The Bluebell Railway has announced that L&Y ‘Pug’ No. 19 will be visiting them for their Branch Line Gala Weekend in 2023.

No. 19 will be visiting the Bluebell Railway thanks to the East Lancashire Railway and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Trust.

Taking place from the Friday 21st and Sunday 23rd April 2023, you can expect the gala to feature an intensive timetable as well as another yet-to-be-announced gala visitor.

Tickets and timetables will be announced in due course.

No. 19 was built in 1910 and worked with both the L&Y and the LMS companies as well as spending time in the industrial sector before being sold in 1931. Having spent a number of years as a static exhibit, the locomotive returned to steam in time for the L&Y/LNWR celebrations in 2022.