Today I just visited Kidderminster but once again filmed all the three steam locos running. Also included are a couple of clips of the Coalyard Miniature Railway.

Link to YouTube video.

Kidderminster 19/02/17, 43106 runs round the stock

Kidderminster 19/02/17, 43106 departs

Kidderminster 19/02/17, 7714 departs with the Severn Valley Limited dining train

Kidderminster 19/02/17, 7714 departs with the Severn Valley Limited dining train

Kidderminster 19/02/17, 7802 arriving

Kidderminster 19/02/17, Coalyard Miniature Railway

The SVR had been closed for 6 weeks for winter engineering works and on this date train services resumed. It was only a brief visit but I had a ride from Kidderminster to Arley and back, filming each of the three locos. I was too busy talking when the DMU arrived at early so no video of that moving.

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Kidderminster 18/02/17, 43106 hauled my train

Arley 18/02/17, 7802 arriving and departing

Arley 18/02/17, 7714 hauled my train back to Kidderminster

My journey back from the SVR was just in time to see this ecs working from Worcester to Tyseley. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but at least it was something other than the usual Class 172 units normally seen here. Unfortunately I didn’t see the number of the other Class 153 unit.

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Old Hill 19/02/17, 170512 5M80 Worcester – Tyseley

Old Hill 19/02/17, 153375 5M80 Worcester – Tyseley

An ecs move from Kidderminster to Preston. Running as 5Z38 with 57305 leading, it was booked into Rowley loop, this gave me a chance to see it at Old Hill and catch the next train to Langley Green to see it again.

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Old Hill 14/02/17, 57305 5738 Kidderminster – Preston

Old Hill 14/02/17, 57312 5738 Kidderminster – Preston

Langley Green 14/02/17, 57305 5738 Kidderminster – Preston

Langley Green 14/02/17, 57312 5738 Kidderminster – Preston

The Friday morning ecs working was too early for me but the Sunday evening return run from Coventry was at a time I could manage, although it was in the dark. I chose Stourbridge for the video as the downhill runs at Old Hill are rather uneventful and not too good in the dark. A Chiltern ecs set arrived just before the Belle was due, this meant the view from platform 2  would be blocked, but as you see in the video it did set back into the yard in plenty of time.

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Cropping images of a fast train from a video filmed in the dark doesn’t give great results, but here they are.

Stourbridge 12/02/17. 68008 reverses ecs into yard

Stourbridge 12/02/17. 68025 ecs Coventry – Kidderminster

Stourbridge 12/02/17. 68001 at rear of ecs Coventry – Kidderminster

The two Class 68s bring a Northern Belle coach from Crewe to the Severn Valley Railway, running as 5Z80 and will work the ecs the following morning from Kidderminster to Victoria. That leaves the SVR about 4am so I won’t be at the station to see that!

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Old Hill 09/02/17. 68025 and 68023, 5Z80 Crewe to Kidderminster SVR

It was announced today that the Northern Belle stock will be based at Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway. 57312, with 57305 at the rear, is seen passing through Old Hill with 5Z25 Crewe to Kidderminster empty stock. Later in the day the two locos are seen returning to Crewe. Link to YouTube video.

The following 4 photos are taken from the video:-

Old Hill 02/02/17, 57312 leads 5Z25 Crewe to Kidderminster

Old Hill 02/02/17, 57312 at rear, 5Z25 Crewe to Kidderminster

Old Hill 02/02/17, 57312 and 57305 return to Crewe

Old Hill 02/02/17, 57312 and 57305 return to Crewe