Easter Steam Gala

The first major weekend opening of 2026 will be the Easter Gala Steam-Up.

We will have two locos in steam on both days, ‘illingworth’ an 0-6-0 saddle tank built by Hudswell Clarke of Leeds in 1916 and a genuine light railway loco having worked the Nidd Valley Light Railway during the 1920s, plus a newcomer to the Middy, a 1915 Peckett & Sons 0-4-0ST named ‘May’, which arrives with us in March

All the Middy attractions, Museum, Restoration Shed, Tea Room and The Middy real ale bar will be open and ready for a great weekend’s entertainment.

Also this weekend will be the first time that members of the public will be able to ride on the newly acquired ex-GER coach no.14, our only 6-wheeler and the only known existing vehicle ever to have run on the old MSLR

The USAAF 34th Bomb Group’s Museum will also be open this weekend.

And of course there will be our traditional Easter Bunny hunt for the younger visitors!

For more programme information visit www.mslr.org.uk