8th May 2005

2005 Diesel Gala: Leigh Woods Level Crossing is the location for this incredible lash-up of three locomotives at 16.21, heading a Minehead to Bishops Lydeard train. The consist is D7523 (25173) "John F. Kennedy", 45112 "Royal Army Ordnance Corps", and a dead 50007 "Sir Edward Elgar".
D7523 left the WSR in 2011 and is currently (2019) undergoing an overhaul for the Epping and Ongar Railway.
D7523 left the WSR in 2011 and is currently (2019) undergoing an overhaul for the Epping and Ongar Railway.
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