The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) has confirmed the full line-up of locomotives for its Cotswold Festival of Steam in June.

The Somerset & Dorset Remembered-themed festival will take place on June 3-5.

GWSR expects nine locomotives to be in steam, working an intensive timetable over the 14-mile line, which will include double-heading, non-stop runs, demonstration freight trains and shunting at Winchcombe station.

Ian Crowder, GWSR spokesman, said: "This is shaping up to be an especially exciting and spectacular event after a two-year gap in our annual Cotswold Festival of Steam. The Somerset & Dorset theme was planned for our 2020 festival, which had to be cancelled.

"Four of our five visiting engines were associated with the former Somerset & Dorset line, a challenging route over the Mendips between Bournemouth and Bath. This was a delightful and busy railway that provided direct access to the south coast from the Midlands via Somerset. It was heavily used by holiday traffic from the Midlands and North, but fell victim to the infamous Beeching cuts of the 1960s. It is much missed - especially by those in the communities it once served.

"Our small organising team is hugely grateful to all of the owners for enabling their locomotives to visit the GWSR for this special event."

An additional feature will be the Bentley once owned by the late photographer, Ivo Peters.

Ian Crowder continued: "During the latter years of the S&D, many outstanding photographs of trains in the Mendips were taken by Ivo Peters. He often included his Bentley in the pictures he took. The car is now owned by Julian Birley BEM, and we are delighted that he is able to bring the car to the event."

Julian Birley is currently chairman of the Bala Lake Railway Trust and former chairman of North Norfolk Railway plc.

A range of other attractions include displays; model railway; preservation society stands; beer tent and refreshments; Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway; 'behind the scenes' visits to the Toddington locomotive works and Winchcombe Carriage & Wagon works; as well as opportunities for footplate rides (pre-booked) and freight train brake-van rides.

Visiting locomotives include:

• BR Standard 9F class 2-10-0 no. 92203 Black Prince

• Rebuilt SR West Country class 4-6-2 no. 34028 Eddystone

• LMS-designed Ivatt class 2 2-6-2T no. 41312

• Sentinel 4wvb no. 7109 Joyce

• LMS-designed Ivatt class 2MT 2-6-0 no. 46521

Resident locomotives in steam will be:

• Rebuilt SR Merchant Navy class 4-6-2 no. 35006 Peninsular & Oriental SN Co

• Modified 'Hall' class 4-6-0 no. 7903 Foremarke Hall

• 'Manor' class 4-6-0 no. 7820 Dinmore Manor

• GWR 4200 class 2-8-0T no. 4270

All locomotives are subject to availability.

Advance tickets are on sale at www.gwsr.com/tickets_please.html and will also be available on the day. Footplate rides on resident locomotives will need to be booked in advance, while brake van rides will be offered on a first come, first served basis during the event.