BBC Countryfile presenter Katie Knapman and crew spent a day at the Honeybourne Line on Monday 26^th April to capture scenes for a programme to be broadcast shortly, celebrating the 175^th anniversary of the Great Western Railway.  Those 'starring' in the programme included freshly-painted no. 3717 City of Truro (which still had some wet paint!), footplate crew George Forrest and Paul Stratford; David Shepherd; Geoff White (former BR(W) Leamington and Old Oak Common fireman), Felicity Jones, curator of STEAM, Museum of the Great Western Railway, all telling the story of the Great Western and the present-day oasis of Great Western steam on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

Enjoy this little gallery from the day - and look out for Countryfile (Sundays, 6.15pm BBC 1) when GWR175 will be celebrated within the programme.  We'll post the date on this website as soon as we know it.