This page gives details of locomotives then resident on the SVRSevern Valley Railway that have visited other railways for galas and special events, or are planned to do so for forthcoming events. The listing is currently incomplete in respect of years before 2010.
Steam locomotives timeline 1970-1979
Year |
Locomotive |
Dates |
Railway |
Event |
Reference |
Notes
|
1974 |
2047 Warwickshire |
August 1974 |
Stoneleigh |
Town and Country Fair |
[1] |
|
1975 |
600 Gordon |
August 1975 |
Shildon Wagon Works |
Rail 150 Celebrations |
[1] |
|
1975 |
48773 |
August 1975 |
Shildon Wagon Works |
Rail 150 Celebrations |
[1] |
Then numbered LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 8233
|
1975 |
43106 |
August 1975 |
Shildon Wagon Works |
Rail 150 Celebrations |
[1] |
|
1975 |
813 |
August 1975 |
Shildon Wagon Works |
Rail 150 Celebrations |
[1] |
Static exhibit
|
Steam locomotives timeline 1980-1989
Year |
Locomotive |
Dates |
Railway |
Event |
Reference |
Notes
|
1980 |
3205 |
May 1980 |
Rainhill |
Rocket 150 Celebrations |
SVRSevern Valley Railway News 56 |
|
1980 |
43106 |
May 1980 |
Rainhill |
Rocket 150 Celebrations |
SVRSevern Valley Railway News 56 |
|
1980 |
45000 |
May 1980 |
Rainhill |
Rocket 150 Celebrations |
SVRSevern Valley Railway News 56 |
|
1980 |
600 Gordon |
May 1980 |
Rainhill |
Rocket 150 Celebrations |
SVRSevern Valley Railway News 56 |
|
1983 |
686 The Lady Armaghdale |
May-Jun 1983 |
B’ham Railway Museum, Tyseley |
Tyseley Shed 75th Anniversary |
[2] |
|
1986 |
686 The Lady Armaghdale |
Summer 1986 |
B’ham Railway Museum, Tyseley |
|
[2] |
|
1988 |
686 The Lady Armaghdale |
Jul-Sep 1988 |
Crewe Heritage Centre |
Opening |
[2] |
|
Steam locomotives timeline 1990-1999
Steam locomotives timeline 2000-2009
Year |
Locomotive |
Dates |
Railway |
Event |
Reference |
Notes
|
2001 |
813 |
15-22 April 2001 |
Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2001 |
813 |
29 April – 7 May 2001 |
Didcot Railway Centre |
|
[4] |
|
2001 |
813 |
11 May – 3 June 2001 |
Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2001 |
813 |
9 June – 21 July 2001 |
South Devon Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2001 |
813 |
28-29 July 2001 |
Bristol Harbour Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2001 |
813 |
4 – 5 August 2001 |
West Somerset Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2001 |
813 |
25-27 August 2001 |
Midland Railway Centre |
|
[4] |
|
2001 |
813 |
14-16 September 2001 |
West Somerset Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2001 |
813 |
29-30 September 2001 |
Middleton Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2001 |
813 |
8-23 December 2001 |
Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2002 |
813 |
31 March – 3 June 2002 |
Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2002 |
813 |
5-30 June 2002 |
East Somerset Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2002 |
813 |
12-21 July 2002 |
Barrow Hill |
|
[4] |
|
2002 |
813 |
24 July – 6 August 2002 |
East Somerset Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2002 |
813 |
7-8 September 2002 |
Bodmin & Wenford Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2002 |
813 |
13-15 September 2002 |
Vale of Glamorgan Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2002 |
813 |
5-20 October 2002 |
East Somerset Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2002 |
813 |
5-6 November 2002 |
Vale of Glamorgan Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2002 |
686 The Lady Armaghdale |
Oct 2002 |
ZLSM, Simpelveld, Holland |
Thomas |
[3] |
First overseas visit by an SVRSevern Valley Railway based loco
|
2003 |
813 |
8-12 February 2003 |
Gwili Railway |
|
[4] |
Filming BBC Carrie's War
|
2003 |
813 |
18 April – 6 June 2003 |
DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 Forest Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2003 |
813 |
9-13 July 2003 |
Barrow Hill |
|
[4] |
|
2003 |
813 |
19-20 July 2003 |
Great Central Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2003 |
813 |
27 July- 23 August 2003 |
East Somerset Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2003 |
813 |
20-21 September 2003 |
Swindon & Cricklade Railway |
|
[4] |
|
2003 |
813 |
27-28 September 2003 |
STEAM GWRGreat Western Railway Museum, Swindon |
|
[4] |
In static steam
|
2004 |
34027 Taw Valley |
25-28 March 2004 |
West Somerset Railway |
Spring Gala |
[5] |
As 34022 Exmoor to mark the 50th anniversary of Exmoor National Park
|
2005 |
686 The Lady Armaghdale |
May-Jun 2005 |
Krefeld, Germany |
Thomas |
[6] |
|
2009 |
813 |
Spring 2009 |
East Somerset Railway |
|
[7] |
813 was retubed by East Somerset Railway volunteers at Cranmore with a further loan period to the ESR.
|
Steam locomotives timeline 2010-2019
Year |
Locomotive |
Dates |
Railway |
Event |
Reference |
Notes
|
2010 |
42968 |
23-25 April 2010 |
Llangollen Railway |
The Corwen Patriot Gala |
[8] |
|
2010 |
7802 Bradley Manor |
29 May to 6 June 2010 |
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway |
GWRGreat Western Railway 175 Gala |
[9] |
|
2010 |
813 |
29 May to 6 June 2010 |
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway |
GWRGreat Western Railway 175 Gala |
[9] |
On static display at Winchcombe
|
2010 |
7802 Bradley Manor |
10-12 September 2010 |
Swanage Railway |
|
[10] |
|
2010 |
4566 |
Autumn 2010 |
West Somerset Railway |
Autumn Steam Gala |
[11] |
|
2011 |
46443 |
January and 26-27 February 2011 |
East Lancashire Railway |
|
[12] |
|
2011 |
7812 Erlestoke Manor |
5-23 March 2011 |
West Somerset Railway |
|
[13] |
She suffered a flue tube problem on 21 March and took no further part in the Gala.
|
2011 |
7812 Erlestoke Manor |
8-10 April 2011 |
Llangollen Railway |
Spring Steam Gala |
[12] |
|
2011 |
43106 |
2-9 September 2011 |
North Norfolk Railway |
Grand Steam Gala |
[14] |
|
2012 |
686 The Lady Armaghdale |
14-15 March 2012 |
National Exhibition Centre |
The ‘Best of Britain and Ireland Travel Trade’ event |
[15] |
|
2012 |
Catch Me Who Can |
14-15 July 2012 |
Black Country Living Museum |
Newcomen Engine Tercentenary |
[16] |
|
2012 |
Catch Me Who Can |
21-22 July 2012 |
Bridgnorth |
Rally in the Valley |
[16] |
|
2012 |
Catch Me Who Can |
28-29 July 2012 |
Kinver |
Kinver Society of Model Engineers' 50th Jubilee |
[16] |
|
2012 |
7812 Erlestoke Manor |
6-9 September 2012 |
Bodmin & Wenford Railway |
|
[17] |
|
2012 |
43106 |
Autumn 2012 |
West Somerset Railway |
|
[18] |
|
2012 |
43106 |
12-14 October 2012 |
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway |
Autumn Steam Gala |
[18] |
|
2013 |
5164 |
1-3 March 2013 |
Mid Hants Railway |
Great Spring Steam Gala |
[19] |
|
2013 |
5764 |
25-27 May 2013 |
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway |
Spring Steam Gala |
|
On static display on low loader at Broadway
|
2013 |
7812 Erlestoke Manor |
30 August 30 to September 2013 |
Llangollen Railway |
Autumn Steam gala |
[20] |
|
2013 |
7812 Erlestoke Manor |
3-6 October 2013 |
West Somerset Railway |
Autumn Steam Gala |
[20] |
|
2013 |
1501 |
Autumn 2013 |
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway |
|
[21] |
|
2013 |
7812 Erlestoke Manor |
Autumn 2013 |
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway |
|
[21] |
|
2014 |
1501 |
24-26 May 2014 |
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway |
‘Back to Black’ weekend |
[22] |
|
2014 |
Catch Me Who Can |
July 2014 |
Het Spoorwegmuseum, Utrecht, Netherlands. |
|
[23] |
On display at an exhibition of early locomotives and replicas.
|
2014 |
1450 |
Autumn 2014 |
West Somerset Railway |
|
[24] |
|
2014 |
4566 |
Autumn 2014 |
West Somerset Railway |
Autumn Steam Gala |
[24] |
|
2014 |
1501 |
Autumn 2014 |
North York Moors Railway |
|
[24] |
1501 broke a spring when being transferred and was restricted to demonstration working in Grosmont station.
|
2015 |
1501 |
30 January - 1 February 2015 |
Great Central Railway |
Winter Gala |
[25] |
|
2015 |
4566 |
14-22 February 2015 |
South Devon Railway |
Branch Line weekend |
[26] |
On the first day took on the identity of out of traffic sister 4555 to recreate the first SDR workings
|
2015 |
1501 |
3-? March 2015 |
North Norfolk Railway |
March Gala |
[26] |
|
2015 |
1450 |
6-15 March 2015 |
Llangollen Railway |
The 6880 Society’s Steel Steam and Stars IV |
[26] |
|
2015 |
1450 |
2-4 May 2015 |
Didcot Railway Centre |
Steam gala |
[27] |
|
2015 |
1501 |
2-4 May 2015 |
Didcot Railway Centre |
Steam gala |
[27] |
|
2015 |
1450 |
6-7 June 2015 |
Epping Ongar Railway |
|
[28] |
|
2015 |
43106 |
13-14 June 2015 |
Great Central Railway |
|
[28] |
|
2015 |
5764 |
24 June 2015 |
Worcester Racecourse |
SVR Charitable Trust Race Day |
[28] |
On static display on low loader
|
2015 |
43106 |
25-27 September 2015 |
Barrow Hill |
Barrow Hill LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway event |
[29] |
|
2015 |
7812 Erlestoke Manor |
1-4 October 2015 |
West Somerset Railway |
Autumn Steam Gala |
[30] |
|
2015 |
2857 |
1-4 October 2015 |
West Somerset Railway |
Autumn Steam Gala |
[30] |
|
2016 |
34053 Sir Keith Park |
29-31 January 2016 |
Great Central Railway |
Winter Steam Gala |
[31] |
|
2016 |
4566 |
4-6 March 2016 |
North Norfolk Railway |
Spring Steam Gala |
[32] |
|
2016 |
43106 |
4-6 March 2016 |
North Norfolk Railway |
Spring Steam Gala |
[33] |
|
2016 |
34053 Sir Keith Park |
5-13 March 2016 |
West Somerset Railway |
Spring Steam Gala |
[34] |
For the second weekend 34053 was renumbered as 34098 and named Templecombe.
|
2016 |
4566 |
8-10 April 2016 |
Llangollen Railway |
Spring Steam Gala |
[35] |
|
2016 |
1450 |
30 April 2016 |
Didcot Railway Centre |
Steam Gala |
[35] |
|
2016 |
7812 Erlestoke Manor |
28-30 May 2016 |
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway |
Cotswold Festival of Steam |
[36] |
|
2016 |
1501 |
24-26 June 2016 |
Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway |
Steam Gala |
[37] |
|
2016 |
1501 |
Summer 2016 |
Nene Valley Railway |
|
[38] |
|
2016 |
1501 |
August 2016 |
Mid-Norfolk Railway |
‘Tanks and Tankards’ Steam Gala |
[38] |
|
2016 |
1450 |
6-9 October 2016 |
West Somerset Railway |
Autumn Steam Gala |
[39] |
|
2016 |
4566 |
6-9 October 2016 |
Great Central Railway |
Autumn Steam Gala |
[39] |
|
2016 |
34053 Sir Keith Park |
7-9 October 2016 |
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway |
Autumn Steam Spectacular |
[40] |
|
2016 |
43106 |
21-23 October 2016 |
Mid-Hants Railway |
Autumn Steam Gala |
[39] |
|
2017 |
34053 Sir Keith Park |
25-26 February 2017 |
Nene Valley Railway |
‘BulleidOliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway 1937-1948 50’ gala |
|
|
2017 |
34053 Sir Keith Park |
31 March - 2 April 2017 |
Swanage Railway |
‘Strictly BulleidOliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway 1937-1948’ gala |
|
|
2017 |
1501 |
27-30 April 2017 |
West Somerset Railway |
Spring Steam Gala |
|
|
2017 |
34053 Sir Keith Park |
1-9 July 2017 |
Mid-Hants Railway |
‘End of Southern Steam’ gala |
|
|
Diesel locomotives
Cancelled appearances
SVRSevern Valley Railway locomotives which were booked but unable to appear were as follows:
Year |
Locomotive |
Dates |
Railway |
Event |
Reference |
Notes
|
2010 |
42968 |
13-14 November 2010 |
Churnet Valley Railway |
Autumn Steam Gala |
[49] |
Cancelled due to continuing repairs and maintenance work
|
2012 |
D8059 |
11-13 May 2012 |
Swanage Railway |
Diesel Gala |
[16] |
”D8059 and D8188 - Class 20 and D821 ‘Greyhound’ - Class 42 were off to the Swanage Diesel Gala from 11-13 May but didn’t make it.”
|
2012 |
D8118 |
11-13 May 2012 |
Swanage Railway |
Diesel Gala |
[16] |
”D8059 and D8188 - Class 20 and D821 ‘Greyhound’ - Class 42 were off to the Swanage Diesel Gala from 11-13 May but didn’t make it.”
|
2012 |
D821 |
11-13 May 2012 |
Swanage Railway |
Diesel Gala |
[16] |
”D8059 and D8188 - Class 20 and D821 ‘Greyhound’ - Class 42 were off to the Swanage Diesel Gala from 11-13 May but didn’t make it.”
|
2014 |
34053 Sir Keith Park |
27-30 March 2014 |
West Somerset Railway |
Spring Gala |
[50] |
Withdrawn from the gala before travel, due to damage to its middle cylinder.
|
2014 |
D8188 |
13-15 June 2014 |
North Norfolk Railway |
|
[48] |
D8188 suffered a mechanical problem with the engine and remained at Boden Rail Engineering, Washwood Heath for repairs.
|
2014 |
7812 Erlestoke Manor |
October 2014 |
Mid Hants Railway |
|
[24] |
7812 was withdrawn due to the “overriding need for it on SVRSevern Valley Railway services at that particular time.”
|
2015 |
D1062 Western Courier |
8-10 May 2015 |
Swanage Railway |
Diesel Gala |
[51] |
Due to significant repairs "D1062 Western Courier will not attend both the Swanage Diesel Gala and the Didcot events in 2015"
|
2015 |
34053 Sir Keith Park |
9-11 October 2015 |
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway |
Autumn Steam Spectacular |
[52] |
Problems with road access at Ingrow led to SKP's trip being cancelled.
|
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 SVRSevern Valley Railway News 37
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Shaw (1998)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 David Cooke Collection
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 The GWR 813 Preservation Fund Diary of Visits & Steamings 2000 -2010
- ↑ | West Somerset Railway poster (Retrieved 30 January 2017)
- ↑ European Federation of Museum & Tourist Railways Newsletter
- ↑ The GWR 813 Preservation Fund website
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) May 2010
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway website
- ↑ Bournemouth Echo, 7 November 2010 (retrieved 26 January 2017)
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) November 2010
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) April 2011
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Railway Magazine, May 2011
- ↑ Railway Herald, 28 August 2011
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) March 2012
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) June 2012
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) October 2012
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) November 2012
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) April 2013
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) September 2013
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) October 2013
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) June 2014
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) August 2014
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) October 2014
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) February 2015
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) March 2015
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) May 2015
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) June 2015
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) October 2015
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) September 2015
- ↑ Southern Locomotives Limited website (retrieved 21 January 2017)
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) March 2016
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) February 2016
- ↑ Southern Locomotives Limited website (retrieved 21 January 2017)
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) May 2016
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) June 2016
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) August 2016
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) September 2016
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) November 2016
- ↑ Southern Locomotives Limited website (retrieved 21 January 2017)
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 RAIL magazine, 3 July 2010
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) August 2010
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) October 2010
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 RAIL Magazine, Issue 655, 20 October 2010, p. 30
- ↑ RustonRuston and Hornsby Ltd. of Lincoln, engineer and locomotive manufacturer acquired by English Electric in 1966. Also, Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby and Bucyrus-Erie (US) 906 Group website
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 Railway Herald, Issue 273
- ↑ Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) April 2014
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 Express Points Web Round UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) July 2014
- ↑ StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944 MogulLocomotive with a 2-6-0 wheel configuration Fund’s website
- ↑ SVR Unofficial Forum (retrieved 22 January 2017)
- ↑ | WLA Forum 28 January 2015
- ↑ Southern Locomotives Limited website (retrieved 22 January 2017)
See also
List of rolling stock