South Devon Railway - Winter Steam Festival - 16th, 17th & 18th February 2017

The February half term saw the South Devon Railway hold their annual nine day winter steam festival. As usual, this would feature two main gala weekends, two smaller events on the Monday and Friday, with a two train service running midweek. Running alongside the home fleet were two guest locos; Beattie Well Tank no.30587, courtesy of the NRM and the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, and Small Prairie no.5542, courtesy of the West Somerset Railway. Sadly, injector problems with 30587, and the cancellation of the clay runs on the Saturday, meant I didn't get quite as much footage of these two as I'd hoped.

The full lineup included:

Guests:

GWR 4575 Class 2-6-2T no.5542
LSWR 0298 Class 2-4-0WT no.30587

Home Fleet:

GWR 2251 Class 0-6-0 no.3205
GWR 1366 Class 0-6-0PT no.1369
GWR 6400 Class 0-6-0PT no.6412

Shots included:

30587: Nappers West and Riverford.
3205: Woodville Crossing, Nappers East, Nappers West and Colston Road.
6412 & 30587: Nappers East.
1369: Staverton, Nappers West and Riverford.
6412: Staverton, River Dart, Nappers East, Paper Mill Bridge, Caddaford, Staverton Station, Staverton, Huxham's Cross and Riverford.
5542: Nappers East and Woodville Crossing.

Filmed on a Panasonic VXF990 with a Pro Sound L92AA.

Enjoy.