25th March 2018

Ex-GWR Collett 0-4-2T no. 1450 is arriving at Crowcombe Heathfield at 10.09 on the 09.00 Minehead to Bishops Lydeard. This is the last day of the Steam Spring Gala, and luck would have it, turns out to be the best day for weather, with sunshine and light cloud all day. The Collett tank is turned out in GWR livery and is hauling auto-coach no. 178 in an authentic formation redolent of a typical branchline train of the 1930s.