Wandering along the riverbank I saw the train in the distance & spotted the Pannier, then stood to watch it pass by across the river from us. It was a shock to see 2 locos on the train, 7714 & 4566. Apparently 4566 is off “down south” for a gala at the West Somerset Railway.
At Arley station 4936, 7802 & 7812 were each working trains, also 46443 on 1 coach Footplate Experience.
Hot & sunny around Arley. First train seen s/b was 4936, then 7812 n/b. At the station 46443 arrived with 6 coaches on Footplate Experience heading north and 37906 on diesel turn heading south. Then we walked to Victoria Bridge and saw 4936 n/b and 7802 s/b.
2 Manors & a Hall in one day, can’t be bad!
This working was from Bristol to Derby via Newport & Chepstow. We had planned to see the train at Bromsgrove but major traffic delays on the M5 made us change our minds and head to Barnt Green. The trees here make it almost as dark as Old Hill and the “going away” shot needed a quick adjustment to the camera because of the brightness – not the best place for photos, but at least we saw the train.
One photo shown here:-
When the weather is good I take photos of rolling stock on the Railway. During the gala I photographed over 40 coaches and about 18 goods wagons.
The coaches aren’t usually seen as the main subject in a photo, but without them the Railway wouldn’t carry any passengers, so an album without any photos of locos.
Here is a photo of an LMS open third from 1945:-
Left KC at home & took Margaret today!
Bewdley, same locos seen as yesterday – 7714 & 7802
Only realised a few days ago that these photos weren’t in the Gallery. Perhaps they were in a previous Gallery or one of the old web sites.
As usual with me, far too many photos, but with 6 visiting locos it was a great gala. The weather also looked good most of the time, although the rain can be seen in the shot of 6619 climbing Eardington bank.
Not easy to select a photo to show here, but decided on 6619 – as that was the loco that I was looking for, but couldn’t find, in the Gallery. That was when I realised the photos had not been uploaded.
I’m now wondering how many more galas have not been uploaded….. Well, they can wait!
Bewdley. First walk along the riverbank to the station for KC this year, we saw 7714 & 7802 working trains. The one heading to Bridgnorth seemed almost full!!
Yes, got it through for another year…….
A one-off train service from Bridgnorth to London & return. If it proved successful, there may be further “specials” in the future.
As there is no direct connection for trains to Bridgnorth, on arriving back at Kidderminster passengers had to walk from the main line station to the SVR station to catch another train to return them to stations along the Severn Valley.
I went to Kidderminster to see the train cross from the SVR to Network Rail tracks and have uploaded 9 photos of this operation.
One of the photos included here:-
7714 on the first train from Bridgnorth through Arley with the Venturer diner set. 46443 was next s/b on Footplate Experience with 1 coach, crossing with 42968. Then overlooking Victoria Bridge, 4936 was on the Limited diner, 7802 was next towards Kidderminster. Finally, back at the station for another cuppa, we waited for the return of 7714 on the Venturer.
23 photos of 70013 at Oxford on “The Cathedrals Express” from London. I did not know which platform the train would arrive on, but was expecting it to be on the “down” platform. Fortunately, at the last moment, I realised it was to use the London-bound platform and was able to cross over to the other platform for some photos.
The photos show it arriving, then the empty stock movement to the sidings, then the return of the loco after turning at Didcot and finally the departure of the return working.
One of the photos included here:-
4936 heading for Arley on first southbound, then 7802 away from Arley n/b. At the station, 46443 on Footplate Experience with 6 coaches n/b & D8188 working the diesel turn. Next trains to cross were 42968 s/b and 4936 again n/b.
