Severn Valley Railway - Autumn Steam Gala - Thursday 17th September 2015
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- The premier gala event of the year, the Severn Valley Railway Autumn Steam Gala, has come around once again. With the railway celebrating its 50th Anniversary, it was expected that the railway would put on a show that lived up to the legend.
Although while the line up was certainly worthy of a 50th anniversary, the weekend timetable was far from it, being one of the worst in years, with the intermediate locals and goods trains abandoned for a simple end to end timetable, supplemented by the Autotrain between Kiddeminster and Bewdley.
This ultimately lead to my decision to attend the railway on the gala preview day on the Thursday, with all the guests running, as well as one of the star residents, it was certainly not a day to be ignored! The timetable, while again was a simple one, featured the main sets running from end to end, as well as a full line goods train doing two round trips during the day. There was also Driver Taster courses to see running between Kidderminster and Bewdley, as well as the Autotrain performing Royal Train duty, conveying The Duke of Gloucester between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade. The weather held out, with a mix of sun and overcast skies, meaning the day was still enjoyable, despite some engine troubles causing an ultimate 50 minute delay at the end of the day.
The loco line up for the event was:-
| LMS Royal Scot Class No 46100 'Royal Scot' (courtesy of Icons of Steam and Royal Scot Locomotive & General Trust)
| BR 7MT No 70000 'Britannia' (courtesy of Icons of Steam and Royal Scot Locomotive & General Trust)
| LMS 2MT No 46521 (courtesy of Great Central Railway)
| SR West Country Class No 34027 'Taw Valley'
| SR Battle of Britain Class No 34053 'Sir Keith Park'*
| GWR Manor Class No 7812 'Erlestoke Manor'*
| GWR 2800 Class No 2857*
| LMS 4MT No 43106*
| GWR 4500 Class No 4566
| GWR 1400 Class No 1450
*Do not feature
An absolute joy to watch, thank you. You certainly chose the right day and, together with the day's line-up, gave us a wonderful selection of well framed shots in a variety of locations (an unfamiliar one at 04:15). For an avid fan of autotrains, the generous helping here held my attention from start to finish. Wonderful stuff! Bob K.
Nice shots of 34027 and 70000 crossing, twice. Royal Scot does sound very well set up, sounds a bit like a Bulleid. Good to see police protection present at Hampton Loade.
Blossom!!!!! (46521) brings back memories
I don't normally watch videos about the SVR.....But yours was different...I really enjoyed it....well done.. Nice to see 70000 'Britannia' and 46100 'Royal Scot' looks awesome... I wonder if it will be out on the mainline next Year ? Cheers...Steve.~
+Steve Lewis Video Channel. What do you have against the SVR, Steve? :P
The ones i have seen in the past have been very 'samey'.. Nothing against the Line..i don't know it quite as well as others...This video had some good angles and locations. Lol..