Tornado was tender-first through Arley this morning, so no point in going straight to the station – this meant KC had her walk down by the river first.
42968 on the train from Bridgnorth, 1744 first away from Kidder, then Tornado & finally 7812 on the local to Highley. Didn’t hang around at Arley to see Tornado return, but I have seen it plenty of times this week so can’t really grumble.
A few more photos of Tornado on the SVR, or see a 47? Well, I could get to Acocks Green for free, so the 47 won!
Didn’t have any recent photos in my gallery of this loco working, so that was another reason.
Tornado & 1744 hauling trains again. 42968 on the other Bridgnorth train & 7812 on the Highley local service.
Don’t think I saw the sun once today & the forecast for the weekend isn’t good. At least I have plenty of photos of the visiting locos to look at.
Called in Bewdley today for lunch. 7812 passed by with the Highley – Kidder local. Later on 1744 headed for Bridgnorth with a train. Didn’t hang around to see Tornado today
No photos, just a train ride today.
Took our grandson to Bridgnorth for a train ride to Bewdley. Caught the 12.10 hauled by 1744, but a few problems with brakes on the stock caused the train to stop on the climb out of Bridgnorth. Tornado was running, also 42968, the Highley local trains were hauled by 7812.
The return journey behind 1744 was also delayed by brake problems, but we enjoyed our day out
Caught the first train from Kidderminster, hauled by 1744. At Highley, the new footbridge enables you to get across the tracks to see the train depart – very handy, a better shot than from the platform.
From the Engine House, “Tornado” is seen passing by on the way to Bridgnorth. Final train seen was 7812 on the Kidderminster to Highley local. Back at Kidderminster, 6024 was on display outside the museum.
A few more photos of Tornado at Arley, from the other platform this time.
Three other locos also seen in action. Will try a shot from the Engine House tomorrow as I am out on my own.
After arriving yesterday evening, Tornado was busy hauling a 9 coach train today.
42968 worked the first train off Kidderminster, 1744 taking over at Bridgnorth for the rest of the day. 7812 was on Footplate Experience. 5164 was on the first train off Bridgnorth and 4566 on the Kidder to Highley local.
This afternoon, Tornado passed through Cradley Heath on its way to the SVR, where it will be hauling trains for the next 9 days.
Link to photos (only 2)
D8188 towed 7714 from Bridgnorth to Highley today. The loco last ran during August, I believe, and was taken out of service during September – requiring boiler repairs.
On arrival at Highley, D8188 was uncoupled and headed for the Engine House to remove 1501. It only took about 40 minutes to slowly move 1501 onto the main running line & then couple up to 7714 and propel it into the Engine House. Everything seemed to go very smoothly.
1501 will now be towed to Bridgnorth for what will hopefully be a reasonably quick overhaul & return to traffic.
First photo of 1501 “outside” since arriving at the Engine House.
This has been a long job. Over 4Gb of data had to be uploaded, which amounts to about 70,000 files.
KC’s album & the Midlands album have been uploaded and seem to be working with the new host, and I should have sharpos-world ready tonight. Then to make sure no e-mails get lost during the changeover.
Mustn’t forget this blog & the messageboard have still to be set up & tested, so I’d better get on with it…
46443 on Footplate Experience, the other 3 steam locos on service trains. D8188 moved the grotto stock to Arley, shunting them into position in the yard. Is it that time of year again?
An arty photo for a change:-
