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The event will be held from April 30 to May 3. The Spring Steam Gala is a four-day event where public can visit historic railway stations along the picturesque 10-mile line, and enjoy open-air talks and exhibits to find out more about Watercress Line’s restoration projects. There will also be an enhanced timetable of steam locomotives to transport guests to each station. Visitors can step back in time and enjoy the roaring twenties with the GWR 5526 tank engine built in 1928. The train is provided by of the South Devon Railway. Then taste the golden age of the 1930s with the GWR 643...

A heritage LED locomotive decked with fully controllable colour mixing lights has started to welcome passengers on board for a 'world first' Christmas spectacle.  Steam Illuminations will offer passengers the chance to marvel at a festive light show as they travel between the market towns of Alresford to Alton in Hampshire on the Mid Hants Railway Watercress Line. It comes after the S-15 freight locomotive, which is one of two steam trains on the Mid Hants Railway's Watercress Line, was left unable to run for four months and lost more than £1million in revenue amid the coronavirus pandemic...