Middleton Railway - 'Last Coals to Leeds' Gala - Sunday 30th September 2018

Another new railway for me, with a visit to the Middleton Railway's 'Last Coals to Leeds' Gala. The gala would feature classes of locos that would've operated at the Middleton Broom Colliery up until 1968. The gala saw guest loco Austerity No 7 'Wimblebury' from the Foxfield Railway operating alongside the home fleet. The full loco line up was:- | Hunslet Austerity 3839 No 7 'Wimblebury' (courtesy of Foxfield Railway) | Hudswell Clarke No 1544 'Slough Estates No 3' running as No 1871 'Blenkinsop Nineteen Fifty Three' | Manning Wardle No 1601 'Matthew Murray' running as No 1690 'Forward' | Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0DM No 45