For the first time since 1964 , the line will once again see the familiar sight of a Fowler 7F hauling trains through Bitton station (link below.)
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The locomotive is being transported 300 miles by road on a low-loader from North Yorkshire Moors Railway to Bitton where it will be from October 20-28 2007.

For five of those days the Fowler 7F will be pulling passenger trains and for two days it will be used for driver experience courses where people learn how to drive a steam engine.

Because the locomotive was based at Bath and used to travel through Bitton to Mangotsfield and Westerleigh , there is already a lot of interest from local enthusiasts , as well as those who just remember it pulling freight trains along the line.

Bitton Railway has to pay £10,000 to get the Fowler 7F to Bitton and hire it for a week so it is trying to raise as much money as possible to cover the cost.