West Somerset Railway - 1991 Diesel Gala Weekend

Images taken of the Spring 1991 Diesel Gala Weekend. Home Fleet: D9526, D9551, D7017, D1010 'Western Campaigner', and Class 117 DMU

17th March 1991 GWR 2-6-2 Large Prairie Tank No.6106 is pictured at Minehead on the 17th March 1991 stabled during the first diesel gala weekend on the West Somerset Railway. (Photo: Jeff Treece)

17th March 1991 A wonderful early collection of locomotives none of which reside on the West Somerset Railway today. Class 14 No.D9551, 2-6-2 Small Prairie No.4561, 0-6-0 Collet No.3205, and Cravens DMU are pictured at Minehead on the 17th March 1991 during the WSRs first Diesel Gala Weekend. (Photo: Jeff Treece)

17th March 1991 Former British Railways Hymek No.D7017 stands at Williton on the 17th March 1991 ready to depart with a Minehead - Bishops Lydeard service. (Photo: Jeff Treece)

17th March 1991 Former British Rail Western No. D1010 'Western Campaigner' stands at Minehead on the 17th March 1991 ready to depart back to Bishops Lydeard during the first WSR Diesel Gala weekend. (Photo: Jeff Treece)

17th March 1991 Former British Rail Western No. D1010 'Western Campaigner' (operating as No. D1035 'Western Yeoman' Western Yeoman), arrives into Williton on the 17th March 1991 with its first passenger train in preservation operating between Bishops Lydeard and Minehead. (Photo: Jeff Treece)

17th March 1991 British Railways Green Class 105 'Cravens' DMU (56121 and 51485) stands at Minehead on the 17th March 1991 during the first WSR Diesel Gala Weekend. (Photo: Jeff Treece)

16th March 1991 A pair of Class 14 locomotives potter alongside the coastline near Watchet on the 16th March 1991 hauling the 09:30 Bishops Lydeard service. The train was formed of Mk2 TSO 5344 and Mk1 BSK 35257. Locomotives No.D9526 and No.D9551 were early preservation favorites on the line. (Photo: Richard Giles)

16th March 1991 Departing in a soggy scene from Watchet on the 16th March 1991 operating the 09:30 Minehead - Bishops Lydeard service. The former British Railways Western No. D1010 'Western Campaigner' is pictured operating its first passenger train in preservation during the first West Somerset Railway Diesel Gala weekend. The locomotive was operating as D1035 'Western Yeoman' in desert sand livery and operating on a single-engine for the duration of the event. (Photo: Richard Giles)

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