Royal Forest of Steam Gala

Royal Forest of Steam Gala – 31st October & 1st November 2026

Our signature Royal Forest of Steam Gala returns to close out our normal operating season for 2026!

A weekend where home and visiting locomotives join to give you a fantastic opportunity to enjoy them in action against an autumnal Forest of Dean.

Featuring visiting engines working alongside our home fleet with an intensive timetable, with multiple passenger trains in operation.

This year’s visiting locos are:

• LNWR Coal Tank No. 1054, courtesy of the Bahamas Loco Society and the KWVR
• BR Standard 4 Tank No. 80078, courtesy of Stewart Robinson

Both of these locos are making their first visits to the Dean Forest Railway.
This year’s home fleet locos are:

• BR(W) Pannier Tank No. 9681
• Austerity No. WD152 ‘Rennes’
• Peckett R4 No. 2221 ‘Uskmouth 1’

These locos, alongside our home fleet, will make a great variety of steam to finish a great year of steam in the Forest of Dean!

This year there is an ‘Early Bird Discount’ available of 10% off both adult and child tickets – tickets will return to full price a few days before the event.