2/8/24

Here is the Eastleigh Lakeside Railways GCR gala, this is a gala that happens once a year at the railway with the Simkins Family fleet of GCR steam locomotives, due to it being the only Railway big enough to accommodate them all.
This year, the fleet of 3 became a fleet of 4 with the addition of a GCR 9J 'Pom Pom' to complement the existing D11, 8K and 8F.

We decided that this was a good time to go down and marvel at these impressive 10¼ locomotives, they definitely looked stunning! We had seen the 8K previously at a ELR gala so we were already aware how nice it was!