Just for a change, I was able to go to Old Hill for this, 2Q08 Shrewsbury – Derby.
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Just for a change, I was able to go to Old Hill for this, 2Q08 Shrewsbury – Derby.
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The Rail Adventure power cars return, 0G32 Kings Norton – Kidderminster SVR.
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I was surprised to see this working, 0Z59 Pengam sidings – Rugby. Showing as a route learner, basically same route as the Tesco train from Wentloog – Daventry.
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The monthly 1Q15 Derby – Landore TMD test train. I hurried down the platform as the local train was arriving as I knew the test train had already passed through Old Hill. Got ready to film it with seconds to spare
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Had the chance of an hour or so spare this morning and with 2 freights to see at Stourbridge thought it would be a worthwhile outing. All went well until the second train appeared much sooner than expected. Can’t win ’em all.
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Filmed this on my way to the supermarket this morning. 0D72 Kidderminster SVR – Toton North Yard.
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Part 2, 75069 arrives, 13268 departs, 75069 runs round & departs. 46045 doing a bit of shunting, but the diesel clips will be uploaded when steam videos completed. 46045 was stabled under the footbridge when I started filming the arrival of 75069, it was ticking over and sounded quite loud!!
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First part, filmed from the footbridge at Kidderminster. A very cold and misty start to the day, three of the six locos in steam are seen in this video.
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Up on the footbridge for the rest of my time at Kidderminster. It was very windy and not easy filming towards the sun when facing south, it was very bright and low in the sky.
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Here are the next set of photos:-
Caught the train to Kidder, good job – as car park at SVR station was full, cars everywhere as some of the photos will probably show. I’d checked the timetable and made a list of locos running, if I could get there in time to see the 10.20 departure, by 13.55 I would’ve seen all the locos/trains running, except the 37. The forecast was cloudy, thought I’d give the footbridge a miss, but it turned out to be a very sunny day and being at track level meant a lot of filming was into the sun, so ended up on the footbridge.
Locos booked to run:- 1450 steam – for heating, D1015, D9551, 20048, 20205, 33108, 37263, 40106, 46045, 50035, DMU & HST. All can be seen in action, except the 37, which was stabled at the buffer stop on one of the platforms all the time I was there.
Here are the photos taken before going on the footbridge:-
5Q80 Allerton – Newport Docks. The Class 319 was heading to the scrap yard. Fortunately 172343 on a train heading towards Birmingham cleared in plenty of time. Pity the Class 37 was just ambling along, a few minutes early & following a stopping train.
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1Q15 Derby – Swansea. Hadn’t seen 43013 since 2020, good to see it back in service.
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