'Made it just in time' to Norvis Bridge near Crowcombe, Somerset - 11.3.2016 -
Between the 10th and 12th March 2016 the West Somerset Railway staged a 50th Anniversary Re-union Gala in memory of the Somerset and Dorset Railway's closure on 7th March 1966.
Several guest engines typifying the motive power used during its tenure attended - including the Great Central Railway's LMSR Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 48624 pictured here.
I'd been chasing the train from Minehead by car and just captured it here crossing Norvis Bridge when climbing to Crowcombe. Phew!
The fireman can be seen busily shovelling extra coal into the firebox to ensure sufficient steam pressure is maintained for the long and arduous climb ahead.
A nice touch was the renaming of the stations for the event. For instance, Crowcombe became Shepton Mallet.
'Made it just in time' to Norvis Bridge near Crowcombe, Somerset - 11.3.2016 -
Between the 10th and 12th March 2016 the West Somerset Railway staged a 50th Anniversary Re-union Gala in memory of the Somerset and Dorset Railway's closure on 7th March 1966.
Several guest engines typifying the motive power used during its tenure attended - including the Great Central Railway's LMSR Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No. 48624 pictured here.
I'd been chasing the train from Minehead by car and just captured it here crossing Norvis Bridge when climbing to Crowcombe. Phew!
The fireman can be seen busily shovelling extra coal into the firebox to ensure sufficient steam pressure is maintained for the long and arduous climb ahead.
A nice touch was the renaming of the stations for the event. For instance, Crowcombe became Shepton Mallet.