After leaving home before 5am we arrived at Llangollen just after 7 and made for the sheds.The atmosphere was great as the locos were prepared for the day's work

Royal Scot 6100 was on shed minus those smoke deflectors

Ex LNER D40 4-4-0 No 246 Morayshire visiting from th Bo'ness & Kinnell Railway in Scotland

Ex GWR 4-4-0 No 3440 City of Truro

B1 4-6-0 No 1306 Mayflower on Llangollen's crowded shed

Ex GWR 0-6-0 PT No 6430 departs the shed with the Auto train

Ex LMS Class 5 4-6-0 44806 as 44801 alongside Morayshire

The Gala is all about raising the cash to build 6880 Betton Grange seen here in the shed

D49 Morayshire waits it's turn

Ex GWR Dukedog 4-4-0 No 9017 visiting from the Bluebell Railway with the first departure of the day leaving Llangollen

Ex LNER Coronation Beavertail Observation Car E1719E visiting from the GCR.

Taken from the footbridge at LLangollen station

Morayshire stands ready to depart

Having travelled to Berwyn behind Morayshire we waited for the Black Five on the guards vans with Ex GWR 2-6-3T N0 5199 banking at the rear

Royal Scot 6100 on loan from Bressingham Museum passes Berwyn with a non stop train to Carrog

Back at Llangollen B1 Mayflower departs

Llangollen resident 0-6-0 PT No 6430 with the Auto train departs from Llangollen.The leading Auto Coach NoW228 is normally resident on the South Devon Railway

Close up of 6430 with John Kennedy on the footplate

Another local engine Ex GWR 2-6-2t No 5199 with the breakvans heads for the Station

A short walk takes us to the River Dee Bridge crossing.Here Royal Scot and Black Five 44801 return to Llangollen tender first.

Visiting from the Bluebell Railway but now in British Railways black crosses the Dee bound for Carrog

A sideways view of Scottish visitor Morayshire

Back at Llangollen things are hotting up.Taken from the road bridge 44801 sits ready to run round

Royal Scot following restoration will hopefully soon be seen on the mainline but I am sure the smoke deflectors will be back on by then!