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    SEVERN VALLEY BEATS THE BEAST!

    Nov 12, 2018 4 minutes

    The weather phenomenon dubbed the “mini Beast from the East” had all the ingredients to ruin the eagerly-awaited Severn Valley Railway spring steam gala.

    Far from it. A mixture of sunshine and blue skies, blizzards and howling gales, saw 1000 people turn out to see nine locomotives in action amidst a traditional Shropshire winter setting on the third day of the March 16-18 event, which overall attracted 4537 visitors.

    There was a late change to the gala line up, with the Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust announcing that B1 4-6-0 No. 1264, which was recently repainted in LNER livery, would not

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