THE LADY OF SEVERN VALLEY LEGEND
With the Government’s lockdown restrictions eased, the Severn Valley Railway ran its first public services of the year on April 12. However, it was the eagerly-awaited April 15-18 Spring Steam Up which gave the season one of the most stupendous starts in the line’s history.
As reported in Heritage Railway issue 277, the headline guest locomotive was the Great Western Society’s new-build Saint 4-6-0 No. 2999 Lady of Legend.
No. 2999 had originally been booked as the principal guest at the SVR’s 2020 spring gala last April, but the event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Spring Steam Up finally gave Lady of Legend its first chance to shine on another railway – and shine it did!
Lady of Legend is the
