A selection of the best from the recent 3-day event.
D1062 'Western Courier' dislodges autumn leaves as it exits Bewdley Tunnel on the first day of the SVR's 2012 'Diesel Enthusiasts Gala'. 4/10/12.
D8059 climbs towards Bewdley Tunnel on 4 October with the 11:15 from Bridgnorth.
33108, one of several Class 33s equipped for push-pull operation with EMU stock on the Bournemouth to Weymouth route, visited the Severn Valley in October 2012 for its 'Diesel Enthusiasts Gala'. The loco was captured leaving Bewdley Tunnel on 4 October with a shuttle to Bewdley.
33108 edges across a swollen River Severn on 4 October with the 14:24 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth service.
SVR resident D1062 'Western Courier' crosses Victoria Bridge with the 14:19 working from Bridgnorth on 4 October, 2012.
The Gala line-up at Kidderminster on 6 October, 2012. From the left: 33108 departing on the 09:55 to Bridgnorth, D444 (on display only), 50026 and 45133.
D1062 'Western Courier' descending Eardington Bank with the 11:15 off Bridgnorth. 6/10/12.
Recalling memories of the Salisbury to Exeter route in the 1970s, 33108 rasps past Eardington with the noon train from Bridgnorth on 6 October, 2012.
Eastleigh-based 50026 'Indomitable' passes Eardington with the 12:47 from Bridgnorth on 6 October, 2012.
A visitor from Barrow Hill, 45133 passes Eardington on 6 October 2012 with the 13:33 Bridgnorth to Kidderminster working.
In a scene evoking Scotland in the early 1960s, the SVR's green Class 20, D8059, climbs Eardington Bank on 6 October with the 12:52 from Kidderminster.
D821 'Greyhound' drifts down Eardington Bank with GWR stock forming the 14:19 from Bridgnorth on 6 October 2012.
D1062 'Western Courier' climbing Eardington Bank with the 12:06 from Kidderminster on 6 October, 2012.
33108 passes Dowles near Bewdley on 6 October with the 16:37 from Bridgnorth.
31601, owned by British American Railway Services (BARS), catches the last rays of the low autumn sun while passing Dowles with the 17:29 Kidderminster to Bridgwater working. 6/10/12.
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