The Watercress Line’s Home Fleet in Action

2013 Great Spring Steam Gala - Watercress Line - Ropley - Ex-LMS Black 5MT - 45379

The Watercress Line’s Great Spring Steam Gala line-up (click here for more); was fantastic, with three visiting steam locomotives – GWR Large Prairie Tank 5101 class – 5164, Ex-LSWR T9 class – 30120 and N15 King Arthur class 777 Sir Lamiel (blog post to be published).

2013 Great Spring Steam Gala - Watercress Line - Approaching Ropley - Unrebuilt West Country class - 34007 WadebridgeThe Watercress Line’s home fleet is no less impressive and the four in action during the gala are crowd pullers in their own right.

2013 Great Spring Steam Gala - Watercress Line - Ropley - Schools class V - 925 Cheltenham

Regular readers of this blog will be very familiar with the Watercress Line’s home fleet and those who are less familiar, have a look at the Steam Diary to read more.  I’ll leave you with a gallery of images of the home fleet in action at the Gala.  Thanks for reading folks!