Ingfield’s first ever Diesel Gala was held in March 2015 and resulted in nine locomotives being in action.
Everyone who attended had a fantastic day despite some inclement weather. If you have any further information, loco owners etc about the event please
send it on to us.
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Line up of LMS and GWR locos at Ingfield Diesel Day, from left to right: Drummond Randall’s 1831, Bob Symes’s GWR Railcar, Craig Gluas’s Mardyke Hymek D7061 ‘Frank Taylor’, Barry Metcalfe’s Mardyke Hymek D7062 ‘Arctic Prince’ and Hymek D7054 built and owned by Aidan Favell. Picture by Trevor Hurdle.
GWR Railcar W22 that was at the late Bob Symes’s Greendene (Works) Railway and now stationed at Ingfield Light Railway. Picture by Craig Gluyas.
Aidan Favell in his Hymek leading a triple heading of Hymeks. Picture by Trevor Hurdle.
Participants at the 2015 Diesel Day at Ingfield. Picture by Trevor Hurdle.
Hymeks in the woods at Ingfield Diesel Day. Picture by Craig Gluyas.
GWR railcar at Infield Central during the railway’s 2015 Diesel Day. Picture by Craig Gluyas.
Visiting Hymek at the 2015 Ingfield Diesel Day. Picture by Craig Gluyas.
There is also a video on Youtube of a recreation of banking on the Lickey incline staged during the day.
