Talyllyn Railway’s locomotive No.6 ‘Douglas’ will be travelling to three special events during its centenary year.
On Sunday, June 10, ‘Douglas’ will be a special attraction at RAF Cosford Air Show, the RAF’s only official air show. The locomotive will be a static exhibit at the show, which attracts around 60,000 people.
Talyllyn Railway’s general manager, Stuart Williams, said:
“With the centenaries of locomotive No.6 and the RAF coinciding, it seemed right that the two should be celebrated together at various points during the year.
“Therefore, we were delighted to accept the invitation from RAF Cosford to take No.6 to this year’s air show and allow many people the pleasure of seeing this locomotive up close for themselves.”
Then, in the autumn, No.6 will be on its travels again, this time to Yorkshire to visit the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. I will appear at a special autumn gala from September 28-30 when it will be on show with other locomotives celebrating their centenary and again commemorating the 100th anniversary of the RAF.
Although the locomotive will not be in steam, it will be travelling the line on a flat wagon. The locomotive will remain on the Moors line to take part in their Railway in Wartime weekend between October 12-14, when again there will be a special RAF theme.
The locomotive will be reunited with former Talyllyn Railway general manager, Chris Price, himself an ex-RAF serviceman, who is now the general manager at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
