Severn Valley Railway Spring Steam Gala 2024

Severn Valley Railway
Spring Steam Gala
Friday 19th April 2024

Great Western Railway Pannier Tank 0-6-0T 1369, from the South Devon Railway, was a last minute visiting locomotive joining the line up of visiting locomotives, alongside the Bluebell Railway's LBSCR Terrier 72 Fenchurch and NYMR based Lambton Tank 29.

The visitors were joined by a home fleet which included freshly repainted Stanier Mogul 13268 in LMS lined black livery and bearing its original number, he SVR’s flagship locomotive GWR 4-6-0 4930 Hagley Hall and GWR 4-6-0 7812 Erlestoke Manor and the lines Class 108 DMU.

Fenchurch spent the day running local services between Hampton Loade, Eardington and Bridgnorth (seen climbing Eardington Bank), while the North Yorkshire Moors based 29 and South Devon's 1369 were based on the southern end of the line on passenger and freight shuttle services and we see these trains in the woods of Northwood Lane and around Safari Curve and Rifle Range. 1369 took the goods train on a full line evening trip and is seen as day turns into night crossing Oldbury Viaduct.

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(C) Lee Andrew Davies 2024