SVR Jubilee bash

Timetables for this 4 day event now on SVR website
https://www.svr.co.uk/whats-on/queens-platinum-jubilee/

Neil

 

Now named

 

Spent the day at Kidderminster on Thursday 2nd June for the 1st day of there Platinum Jubilee event
3 steam locos 70 Elizabeth II, 2999 Lady of Legend, 2857 and D1040 Western Queen (instead of 50035 Ark Royal)
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70 arrives into Kidderminster with plates covered for naming ceremony
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after naming ceremony
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departing with a completely rammed first service
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2999 Lady of Legend arrives at Kidderminster
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2857 first departure of the day tender first
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and back in early afternoon from Bridgnorth
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D1040 Western Queen (D1062) arrives from Bridgnorth
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Lancaster Bomber flypast
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Neil
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Great day out today, third time lucky for me to finally get 'Lady of Legend'! And what a fantastically noisey beast it is too! Good to hear it working hard away from the Didcot running line. Had a brief trip behind the 'Purple Train', but it was packed to the rafters, couldn't even get close for a decent photo. Sadly possibly my last run behind 2857 for a good while, as well as catching Ark Royal (note the specially made carriage running boards in image - nice touch). Also got lucky with the Lancaster at Arley (cropped phone image shows how low it was).
The finale was a raucous assault of Eardington behind Western Queen - very appropriate!
All the steam trains were very well loaded, the diesels less so, but good to see the Valley busy.

 

Neil,

I cannot thank you enough for mentioning the carriage destination boards. It was a little project we in the C&W wanted to do. I am cooking up some other ideas to restore our whole fleet with appropriate destination and end boards.

 

They looked fantastic, really nice touch. Pleased to hear about the future project too!

BW, Alan

 

Had a fantastic day yesterday (Friday) at this event, spirited runs behind the Saint and Western. Steam sets were busy, diesels less so but the railway put on a good show and seemed to have great take up by the general public.

 

Video from Thursdays and Fridays run with QE70 at Eardington.




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Elizabeth II appears to have struggled to get out of Highley arrived Bridgenorth 35 minutes late.

 

It had to set back and have a run up Highley bank.

 

3 good to great days passenger numbers wise. Well, Sunday was always going to be light with a poor forecast, poor weather first thing, and people back in work and school the next day.

 

Fantastic figures reported for the Jubilee event in latest SVR Branchlines newsletter. 4000 visitors, 71% of people surveyed had come to see the purple loco, 41% being first time visitors. Bravo SVR for trying something different.

 

It should be noted that most of that was Thursday to Friday.