Autumn Steam Gala

For many enthusiasts, this is the highlight of the SVRSevern Valley Railway year involving operating around the clock for the whole weekend and having the presence of guest engines. One popular operation is the running of a "Breakfast train" using the Severn Valley Venturer stock.

The first Autumn Steam Galas were referred to as "Enthusiasts' Days" or "Enthusiasts' Weekends"; these normally featured home locomotives only.

Notable events

• Overnight running first took place in the 1993 Autumn Steam Gala.
• The 2000 Autumn Steam Gala was cancelled due to the boiler crisis.
• The 2007 Autumn Steam Gala took place despite the storm damage which closed the line north of Bewdley. The Gala included services running on the main line to Birmingham Snow Hill as well as between Kidderminster and Bewdley, the only unaffected section of the SVRSevern Valley Railway.
• The 2016 Autumn Steam Gala was replaced by the 'Pacific Power' event featuring visiting locomotives LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway GresleySir Nigel Gresley, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & North Eastern Railway 1923-1941 A3 PacificLocomotive with a 4-6-2 wheel configuration No. 60103 'Flying Scotsman' and LNERLondon & North Eastern Railway Peppercorn A1 PacificLocomotive with a 4-6-2 wheel configuration No. 60163 'Tornado'.

Passenger numbers

From time-to-time the SVRSevern Valley Railway publishes the number of Gala passengers, according to the method of counting these which has varied over time (for example, since 2010 documents sent to shareholders became valid as a ticket which did not need to be exchanged for travel.) The following is an incomplete record.

Year	Number of passengers	Reference	Notes
2008	7,596
2009	5,511
2010	5.775
2011	6,500
2012	6,318
2013	6,030
2014	5,901
2015	7,300		Over the Preview day and three days of Gala

See also

Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas
SVR Passenger numbers

References