekend, with museums, heritage displays, and model railways open throughout ? perfect for visitors of all ages. And with steam engines against a backdrop of autumn colour, don't forget your camera!
Ticket information: Advance ticket sales close at 10am the day before travel to allow time for preparations. After this point, tickets will need to be purchased on the day at one of our booking offices.
West Somerset Railway
- Sun 27 Sep 2026 Blaenavon's Heritage Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Industrial Steam of South Wales II Gala
Friday 25th / Saturday 26th / Sunday 27th September 2026
Our Steam Gala returns for 2026.
The only steam gala in South Wales this year.
This year sees our second Industrial Steam of South Wales Gala, the last having taken place 15 years ago in 2011.
Join us for three incredible days of steam power in the Eastern Valley of Wales, at the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Expect to hear the engines working hard as they power up our steep gradients. An intensive timetable will be in operation with both passenger and demonstration freight trains operating.
?This year's line up will feature locomotives that originally worked in South Wales.
Visiting Locomotive Announcement.
We are delighted to announce the first visiting locomotive for the gala - GWR Pannier Tank No 7754.
Built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow for the GWR in 1930, 7754 was allocated to Reading, Old Oak Common and finally Wellington (Shropshire).
Following withdrawal from service in January 1959, the locomotive was sold to the National Coal Board, where it first worked at Talywain Colliery, approximately just 3 miles down the valley from our railway
A few months later 7754 was transferred to Mountain Ash, travelling their over BR metals in a freight train. It worked alongside our recently overhauled locomotive No. 2074 'Llantarnam Abbey' and stored locomotive No. 1680 'Sir John'.
7754 was the last surviving 5700 class locomotive in industrial service and was later donated by the NCB to National Museum Wales, who placed it on permanent loan to the Llangollen Railway. The locomotive is now owned by the Llangollen Railway Trust.
We still have TWO more former South Wales locomotives to announce - subject to agreements and availability.
Details will be announced shortly.
- Sun 27 Sep 2026 Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Autumn Gala
Saturday 26 September and Sunday 27 September 2026
- Sun 27 Sep 2026 Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway (Steam Gala) More...
- Gala Weekend
Saturday 26 September and Sunday 27 September 2026
