Severn Valley Railway - Spring Steam Gala 2018

Possibly the biggest steam gala of the year was due to take place at the Severn Valley Railway and a mere six visiting locomotives would all be in seen in steam. With the some of the homefleet on show, this would see 10 locomotives all in steam across the three days. The weather conditions would also be remembered, as one minute it was balmy spring sunshine and the next day would see a Siberian blast, which as expected would bring below minus temperatures and a decent dosage of snow for the remaining two days !
The gala was a roaring success with plenty of good notable loco performances and full trains, Friday looked very busy with standing room only on the majority of trains. The video is shot mainly on the Friday, with a few extra shots taken on the Saturday. Scenes in the video are not in order. I hope you enjoy the coverage.
Gala highlights
B12 '8572' on the LNER Teaks
6023 The 'Blue King' on full line trains
B.R '80072' With load 10 Equivalent up Eardington Bank
1450 & 1501 Double header

[@30453trains]

What a fascinating record of the weekend. Some fabulous footage, there. Loved the final clip of the sheep dashing away from the double-headed tanks. Well done. 👍🏻

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

I was here on that day ross when the snow suddenly turned up

[@steamsearcher]

Superb from Reading!!
David and Lily.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Great show by 80072 with a hefty load on Eardington bank! And Tornado makes a fantastic sight bursting under the bridge!

[@rjas365]

What a superb catalogue of a great effort by the SVR! With literally wildly varying weather conditions, these are tremendous captures, Liam and Phil. Appreciating it all, I particularly enjoyed the sequences of 53808. Many thanks, Bob K.

[@caledonianrailwayman1312]

Great film
Loved seeing the B12 in the LNER colours
Well done

[@mattseymour8637]

Great footage! Just shows the power of the standard 4 tank with equivalent of 10 on up the bank!

[@CastleGraphics]

Superb shooting! Great job as usual! Sounded like the sheep were excited about the arrival of 80072 as well! :)

[@julianwalker1546]

Thank you for braving the cold weather, great footage!

[@manisally]

Fantastic video brilliant locations all set against that dark winter sky making your film so atmospheric,well done.👍😀

[@ba14eagle]

Excellent film, with some stunning viewpoints used. Thank you

[@NorbertRoll]

An absolutely wonderful video with beautiful steam locos and trains.

[@welshsteamproductions575]

This is why 80079 is needed back in service!

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

not for the next few years I think mate because its awaiting its turn for the overhaul

[@brianneale2006]

What a wonderful Sight seeing express locomotives pulling carriages at a fairly high speed. Reminds me of when i was quite young travelling up to Paddington station from Cardiff by express train

[@SYKAROST]

Fantastic coverage as always Liam & what a contrast with the weather. I only did Friday and that was at Foley park so you no doubt feature in some of my shots. Regards, Brian.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

I was here on that day when the Siberian snow shower turned up and I went hang on that cant be right

[@farangtravels3956]

Great, thanks 😀

[@MrDavil43]

So good to see ex-Great Eastern steam...thanks for excellent filming once more.

[@nigelvalentine8110]

Q.c, quality counts. Great videos always

[@sam8alex12]

Another great video, brilliantly filmed, Thank you both.

[@stestepney]

Excellent vid and gala i like the look of the B12 would look good on the ELR cheers Steve ..

[@soulbabe79]

Wow! filming good, gala good, everything good

[@lilieksatriopurwono9678]

Excelent film, of steam lokomotif, I like it, thank you .

[@alterfritz1638]

Herrliche Aufnahmen,wunderschönes Video...herzlichen Dank dafür

[@michaelliles693]

A splendidly varied collection of locomotives, very well captured as always. I had to look up the quaint little 0-6-0 tank Bellerophon to discover its origin - fascinating technical details of the unusual valve gear - great that it has been preserved. Well done.

[@SimonTog]

Really great video :)

[@bluenorm]

beautiful presentation

[@SecondValveSteam]

Fantastic set of clips. How do you get to the locations at 3:40, 4:52 and 17:25? Any info would be useful. Kind Regards.

[@7822welshsteam]

Good grief. 80072 was going for gold on Eardington bank!

[@RailAdventUK]

Excellent video! Definitely a cold one :)

[@railvideography8362]

Where was the first video took it looked amazing

[@austinmilich648]

The only b12 amazing

[@DreDrePlays]

No wonder they still exist since the diesels took over

[@charlesjockers9102]

where is this held

[@MarshSteamVideosTM]

Severn Valley Railway, Kidderminster, England, United Kingdom

[@7822welshsteam]

As if they had 6 visitors!

[@steamonscreen7848]

Tend too stay away from these events nowadays far too busy and full of ignorant smelly blokes lol