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:-
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