29th June 2025

At 09.39 no. 6989 "Wightwick Hall" is watered at the end of the platform at Sheffield Park. Withdrawn from service in June 1964 the loco is owned by the Quainton Railway Society who restored it from Barry condition in 2018. It has been based on the Bluebell Railway since 2022. Just after my visit to the railway it was announced that the loco would star in a new Harry Potter TV series. Presumably that means a repaint!