{"id":30478,"date":"2024-04-24T00:37:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=30478"},"modified":"2024-04-24T00:37:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:37:09","slug":"leighton-buzzard-railway-announces-a-diesel-gala-with-a-hint-of-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=30478","title":{"rendered":"Leighton Buzzard Railway announces a diesel gala with a hint of steam!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway\u2019s upcoming Diesel Gala next month will also feature a hint of steam.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bedfordshire-based railway will showcase its impressive collections of two-foot gauge heritage diesel locomotives on Monday, 27th May. <\/p>\n<p>The event will feature nine diesel locomotives pulling a mix of passenger and freight services across the line\u2019s demanding gradients. Spectators will have the choice of nine passenger and six freight departures throughout the day, including rare double- and triple-headed trains.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in over a decade, several locomotives will return to the LBNGR mainline, offering unique photo opportunities with train configurations never before seen by the public. <\/p>\n<p>The full timetable has not yet been revealed but will soon be available on the LBNGR website and social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, there\u2019s something for steam enthusiasts too. The meticulously restored Kerr Stuart 0-4-0 Wren-class \u2018Peter Pan\u2019 from 1922 will be steaming through the line, possibly accompanied by another special engine, details of which will be confirmed closer to the event date.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available for purchase online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzrail.uk\/\">www.buzzrail.uk<\/a>. A souvenir timetable is included with each ticket, and a 50% discount is offered on a second journey when you return your first ticket to the booking office.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway\u2019s upcoming Diesel Gala next month will also feature a hint of steam. The Bedfordshire-based railway will showcase its impressive collections [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":30479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[321,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heritage-trains","category-rail-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}