7812 Erlestoke Manor blasts Eardington Bank! | Severn Valley Railway Winter Steam Gala 2024 | 8/1/24
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- Опубликовано: 7 янв 2024
- Today's video is of the Severn Valley Railway (SVR)'s first Winter Steam Gala! The Severn Valley Railway is a fantastic preserved railway winding through the valley of a very flooded River Severn.
The locomotives in operation were:
- GWR Manor Class 7812 Erlestoke Manor
- BR Standard 4 75069
- SR Rebuilt West Country Class 21C127 (34027) Taw Valley
- LMS Stanier Mogul Class 2968
- GWR 57xx Class 7714
- LMS Ivatt 4 Class 43106
USATC S160 2253 Omaha should have been in operation but unfortunately was declared a failure a day before the gala with spark plug issues. It was also 43106's last day of operation on the Sunday. I decided I was bored of the usual Tenbury Wall and Foley Park shots I do so I decided to focus on some new ones on the North end of the line. To do this I actually travelled on the SVR!! It was a really great experience.
I was filming on Saturday only as I had tickets back up North on Sunday. With every locomotive facing South except 7812, it proved quite a challenge to plan in some places! Normally I tend to upload on the same day as I film but the creation of this video saw me encounter just about every technical difficulty under the sun, that being that half of the day's filming on my memory card corrupted (this is the 4th time recently this has happened so I'm going to renew some of my equipment to ensure it doesn't happen again), which meant I had to download software to get the files back. The software then demanded I cough up £68 to get the files, despite it being able to show me a preview of the videos. I therefore took the decision to screen record the previews which unfortunately means there's a drop in quality on the last few clips, but it's better than them being left out full stop. Without further ado, let's get into what happened!
I started off my day at my local at 7:03, travelling to Kidderminster for the 08:30 train behind 43106. I met @harnettyrailways on the train, followed by me alighting at Arley for the challenging walk fighting my way through a flooded forest to Bank Top Crossing, where I met @MarshSteamVideosTM. The first shot was of 2968, followed only a few minutes later by 7812! Then it was back to Arley for the trip behind 75069 to Highley. Once there I realised my planned shot at Borle Viaduct wouldn't be even close to feasible due to the flooding so I instead set up at the Engine House. 34027 came by, opening up nicely! I then headed over to Highley Bank for the next run which was 43106. After this it was back to Highley for a run behind 2968 to Bridgnorth, where I made a very quick run up to the hill behind the MPD for a shot of 7714 leaving with the local. I then walked to Oldbury Viaduct (another battle with a flooded forest ensued lol) for 75069 which looked great. With the next forward facing departure being some time away, I walked over to Eardington where I set up for 2968 and tried not to freeze lol. A few minutes after 2968 was 7812 which came thrashing up the bank quite spectacularly. After that I walked down to Eardington Halt for 34027 Taw Valley before taking 7714's local train to Bridgnorth and bashing 43106's train all the way back to Kidderminster where I spent the evening having a chat with @danielstrainsukofficial9133, @LiamsLocos and @blackcountrysteamvideos8021. After that I headed home.
Thank you to all SVR staff as well as the locomotives and crews involved in pulling off a fantastic gala! Thank you also to my company for the day. I hope you enjoy the video.
Brillaint video! I was there and had a great time.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully you had an enjoyable visit. Regards, Dan
Great video Dan looks like you had a great time.
Thank you very much Richard, I did! Regards, Dan
Lovely stuff Dan! Was great seeing you again man, I’d love to do bank crossing myself again, only done it for tender first
Thank you very much man, you too! Bank Crossing looks great, I'd definitely recommend it. Regards, Dan
0:13 that’s a longest whistle from the stanier mogul
Yes it held it for a while over Borle Viaduct. Unsure why lol. Regards, Dan
@@crunchynutsteamfilms5043I think it was due to the level crossing
Amazing video as always Dan, looked like a great weekend! Kind regards Tom
Thank you very much Tom, it certainly was! Regards, Dan
This is the first time I’ve caught 2968 in the 1990s number at arley station and it won’t be long now until it will have a different number which is 13268 check it out
Plus It’s a shame That the flying pig and taw valley are now withdrawn after that gala
Great Scott I'm glad you saw it, it was my first time too. Yes it is a shame to see them go. Regards, Dan
@@crunchynutsteamfilms5043yeah but taw valley will soon be back next year in 2025
Oh! You were at the Severn valley gala? Well I didn’t see you. Yeah alright then
Yes I was mate lol. Regards, Dan
It’s a shame that Omaha had failed before the gala had even started
Yes indeed it was Scott. At least I had advance notice. Regards, Dan
@@crunchynutsteamfilms5043yeah Dan
It even failed on the autumn gala when I was there for 2 days.
Flying Pig and Taw Valley will both be withdrawn for overhaul. We can only hope the two will run again one day.
Taw Valley is only going in for an intermediate overhaul, she will run again. Hopes be that 43106 will one day run again as well. Regards, Dan