The Great Central Railway - Easter 2023

I went on a visit to the The Great Central Railway on Easter Saturday 2023. Glorious weather, rode on a Steam train and a Diesel Railcar and enjoyed the Steam Traction Fair at the Quorn Station

The Great Central Railway is the UK's only double track, main line heritage railway. It's the only place in the world where full size steam engines can be seen passing each other at speed

Here are some pictures:

Loughborough Central Station Front Entrance

Loughborough Central Station Platform

The engine was a British Railways 9F 2-10-0 tender locomotive was created to haul heavy freight trains but also saw operation on passenger services:

92214 Ready to leave for Leicester

92214 Ready to leave for Leicester

And here's the Diesel Car we rode in:

And some of the trains were pulled by more modern diesels - 37714 is a class 37:

Here's a video of some of the trains running:

At the Quorn and Woodhouse Station there was a Steam Fair and here are some photos of the exhibits:

Here's some video of these traction engines: