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Mid Hants Railway (Watercress Line) - 2019 Spring Steam Gala in 4K

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Rating: 4.0; Vote: 1

With the wind howling, the temperature only just above freezing and bright, low winter sun, this was always going to be a challenging day to shoot a video, then again the opportunity to see two lovely tank engines visiting the Mid Hampshire Railway was too good to miss. In spite of Mother Nature-s best efforts to make life difficult the day turned out well, once a fallen tree had been cleared from the line. We start out at Ropley locomotive sheds, where we watch the locomotives being prepared, ready to collect their trains. At this early hour there were not many people around, creating a real 1960-s end of steam feel to the scene. The staff and volunteers who had made the early start were busy raising steam and generally polishing the locomotives ready to be presented to an admiring public. The line was severed for bridge work near Alton, so services were cut back to Medstead and Four Marks, usually a quiet backwater, but on this occasion a hive of activity as locomotives ran round their trains ready for the run back to Ropley and Alresford. As part of this visit we also take ride on the Ropley miniature railway and watch the Guildford 0 Gauge Group running their excellent recreation of a steam shed towards the end of steam on British Railways. It turned out to be a very good day. Locomotives present at the event including the two visiting tank engines were: Great Western Railway (GWR) 57xx Class 0-6-0 Pannier Tank No. 5786/L92 in London Transport maroon livery (visiting from the South Devon Railway) Southern Region (ex 30070) USA Class 0-6-0T No. 300 Frank S Ross in Longmoor Military Railway Lined Blue (visiting from the Kent & East Sussex Railway) British Rail (BR) Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 No. 92212 (home fleet) London Midland & Scottish (LMS) Class 2MT (Mixed Traffic) 2-6-2 Tank Engine No. 41312 (home fleet) British Railways (BR) Standard Class 4MT (Mixed Traffic) 2-6-0 No. 76017 (home fleet) Southern Railway (SR) Schools Class 4-4-0 No. 925 -Cheltenham- (home fleet in light steam only) The railway is a Standard gauge (1, 435 mm / 4 ft 8-2 in) line that was once part of a cross country route between Winchester and Alton in Southern England. To learn at little more about the line
Date: 2022-11-28

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Comments and reviews: 8

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SHOCKING - SWORN AT BY STAFF! I and some friends, all respectable adults, were looking at the 9F loco and a sign invites one to explore the cabin which we did. A loco drew up and the driver shouted -GET OFF THAT F. KING ENGINE. OI YOU HEARD GET OUT THAT F. KING CAB! -
The driver was in his late middle age, grey hair, baldling, portly and very red faced. A family group, with children heard the fowl mouthed driver and all were shocked! I reported it to staff and they told me -some of them can be like that I'm afraid! - This threatening verbal abuse is never acceptable, which is why I for one, shall not be donating to their railway and have diverted my contributions to the another heritage attraction. SHOCKING!
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John
I was just remembering my K class trip to Auckland NZ from Wellington. It was in 1961 must have been the final year of operation. So lovely to see these old fellas are still going lovingly restored. We have local steam train have been on it it is a K class and you can get to drive the beast. So guess what. I will apply for the honour. Nice to chat more later.
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Philip
I have visited Ropley a couple of years back, and was even greeted by a chap in the workshops who even spoke German to my wife and I whist showing us around the the workshops. Not only a friendly place to visit but very interesting. Nice that there were so many BR Standards about.
Great film! Thank you! Regards from Germany!
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pega17pl
Hello Tim, Watercress Line seems very busy with repair. May these workshops also grant approval for further operation (such as steam engine workshop Meiningen, Germany? - Heinz
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meesguy
That 50 is _still_ in for radiator repairs. I saw it a few weeks ago and they appeared to have some new radiators in the workshop which I assumed where for it.
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BlueShankPEI
While the conditions may have been challenging you certainly got some beautiful footage, well done and thanks very much for posting this.
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AndreiTupolev
Your videos of the MHR are always top class. I loved the scene near the end of the miniature railway heading off into the sunset. :D
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andrew
Alton Station closed till July, no parking at either Medstead Four Marks, Ropley, entry by ticket only glad i missed that one!
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