The Spring Steam Gala is a chance to see and ride behind special guest engines and our home-fleet locomotives. This ‘gala of firsts’ is also joining Railway 200 in celebrating 200 years of train travel with our exciting line up of guest and home fleet locomotives. Enjoy an intensive operating service running each day.
Explore all of our heritage stations along the 10 mile line, get up close to some of our locomotives, find out more about our restoration projects and enjoy guided tours and various exhibits.
Guest locomotives include London and South Western Railway T3 class steam locomotive No. 563, with thanks to our friends at Swanage Railway Trust and the 563 Locomotive Group. We are very excited to have No. 563 with us, one of the oldest operational locomotives in preservation, on her first visit away from her home railway.
Visitors can enjoy unlimited travel all day, take a tour behind the scenes of our workshops at Ropley, take a brake van ride, visit the miniature railway, view sales and society stands and much more.