Severn Valley Railway: Spring Steam Gala: 19th & 20th of April 2024

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The Severn Valley heritage Railway in Shropshire would once again hold its annual Spring Steam Gala between the 18th and 21st of April 2024. This video covers the event on Friday and Saturday.
The visiting locos for this years edition were ex-LSBCR/Southern/BR Terrier no '72, Fenchurch,' ex-GWR/BR 1366 class no '1369' -standing in for unavailable '813'- and ex-LH&JC/NBC 0-6-2 no '29'; new-build GWR Grange no '6880, Betton Grange' was due to be the galas star attraction, but was unavailable due to still being prepared for its first steamings, hence rebuilt West Country 'Taw Valley' being drafted back into temporary service to cover the duties 'Betton Grange' would've performed. A selection of the railway's home fleet was also in service during the event.
Also in attendance was newly overhauled ex-BR built LNER A2 no '60532, Blue Peter', albeit on display at Kidderminster, after performing (and due for more) test runs on the line in preparation for a return to mainline service with LSL later in the year. Also featured in this video is the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway.
Due to this video’s length, it has been broken down into ‘Chapters’ where certain parts of the video have been labelled correspondently.
LS = Lineside; all shots taken from stations and vantage points.
WS = Windowside; all shots taken from the droplights of passenger trains. The locomotive/s hauling it will be added too.
You can view these chapters in the video playback bar or the description, where they’ll be listed with the timecode.
LS: Kidderminster station, 19th of April - 0:00
WS: '1369', Kidderminster to Highley, 19th of April - 2:05
LS: Highley station, 19th of April - 12:12
WS: '7812', Highley to Bridgnorth, 19th of April - 17:45
LS: Bridgnorth station, 19th of April - 24:21
WS: '13268', Bridgnorth to Hampton Loade, 19th of April - 25:36
LS: Hampton Loade station, 19th of April - 32:02
WS: '72', Hampton Loade to Bridgnorth, 19th of April - 32:56
LS: Bridgnorth station & Cliff Railway, 19th of April - 37:27
WS: '21C127', Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, 19th of April - 45:36
LS: Kidderminster station and Miniature Railway, 19th of April - 1:03:30
WS: '29', Kidderminster to Bewdley, 19th of April - 1:07:27
LS: Bewdley station, 19th of April - 1:09:08
WS: '13268', Bewdley to Kidderminster, 19th of April - 1:11:19
LS: Kidderminster station, 19th of April - 1:13:50
LS: Kidderminster station, 20th of April - 1:13:57
WS: '13268', Kidderminster to Hampton Loade, 20th of April - 1:16:41
LS: Hampton Loade station, 20th of April - 1:21:49
WS: '72', Hampton Loade to Eardington, 20th of April - 1:25:09
LS: Eardington station, 20th of April - 1:25:42
LS: Hampton Loade station, 20th of April - 1:28:11
WS: '4930', Hampton Loade to Bewdley, 20th of April - 1:29:23
LS: Bewdley station and town, 20th of April - 1:33:08
WS: '29', Bewdley to Highley, 20th of April - 1:38:27
LS: Highley station, 20th of April - 1:42:27
WS: '29', Highley to Kidderminster, 20th of April - 1:43:40
LS: Kidderminster station, 20th of April - 1:51:49
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