As 2010 was the 175th anniversary of the Great Western Railway, it was a must that the Great Western Society at Didcot had to put on a big event to celebrate, and they certainly did. Lasting for 9 days from the 1st to the 9th of May, it played host to up to 25 ex GWR locos, with 13 operational locos on site, 6 of which were visitors, plus a visiting railtour on the first day. The full list of locos was:-
Visiting locos:-
|'City' Class No 3717 'City of Truro' (In new livery)
|94XX Class No 9466
|'Manor' Class No 7827 'Lydham Manor' (First visit away from the PDSR)
|14XX Class No 1450 (Fresh from overhaul)
|'Castle' Class No 5029 'Nunney Castle'
|4575 Class No 5521
Operational Homebased locos:-
|RSH 0-4-0ST No 1 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'
|Kitson & Co 0-4-0ST No 1338
|Avonside Engine Co 0-4-0ST No 1340 'Trojan'
|57XX Class No 3650
|57XX Class No 3738
|43XX Class No 5322
|Broad Gauge Replica 'Fire Fly'
(All steamed at least once during the event except 'Bonnie Prince Charlie')
Locos on static display:-
|George England 0-4-0WT No 5 'Shannon'
|48XX Class No 4866
|2884 Class No 3822
|5101 Class No 4144
|'Castle' Class No 5051 'Earl Bathurst'
|4575 Class No 5572
|'Hall' Class No 5900 'Hinderton Hall'
|61XX Class No 6106
|56XX Class No 6697
|'Modified Hall' Class No 6998 'Burton Agnes Hall'
|'Manor' Class No 7808 'Cookham Manor'
Visiting Railtour Loco:-
|'Castle' Class No 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe'
('Hall' No 4965 'Rood Ashton Hall' was also supposed to visit but had failed a couple of days prior to the tour and couldn't be fixed in time)
Throughout the day engines would run up and down the two demonstration lines, with 9466 carrying out some shunting, with locos being on display when not in use, as well as all the other locos not operating placed on display around the site.
