Railcar Reunion Severn Valley Railway Friday 8th October and Saturday 9th October

The Railcar Association will be holding its annual convention and DMU running days on the Severn Valley Railway Friday 8th October and Saturday 9th October, in addition there will be a variety of DMUs running during the Classic Car day on Sunday 10th October.

Friday will have all passenger services run by DMUs. Saturday will be a mixture of steam and DMU passenger services. Sunday will also be a mixture of DMU and steam passenger services.

The following vehicles are lined up for the event:
 London Midland Class 150 three car 2nd generation DMU, No. 150001 Shortly to be withdrawn from LM services.
 Chiltern Railways Class 121 modified 1st generation bubble car, No. 121020 Normally to be found on the Princes Rishborough to Aylesbury branch.
 Class 122 1st generation bubble car, No. 55006 from Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, this car ran the last passenger services on the full Severn Valley line from Shrewsbury to Kidderminster.
 Derby Lightweight 1st generation bubble car, No. 79900 “Iris” from the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway. The oldest working DMU in the country.
 Class 108 1st generation five car set, Nos. 51941, 59250,52064, 56208 and 50933, resident units on the Severn
Valley Railway. No. 50933 will be fresh from a full overhaul and repaint.
 Two Wickham PW trolleys will also be on show at Highley, with a run to Arley and return on Friday and Saturday. Note these will not be carrying passengers.

A Working Timetable provides full details of all train movements, including details of the unit working each train. Use this option to purchase a Working Timetable which will be dispatched to you with your Railcar Reunion tickets. Working Timetables cost £5.00 each.

The latest information can be obtained from the DMU Group website at www.svr-dmu.org.uk
SVR site http://www.svr.co.uk/SpecialEvents.aspx

Patrick