Quite possibly the windiest event I've been to!
The final event on the West Somerset Railway for 2011 was the Annual Winter Steam Festival, this years festival took place on Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th December 2011.
The festival this year was to see the launch into traffic of Great Western Hall 6960 'Raveningham Hall' after a heavy overhaul.
The full line up -
|GWR 4-6-0 6960 'Raveningham Hall'
|BR(W) 4-6-0 7828 Norton Manor
|GWR 2-8-0 3850
|WSR 2-6-0 9351 'Mogul' Class 9351
|SDJR '7F' 2-8-0 no 88
This video was filmed over both days of the event
Shots in the video --
- 7828 at Bishops Lydeard waiting with the 10:05 service to Minehead
- 7828 at Nethercott
- 7828 departing Crowcombe
- 6960 at Watersmeet
- 6960 at Nornvis Bridge
- 88 arrives into Crowcombe
- 3850 passes 88 at Crowcombe
- 7828 passes through Doniford Halt with a Bishops Lydeard service
- 88 arrives into Doniford Halt
- 88 Near Roebuck
- 9351 coast down the gradient outside Crowcombe
- 6960 is seen at Washford at the top of the climb
- 3850 at Leigh Woods
Happy New Year!
