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==Filming on the SVR==
Filming of the railway scenes took place over more than 30 days in late [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1975 | 1975]] and saw considerable involvement from the SVR. ¾ of a mile of the old [[Stourport Branch]] was relaid for filming to take place, and stations were also extensively modified. Filming took place at almost every locality on the SVR apart from [[Bridgnorth]].<ref name = "SVR37">SVR News 37</ref> (although Six Bells Junction reports Bridgnorth station had been renamed Tatabánya).<ref name="6BJ">[https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/751011mh.html The Watercress Belle, Six Bells Junction] (Retrieved 13 August 2019)</ref>
[[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443]] and sister [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521 |46521]] were repainted in Furness Railway red livery and had flared stovepipe chimneys and large brass domes added as a representation of Austrian Railways locomotives, a livery they carried for some months (the two locomotives were identically numbered as 60.116 but 46443 faced north and 46521 faced south to take advantage of the sun and lineside locations). [[LMS Stanier Class 5 45110]] facing north and [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773]] facing south were numbered 90.160 and similarly paired for filming, being of similar appearance (above the footplate level!).<ref name = "SVR38">SVR News 38</ref> A fifth loco, normally [[GWR Pannier 5764]] or [[GWR Small Prairie 4566]], was used to move the film company’s equipment around. The carriages were Pinewood-built bodies on bogie bolster underframes, the latter which included 3 [[Goods Wagons#BR Wagons | Flat EDs]] having been specially purchased for the film by Universal Studios and later ‘donated’ to the SVR.
[[45110]] was bought from its previous owners by SVR(H) at this time; the purchase contract included a clause that it was conditional on the filming contract being signed.<ref name = "SVR37"/>
==The Watercress Belle railtour==
During filming a Special Train operated for the Mid Hants Railway Preservation Society / 48518 Group on 11 October 1975, with [[LMR 600 Gordon]] hauling with SVR leg between Bewdley and Bridgnorth and return. The SVR was closed to the public as filming was taking place, and trains for the filming had priority resulting in the Special being delayed at several stations.<ref name="6BJ"/>
==See also==
