A diesel railbus which had never worked on another heritage railway since it was preserved in 1968 was the star attraction of the Gala in June 2010 .
 
German-built railbus 79964 was at Llangollen for one weekend only - arriving the day before the event, and returning home the day after. Built in 1957 by Wagon Und Maschinenbau in Germany the railbuses were designed to save branch lines which had little traffic. Unfortunately they were unable to do so and were declared surplus when still relatively new. Two were bought for the KWVR and have worked there ever since. 79964 is fitted with AEC power equipment and this was the first time that an AEC-engined railbus had tackled the gradients at Llangollen.
 
The gala saw the entry to service of class 108 trailer 56223, which had been recently obtained from the East Anglian Railway Museum. It was paired with class 127 51618, which appeared in a new lighter green livery.
 
Three other railcar sets were in action, consisting of examples of classes 104, 108 and the award-winning and unique Wickham. There was also the steam auto-train worked by GW Pannier 6430.

The pictures below give a flavour of the event.
 
 
 

On each day the new trailer headed a six-car set on a Carrog to Llangollen run (Paul Dawson)

The class 127, which has been at Llangollen since 1994, was paired with the new arrival and had been painted a lighter shade of green to match it (Chris Moxon)

Steam fans were catered for with the provision of a Great Western Railway style push-pull train which has a driving coach each side of a steam locomotive. (Paul Stigter)

The visiting railbus proved popular all weekend and its first trip, at 09.30 on Saturday morning, was full and standing. (Paul Dawson)

The four available railcar sets were run in a number of combinations - here the class 104 leads the 127/108. (Chris Moxon)

The class 104 again leads but in this case the rear unit is the Wickham (class109) - in the background at Pentrefelin depot is the Class 108. (Neil Williams)

Taken from the Carrog signalbox this stunning shot shows the class 104 awaiting its next duty. (Alex Beadon)

With Glyndyfrdwy station behind it the class 108 accelerates away in the direction of Deeside Halt, the trailing unit is the Wickham. (Paul Dawson)

The star of the show, the little railbus, is dwarfed by the surrounding hills as it travels between Carrog and Glyndyfrdwy. (Chris Moxon)

The Wickham unit is seen at the same location, photographed from near the adjoining A5 road. (Chris Moxon)

Two Derby cars at Llangollen, on the left class 108 vehicle 51907 and on the right class 127 51618. The 108 has Leyland engines and the 127 has Rolls Royce. (Mike Martin)

The Wickham unit was always well loaded, especially on some morning runs, it is seen here with a capacity crowd at Garth-y-dwr. (Paul Dawson)

A final, atmospheric shot, of Llangollen platform, taken from the Wickham unit. (Alex Beadon)