A 2019 LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY OPEN HOUSE

The SVR Open House Weekend was held on April 6th & 7th 2019. As it is one of my favourite events of the year, it is the fifth in my 'Look behind the Open House' videos, I planned to shoot the north end of the line on the Saturday and the south end the following day. Fortunately the weather was fine on both days and I shot more than 300 sequences which I have edited down to a 35 minute programme. The editing alone has taken eleven hours!
The programme commences at Bridgnorth where we see a slippery departure by 75069 prior to us making a visit to the boiler shop and locomotive works, the sound level here has been reduced for viewer's comfort. The Stanier Mogul's boiler is examined in some detail to illustrate the complexity of this major component. We also study the skills of the blacksmith. A look in the Paint Shop reveals the maroon auto-coach which is undergoing re-varnishing. After a quick look in the machine shop we visit Eardington. This is followed by a look round the Barry Railway four wheel coach, originally six, of 1895 which is undergoing restoration at Hampton Loade. A train down to Highley provides a visit to the signal box followed by The Engine House. A number of model layouts are featured including: Campbell's Quarry, Coton on Dove, Earl's Court, Malton Road and Bumf Mine. We then catch the train back to Bridgnorth to complete day one.
Day two commences at Bewdley where we take a look at superb restoration work on two Great Western coaches as well as Large Prairie No.4150. Shots of Pannier Tank No.7714 providing footplate rides through the station precede a visit to Kidderminster where a visit is made to the Carriage Works for a look at the models and a Mk1 coach undergoing modification. Models featured here are 82G, Arbric Mine, The G Scale Society and Ballymungret. A number of sequences on the mainline feature 34027 Taw Valley, 2857, 7802 Bradley Manor, 7714, 75069 and 4144.
My thanks to all at the SVR for an excellent weekend and I hope that you enjoy watching this video as much as I have enjoyed making it.