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SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY

SPRING STEAM GALA 2024

14th 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 service. 1369 took the goods train on a full line evening trip.

WINTER STEAM GALA 2024

6th & 7th January 2024

The first SVR Winter Steam Gala saw LMS Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 'Flying Pig' 43106 in its line weekend in traffic before withdrawal following 15 years of service on the SVR, initially returning to steam in 2009. We see the Pig on its final day departing Bewdley, in the woods between Country Park Halt and Highley and with its final train arriving into Bewdley in the dark following turning.

LMS Stanier 5MT 2-6-0 2968 returned to steam late last year and was making its enthusiast event debut, and is seen on the Saturday rounding Safari curve and on the Sunday further round at Rifle Range and in the woods near Highley.

Bulleid Light Pacific 34027 Taw Valley is also bowing out of traffic and is seen on Safari Curve, while 75069 is seen departing Highley with the River Severn in flood below.

Autumn Steam Gala 2023

15th September 2023

Visiting locomotives: Ivatt 2MT 41312, B1 61306 Mayflower, Bagnall 401 Vulcan and USATC S160 2253 Omaha.

Spring Steam Gala 2023

14th April 2023

Star guest was GWR 4-6-0 4079 Pendennis Castle, making its first ever gala visit. Two more visiting locomotives joined the home fleet in the form of GWR Small Prairie 4555 and BR Standard 2MT 78018.

Spring Steam Gala 2022

21st April 2022

Star guest was LNER A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley appearing after overhaul in LNER wartime black, with Southern Railway 506 and GWR Lady of Legend also visiting.

Spring Steam up 2021

15th April 2021

First visit of 'new build' Great Western Saint 2999 Lady of Legend away from its Didcot Railway Centre birthplace.

Autumn Steam Gala 2018

23rd September 2018

Featuring the visits of LMS 6233 Duchess of Sutherland & 46100 Royal Scot, NER Q6 63995 and BR 70000 Britannia.

Steaming along

Highlights of the Severn Valley Railway 2007-2018

goods gala

2nd/3rd June 2018

Celebrating 100 years of GWR 2-8-0 2857, with visiting Class 66 'Severn Valley Railway'.

Spring Steam Gala 2018

17th/18th March 2018

Visiting locomotives included B12 8572, 7F 53808, 6203 King Edward I, and Bellerophon.

new years eve

31st December 2017

The final day in steam of GWR Manor 4-6-0 7812 Erelstoke Manor before overhaul.

autumn steam gala 2017

23rd September 2017

Visiting locomotives Great Eastern Railway Y14 564 (North Norfolk), SECR P Class 323 Bluebell and fresh from overhaul SR 4-4-0 926 Repton (NYMR).

Season finale 2016

6th November 2016

A late season gala replacing the Autumn Steam Gala which was replaced with a Flying Scotsman event. LMS Crab 13065 visited from the East Lancs.

Spring steam gala 2016

9th March 2016

Great Western Auto Tanks took centre stage with 6412, 6430 and 1450 leading this Branch Line themed Gala.

Autumn steam gala 2015

20th September 2015

An Icon's of Steam pairing of 46100 Royal Scot and former SVR resident 70000 Britannia headlined, joined by GCR based Ivatt 2MT 46521, another former Severn Valley Railway resident.

last train of the day into kidderminster

18th July 2015

bank holiday saturday

23rd May 2015

Spring Steam Gala 2014

23rd March 2014

autumn steam gala 2013

spring steam gala 2013

A wintery Spring Steam Gala with GWR 1450 visiting with an auto coach, alongside SR West Country 34007 Wadebridge, USA Docks Tank, in Southern livery as 65, from the Kent and East Sussex Railway and Llangollen's Standard 4MT 80072.

AUTUMN STEAM GALA 2009

20th September 2009

autumn steam gala 2007

26th July 2003

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