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West Somerset gala’s success shows way to better times ahead

DESPITE mixed weather and the Minehead terminus still being off limits, the West Somer set Railway’s Western Region-style October 1-3 Autumn Steam Gala – its first in two years – proved popular with the travelling public.

All of the four home-based steam fleet–WSR mogul No. 9351, GWR 2-6-2T No. 5199, and 4-6-0s Nos. 7822 and 7828 – were in action, along with

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