Hastings Miniature Railway '75th ANNIVERSARY GALA' - 05/06/2023

On June 5th 1948, a Miniature Railway was opened on the seafront at Hastings. 75 years on, it's still going strong. In this video we visit the HMR on Monday 5th June 2023 on the 75th Anniversary of the opening where a special Gala event was in operation with up to ten locomotives in action. Locomotives featured in this video are as follows... - HMR 0-4-2T “Edmund Hannay“ - HMR 0-6-0T “Pilgrim“ - HMR 0-4-0 No.7 “Firefly“ - LBSCR 'Atlantic' 4-4-2 “Ernest Henry Upton“ (visiting from the Eastleigh Lakeside Railway) - VMR P-H 4w-4w “Meteor V“ (visiting from the Vanstones Miniature Railway) - BR Class 47 'Duff' Co-Co “Jerry Lee“ (visiting from the Ropley Miniature Railway) - HMR D-H Bo-Bo No.5 “Uncle Jim“ - HMR D-H Bo-Bo “Speedy Fizzle“ An intensive service of three trains (two Passenger and one Freight) were in operation throughout the day. Like - Comment - Subscribe Stay safe and have a good evening.