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'''The Greatest Gathering''' is a [[depot open day]] scheduled to take place between 1 and 3 August at Derby's [[Litchurch Lane]] works as part of the [[Railway 200]] celebrations. The event, being hosted by site owners and train manufacturer [[Alstom]], is being billed as 'the largest temporary gathering of trains and rail-related exhibits in a generation'.

==Visiting rolling stock==
Numerous items of rolling stock from across railway generations are scheduled to visit the event, with more still to be announced. Exhibits started arriving in May 2025, with some coming by road and others by rail.

===Steam locomotives===
{| class='wikitable sortable'
!Number
!Original Operator
!Class
!Year Built
!Livery
!Usual Home
!Arrived at Derby
!Notes
|-
|1 'Locomotion'
|
|
|1826
|
|[[National Railway Museum]]
|
|
|-
|20
|[[Furness Railway]]
|
|1863
|
|
|
|
|-
|1000
|[[Midland Railway]]
|
|1902
|
|[[National Railway Museum]]
|Thursday 22 May 2025
|
|-
|1054
|[[London & North Western Railway]]
|Webb Coal Tank
|1888
|
|[[Keighley & Worth Valley Railway]]
|
|Courtesy of [[The Bahamas Locomotive Society]]
|-
|4930 'Hagley Hall'
|[[Great Western Railway]]
|
|1929
|
|[[Severn Valley Railway]]
|
|
|-
|6023 'King Edward II'
|[[Great Western Railway]]
|
|1930
|
|
|
|Courtesy of the [[Great Western Society]] 
|-
|13268
|[[London Midland and Scottish Railway]]
|
|1934
|
|
|
|Courtesy of the [[Stanier Mogul Fund]]
|-
|35018 'British India Line'
|[[Southern Railway]]
|Merchant Navy Class
|1945
|
|[[West Coast Railways]], [[Carnforth]]
|
|
|-
|35028 'Clan Line'
|[[Southern Railway]]
|Merchant Navy Class
|1948
|
|
|
|Courtesy of the [[Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society]]
|-
|44932
|[[London Midland & Scottish Railway]]
|Stanier Class 5
|1945
|
|[[West Coast Railways]], [[Carnforth]]
|
|
|-
|45596 'Bahamas'
|[[London Midland and Scottish Railway]]
|LMS Jubilee Class
|1934
|
|[[Keighley & Worth Valley Railway]]
|
|Courtesy of [[The Bahamas Locomotive Society]]
|-
|45699 'Galatea'
|[[London Midland and Scottish Railway]]
|LMS Jubilee Class
|1936
|
|
|
|Masquerading as 45626 'Sierra Leone'
|-
|46115 'Scots Guardsman'
|[[London Midland and Scottish Railway]]
|
|1927
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|[[West Coast Railways]], [[Carnforth]]
|
|
|-
|46203 'Princess Margaret Rose'
|[[London Midland and Scottish Railway]]
|LMS Princess Royal Class
|1935
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|
|
|Courtesy of the [[Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust]]
|-
|60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley'
|[[London and North Eastern Railway]]
|LNER Class A4
|1937
|
|
|
|Courtesy the [[Sir Nigel Gresley Trust]], operated by [[Locomotive Services Limited]]
|-
|73129
|[[British Railways]]
|BR Standard 5MT
|1956
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|[[Midland Railway Centre - Butterley]]
|
|
|-
|92214
|[[British Railways]]
|BR Standard 9F
|
|
|[[Great Central Railway]]
|
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|-
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|[[London Midland and Scottish Railway]]
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|[[West Coast Railways]], [[Carnforth]]
|
|LMS Black 5, identity TBC
|}

===Diesel locomotives===
{| class='wikitable sortable'
!Number
!Original Operator
!Class
!Year Built
!Livery
!Usual Home
!Arrived at Derby
!Notes
|-
|08721 'Ken Davies'
|[[British Railways]]
|[[Class 08]]
|1960
|BR Blue
|[[Derby Litchurch Lane]]
|N/A
|
|-
|D8568
|[[British Railways]]
|[[Class 17]]
|
|BR Blue
|[[Severn Valley Railway]]
|
|Courtesy of the [[Diesel Traction Group]]
|-
|20007
|[[British Railways]]
|[[Class 20]]
|1957
|
|
|
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|-
|20205
|[[British Railways]]
|[[Class 20]]
|
|
|
|
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|-
|D5910
|
|[[Class 23]]
|
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|
|
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|-
|D5054 'Phil Southern'
|
|[[Class 24]]
|1959
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|[[East Lancashire Railway]]
|
|
|-
|26007
|
|[[Class 26]]
|1958
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|
|
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|-
|31108
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|[[Class 31]]
|1959
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|
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|-
|33012
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|[[Class 33]]
|1960
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|
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|-
|D7076
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|[[Class 35]]
|1962
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|
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|-
|D6700
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|[[Class 37]]
|1959
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|
|
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|-
|37401 'Mary Queen of Scots'
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|[[Class 37]]
|
|
|
|
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|-
|37418 'An Comunn Gàidhealach'
|
|[[Class 37]]
|1963
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|
|
|Courtesy of [[Loram]]
|-
|37501 'Teesside Steelmaster'
|
|[[Class 37]]
|1961
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|
|
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|-
|37508
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|[[Class 37]]
|1963
|
|
|
|Courtesy of [[Loram]]
|-
|
|
|[[Class 37]]
|
|
|[[West Coast Railways]], [[Carnforth]]
|
|Identity TBC
|-
|D821 'Greyhound'
|
|[[Class 42]]
|1960
|
|
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|-
|40013 'Andania'
|
|[[Class 40]]
|1959
|
|
|
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|-
|40106 'Atlantic Conveyor'
|
|[[Class 40]]
|1960
|
|
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|-
|43159
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|[[Class 43]]
|
|
|
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|-
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|[[Class 43]]/4
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|Courtesy of [[RailAdventure]]
|-
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|[[Class 43]]/4
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|
|
|Courtesy of [[RailAdventure]]
|-
|44004 'Great Gable'
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|[[Class 44]]
|1959
|
|
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|-
|45118 'The Royal Artilleryman'
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|[[Class 45]]
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|
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|-
|46045
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|[[Class 46]]
|
|BR Blue
|[[Midland Railway Centre - Butterley]]
|
|
|-
|47593 'Galloway Princess'
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|[[Class 47]]
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|-
|47715 'Rail Engineering Solutions - Quality Assured'
|
|[[Class 47]]
|1964
|[[Network SouthEast]]
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|-
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|[[Class 47]]
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|[[West Coast Railways]], [[Carnforth]]
|
|Identity TBC
|-
|50033 'Glorious'
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|[[Class 50]]
|1968
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|-
|50035 'Ark Royal'
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|[[Class 50]]
|1968
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|-
|50044 'Exeter'
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|[[Class 50]]
|1968
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|-
|50049 'Defiance'
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|[[Class 50]]
|1968
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|-
|D1015 'Western Champion'
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|[[Class 52]]
|1963
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|-
|D1062 'Western Courier'
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|[[Class 52]]
|1963
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|-
|D9000 'Royal Scots Grey'
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|[[Class 55]]
|1961
|BR Green
|
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|-
|55009 'Alycidon'
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|[[Class 55]]
|1961
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|-
|D9015 'Tulyar'
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|[[Class 55]]
|1961
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|-
|55019 'Royal Highland Fusilier'
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|[[Class 55]]
|1961
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|-
|56301
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|[[Class 56]]
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|
|Courtesy of [[DC Rail]] and [[Cappagh Group]]
|-
|57003
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|[[Class 57]]
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|-
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|[[Class 57]]/0
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|Courtesy of [[West Coast Railways]], identity TBC
|-
|57307 'Lady Penelope'
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|[[Class 57]]
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|-
|57313 'Scarborough Castle'
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|[[Class 57]]
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|Courtesy of [[West Coast Railways]]
|-
|58023
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|[[Class 58]]
|1984
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|-
|60099
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|[[Class 60]]
|
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|Courtesy of [[DC Rail]] and [[Cappagh Group]]
|-
|66004
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|[[Class 66]]
|1998
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|-
|66301
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|[[Class 66]]
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|-
|66501 'Spirit of '65'
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|[[Class 66]]
|1999
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|-
|67005 'King's Messenger'
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|[[Class 67]]
|2000
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|-
|70008
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|[[Class 70]]
|2009
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|}

===Electric locomotives===
{| class='wikitable sortable'
!Number
!Original Operator
!Class
!Year Built
!Livery
!Usual Home
!Arrived at Derby
!Notes
|-
|12 'Sarah Siddons'
|[[Metropolitan Railway]]
|
|1922
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|[[Ruislip depot]]
|
|Courtesy of [[London Underground]]
|-
|83012
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|[[Class 83]]
|1968
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|
|Friday 23 May 2025
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|-
|85006
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|[[Class 85]]
|1961
|
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|Tuesday 27 May 2025
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|-
|86101 'Sir William Stanier FRS'
|
|[[Class 86]]
|1965
|[[InterCity Swallow]]
|
|
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|-
|86401 'Mons Meg'
|
|[[Class 86]]
|1966
|[[Caledonian Sleeper]] Blue
|
|
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|-
|87002 'Royal Sovereign'
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|[[Class 87]]
|1973
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|-
|90018
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|[[Class 90]]
|1988
|
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|-
|91101 'Flying Scotsman'
|
|[[Class 91]]
|1988
|
|
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|-
|91110 'Battle of Britain Memorial Flight'
|
|[[Class 91]]
|1989
|
|
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|-
|92011
|
|[[Class 92]]
|1994
|
|
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|-
|
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|[[Class 93]]
|
|
|
|
|Courtesy of [[Rail Operations Group]], identity TBC
|}

===Multiple units===
{| class='wikitable sortable'
!Number
!Original Operator
!Class
!Year Built
!Livery
!Usual Home
!Arrived at Derby
!Notes
|-
|51941<br />52064
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|[[Class 108]]
|
|
|
|
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|-
|142013
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|[[Class 142]]
|1985
|
|
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|-
|150235
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|[[Class 150]]
|
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|-
|313201
|
|[[Class 313]]
|1976
|BR Blue/Grey
|
|
|Courtesy [[400 Series Preservation Group]] and [[Peter Spokes]]
|-
|323221
|
|[[Class 323]]
|1995
|
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|-
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|[[Northern]]
|[[Class 331]]
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|-
|
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|[[Class 350]]
|
|
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|-
|390119 'Progress'
|[[Virgin Trains]]
|[[Class 390]]
|
|
|
|
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|-
|3417 'Gordon Pettit'
|
|[[Class 423]]
|1967
|
|
|
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|-
|76297<br />71163<br />70823<br />76324
|
|[[Class 438]]
|
|[[London Transport]] maroon
|[[Ruislip depot]]
|
|Courtesy of [[London Underground]]
|-
|465908 'Chris Green'
|
|[[Class 465]]
|
|[[Network SouthEast]]
|
|
|
|-
|507001
|
|[[Class 507]]
|1978
|
|
|
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|-
|720506
|[[Greater Anglia]]
|[[Class 720]]
|2022
|
|
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|-
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|[[London Northwestern Railway]]
|[[Class 730]]
|
|
|
|
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|-
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|[[Greater Anglia]]
|[[Class 755]]
|
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|-
|799201
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|[[Class 799]]
|
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|}

===Carriages and wagons===
{| class='wikitable sortable'
!Number
!Original Operator
!Class
!Year Built
!Livery
!Usual Home
!Arrived at Derby
!Notes
|-
|
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|[[IIA-D]]
|
|
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|-
|
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|[[JNA-T]]
|
|
|
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|-
|17 'Florence Nightingale' / 45029
|
|[[LMS Inspection Saloon]]
|1942
|[[London Transport]] maroon
|[[Ruislip depot]]
|
|Courtesy of [[London Underground]]
|-
|[[975025 'Caroline']]
|
|Southern Region General Manager's Saloon
|1958
|[[London Transport]] maroon
|[[Ruislip depot]]
|
|Courtesy of [[London Underground]]
|}

===Narrow gauge and miniature===
{| class='wikitable sortable'
!Number
!Original Operator
!Class
!Year Built
!Livery
!Usual Home
!Arrived at Derby
!Notes
|-
|'Anne'
|
|0-6-0-T
|2004
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|[[Perrygrove Railway]]
|
|
|-
|'Katie'
|
|0-4-0T
|1896
|
|[[Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway]]
|
|
|-
|'Prince'
|[[Ffestiniog Railway]]
|Ffestiniog Railway 0-4-0TT
|1863
|
|[[Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways]]
|
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|-
|'The Derby Express'
|
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2025
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|Built for the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] (iMechE) Railway Challenge, courtesy of the University of Derby and Alstom
|-
|'Trangkil No. 4'
|
|0-4-0ST
|1971
|
|[[Statfold Barn Railway]]
|
|
|}

===Other exhibits===
{| class='wikitable sortable'
!Number
!Original Operator
!Class
!Year Built
!Livery
!Usual Home
!Arrived at Derby
!Notes
|-
|G-NLSE
|[[Network Rail]]
|Aerospatiale AS355F2 Ecureuil II
|
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|}

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[[Category:The Greatest Gathering]]