Locomotion is delighted to announce that No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell will be the star guest locomotive at the Autumn Steam Gala on Saturday September 22 & Sunday September 23, 2018.
No. 70013 is one of the locomotives which worked the ‘Fifteen Guinea Special’, the last main-line passenger train to be hauled by steam locomotive power on British Railways on 11 August 1968, before the introduction of a steam ban that started the following day.
Now, 50 years on since the end of steam on British Railways, the locomotive’s will make a special guest appearance at Locomotion’s Autumn Steam Gala. The event will be the finale of the museum’s ‘Steam Season’, an inspiring programme from May to September 2018 which explores the power of steam and its influence on the railways.
No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell, one of 55 Britannia Class locomotives, was built at Crewe Works in 1951. Immediately after the end of the ‘Fifteen Guinea Special’, No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell became part of the National Railway Museum’s collection.
Visitors to Locomotion’s Autumn Steam Gala will have the chance to enjoy passenger steam train rides and access the footplate of a locomotive in light steam.
Other attractions will include music; a miniature railway; family learning activities; and displays from railway heritage societies and community groups. Please note that a small charge applies for steam train and miniature railway rides.
Locomotion is open from 10am to 5pm daily and parking and admission are free of charge.
The museum reserves the right to change the programme.
