Crowds flocked to West Somerset during the May bank holiday weekend as the region’s heritage railway again proved beyond doubt that it is a major asset to the local economy.
The attendance at the Spring Steam Spectacular was 50% up on the corresponding event last year.
There were five visiting locomotives, with Locomotive Services Group’s LNER-designed B1 4-6-0 No. 61306 Mayflower making its first-ever visit to the Minehead branch.
WR Modified Hall 4-6-0 No. 6990 arrived from the Great Central Railway, from Blaenavon’s Heritage Railway.
