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The Bluebell Railway is holding it's main steam gala of the year - 'Giants of Steam' - over the weekend of Oct 31st/Nov 1st. This once annual event has been missing from the Bluebell calender for several years - I think the last time the 'Giants' name was used was 2010, mainly due to the lack of large operational locos as well as the railway concentrating on the extension to East Grinstead.

This year, the Giants on show are expected to include two visitors:
BR 7MT class 4-6-2 No.70000 'Britannia'
SR V class 4-4-0 No.925 'Cheltenham'.

Plus locos from the home fleet:
SR S15 4-6-0 class No.847
SR Q class 0-6-0 No.30541
BR 5MT class 4-6-0 No.73082 'Camelot' - returning to traffic for the first time since 2004.
Also, one of the Bluebell's smaller locos should also be in steam as Sheffield Park station pilot, currently rostered to be SECR P class 0-6-0T No.323 'Bluebell'.

'Camelot' moved under it's own steam for the first time last week and has returned to the works for final fettling & painting, giving the loco department about 4 weeks to get the loco ready for the gala. Should 'Camelot' not be ready in time, I imagine that SECR C class 0-6-0 No.592 would take it's place on the roster.

Should be good!

Tony