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Add Winter 2023 to passenger figures
*'''2019''' Reintroduction of an Autumn Diesel Gala with home locos only.
*'''2020''' No galas took place due to the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]
*'''2023''' The spring diesel festival took the theme of 'Celebrating five decades of diesel preservation' after [[BR Class 42 D821 Greyhound]] entered preservation in 1973. The first large diesel preserved was the prototype Deltic as a static exhibit in 1963, and the first mainline locomotive ex-LMS 0-6-0DM 7401 in June 1960, hauling trains that summer at the Middleton Railway. The first Winter gala took place, a one-day event in the week after Christmas, mostly using the home fleet.
==Passenger numbers==
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| 2023 Autumn ||style="text-align:right;" | 3,661|| || Fare-paying passengers.
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| 2023 Winter ||style="text-align:right;" | ~1,200|| <ref>The Railway Magazine, February 2024</ref> ||
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