Severn Valley Railway - Autumn Steam Gala (2022)
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- čas přidán 17. 09. 2022
- Arguably the highlight on the Autumn steam calendar is the Severn Valley Railway Steam Gala with three standard gauge visiting engines and the full triumphant return of 4930 Hagley Hall to Severn Valley metals. The event was held over four days and the video featured here was taken across the first two days. The weather conditions were fine throughout though a pesky northerly wind gave ample reminders we were now in Autumn despite the warmth from the sunshine making it rather pleasant on some occasions.
As stated above 4930 Hagley Hall was billed as the star engine on show, though a mid gala departure for the engine caused major disappointment for the final two days of the gala due to the locomotive setting off a string of lineside fires which put nearby neighbours property in jeopardy. This was followed up with a host of visits from the local fire brigade which was never a good look. Its firmly believed by many that the railway took the right decision, though those passengers who were due to travel on the Saturday and Sunday would be left disappointed. Thankfully the Great Western Hall class is a home based loco and there will plenty more opportunities to travel behind the engine.
The second visiting engine was mainline LMS Black Five 45231 Sherwood Forester which was brought in from Crewe courtesy of Locomotive Services Limited. The engine performed faultlessly throughout and we captured some of our best shots with the locomotive. The third engine to the visit the railway was West Somerset Railway's GWR inspired mogul 9351 which certainly looked at home on the former Great Western branch line despite its long term history. The final visiting loco would turn out to be a fan favourite throughout the gala and that was the former Side tank Hunslet 0-6-0ST Jessie (Works No. 1873) courtesy of the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway in South Wales. With its distinctive black livery and wasp stripes this little loco put on some fine displays on the local services between Bridgnorth & Hampton Loade which in turn provided much enjoyment by many.
As usual with most steam galas the home fleet were all in action though 75069 just avoided our grasp. The homefleet featured in the video were No 70 aka 34027 Taw Valley, GWR 2857 & GWR 1501 which were both participating in their final gala appearances before overhaul. Pannier tank 7714 makes a brief appearance and the Flying Pig aka 43106 was assigned on a short goods train. Having traveled the trains on the Saturday and spent time at the lineside we have enjoyed all aspects of what the gala had to offer and it was definitely right up there with some of best galas we've attended, though this was no surprise as the SVR and Autumn galas go hand in hand !
I hope you enjoy our take on the proceedings of the event. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Top notch footage, chaps. Glad I went on the Friday before Hagley Hall was put in the 'naughty siding'. I was actually on the train halted by the protest car parked on the Northwood Crossing. I bet that incident was a first of its kind in the history of the SVR.
Severn Valley Railway - Autumn Steam Gala
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Excellent Phil and Liam I attended the Thursdays gala and I’ve finally caught all 4 visitors plus 4930s first appearance since 1986
I was a spotter from the mid 1950’s to the mid 60’s. Your videos allow me to relive my long lost youth. Very enjoyable, well done program, thank you! Greetings from Arizona, USA.
Fantastic video, thanks for sharing! Lovely lighting in the clips around the rifle range at the end. I also loved the shots of 'Hagley Hall' at Highley and Eardington - cracking stuff!
Excellent video Liam and Phil. Fantastic selection of locations. Great shots taken in the countryside. A lovely lighting to finish with. Enjoyable watching. Kind regards C&A
Fantastic video as always Liam and Phil. 4930 sounded fantastic, wasn't able to catch it myself as I was there on the Saturday & Sunday, but was nice to capture 43106, 2857 & 1501 before their tickets expire. Cheers, Jake.
Wish I still lived nearby!
Great video! I see that the SVR have put the updated nameplates on N° 70
What an awesome video with lots of cool footage from this part of the world, We enjoyed watching and greetings to you from Wisconsin.
Thanks very much for this, I was a volunteer working at Bridgnorth so only saw very little, very nice to have the video.
Really enjoyed watching this. Fantastic photography/footage. Much appreciated!
Likewise, glad you enjoyed it.
Enjoyed that thanks
Excellent !
Thanks for filming and sharing.
Best wishes
Dirk
Beautifully made! Hopefully I can see that once in my life. Greetings from southern Germany!
Klasse video from the Steam Gala :)
Thanks as always.
Quality video as always!!
Was great to catch up with you also, now for a long editing evening for me
Liam
Beautiful steam locomotives ❤ love sound of it! Better than diesel & electric locomotives
Great stuff.......as usual!!!
Another brilliant compilation from sone fantastic locations. Missed it this year due to family illness 😢
I wish the USA has more frequent steam excursions. We only run our steam locomotives during certain times of the year
Excellent footage from across the weekend - was fortunate to travel behind 4930 on the Thursday and Friday but the vehicle parked on Northwood Crossing in protest of the fires at Tenbury Wall and by Northwood Halt on the Friday evening in front of the 19:05 ex-Bewdley was the straw which broke the camel's back (speaking to the staff at Highley that evening they said the plan originally was 4930 was due to be out the Saturday on final warning and would be taken out of traffic if she caused any further fires but the protest changed that thinking).
Quite how 75069 (as far as I'm aware) didn't start a lineside fire across the four days is a minor miracle as that (particularly evident in the evening runs) was throwing far more cinders out the chimney than 4930 appeared to be (the Thursday evening run in place of 2857 felt like we were being pulled by a volcano the amount of cinders it was throwing out)
Jesse comes from my local heritage railway
Taw Valley* sounding nice on Eardington Bank there.
How do you re-painted the train like taw valley cause the paint is so cool
I was there today!
Theres another loco you both didn’t see its Anne the narrow gauge
I did briefly film it but there was too much background noise.
@@MarshSteamVideosTM I’m glad you caught it
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That pink is a disgrace!
Its now going into an experimental black livery for the new year, if that floats your boat ?