Everything you need to know about Alstom's Greatest Gathering

Everything you need to know about Alstom's Greatest Gathering

Thousands of people are expected to travel to Derby for the sol out event commemorating 200 years of rail travel

First photos from the Greatest Gathering of trains in living memory

Over the past few days, some 140 trains and locomotives of all shapes and sizes, from the oldest to the newest, have converged on Derby to pay homage to the 200th anniversary of the first passenger railway service. This is the Greatest Gathering, an event name that actually lives up to its name. Alstom’s huge Derby site has been filled with locomotives from steam to hydrogen, from miniature to giant, famous and less so. Alstom is not just a conv…