SEVERN VALLEY GALA STUNNER EXCEEDS ALL EXPECTATIONS!
May 10, 2022
4 minutes
Despite the war in Ukraine causing many economic and coal supply problems, spring sunshine drew the public out in large numbers, with the majority of trains at the SVR spring steam gala running full. At 8.30am on the Thursday, the first-day queues were already outside the booking office at Kidderminster Town.
Visiting locomotives from three of the Big Four included: new-build Great Western Saint 4-6-0 No. 2999 from Didcot Railway, now making its second appearance on the line a year on from its first; Southern Railway S15 4-6-0 No. 506 from the Mid-Hants; and LNER A4 Pacific No. 4498 after successfully completing its recent running in and testing on the SVR. All of them
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