Ivatt's Finale at the Watercress Line's "Autumn Steam Gala" - 03/10/2026

The first weekend of October sees the Watercress Line hosting its annual Autumn Steam Gala even over the weekend 1st-4th October 2026 The lineup this year would see visiting engines in the form of Ivatt Tank no 41313, Ivatt Tender no 46447, GWR Hall no 6989 ‘Wightwick Hall’ in its Hogwarts Express Red livery & GWR Heavy Frieight 2-8-0 no 4247 Supplementing the visitor from the homefleet was S15 no 30506 & Ivatt Tank no 41312 Filmed on Saturday 3rd October 2026 on an otherwise uneventful day filming the cameras capture the locos working hard across the Alps on workings of passengers, locals and good trains One of the highlights being the double heading of the consecutively numbered Ivatt 2 Tanks on their last hurrahs, with both thier withdrawal dates coming up in a few months time this was the last opportunity to see the Tanks paired together and with 46447 for tripe header on the last run of the day Thank you as always to ‪@themodster‬ for his asssistance during the day and to many of the other YouTubers met during the day Locomotives and locations listed as per below 00:00 - 4247 Northside Hill (Light Engine) 00:51 - 46447 Hampshire Hunt Bridge 01:39 - 30506 Northside Crossing 02:39 - 41312 Gravel Lane 04:47 - 41312 & 46447 Grosvenor Road 05:25 - 6989 Hampshire Hunt Bridge 06:06 - 46447 Northside Crossing 06:46 - 41313 Bighton 08:41 - 30506 Gravel Lane 10:50 - 4247 Hampshire Hunt Bridge 11:35 - 6989 Northside Hill 12:38 41313 & 41312 Rookwood Lane 13:36 - 41313, 41312 & 46447 Northside Corssing