Severn Valley Railway - Cambrian Autumn Steam Gala 2008 (Saturday 20.09.08)

The Severn Valley Railway's Autumn Steam Gala 2008 had the Theme of the Cambrian Lines and I was lucky enough to go this, my first SVR ASG, and boy what an event it was. The line-up included 12 Steam Locomotives, Ten of which were Great Western and Two LMS. To go along with the theme LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443 was renumbered to scrapped sister ex-Cambrian loco 46446. Originally the plan was 46443(6) would be the only LMS loco, sadly GWR 4-6-0 King Class 6024 'King Edward I' was due to visit the railway but broke down on the Torbay Express the Sunday before the event and so LMS Stainer Mougal 2-6-0 42968 was called upon and did 6024's rostered turns. The guest locomotives were 3440 'City of Truro' (Courtesy of the NRM and the GWSR), Small Prairies 5526 (Courtesy of 5526 Ltd. and the SDR) & 5542 (Courtesy of 5542 Ltd. and the GWSR) plus 9017 'Earl of Berkeley' (Courtesy of the Bluebell Railway). The full line-up for the event - GWR ex-Port Talbot Railway 0-6-0ST Saddle Tank 813 GWR 4-4-0 34xx 'City' Class 3440 'City of Truro' GWR 2-6-2T 45xx Class 'Small Prairie' Tank 4566 GWR 2-6-2T 5101 Class 'Large Prairie' Tank 5164 GWR 2-6-2T 4575 Class 'Small Prairie' Tank 5526 GWR 2-6-2T 4575 Class 'Small Prairie' Tank 5542 GWR 0-6-0PT 57xx Class 'Pannier' Tank 5764 GWR 4-6-0 78xx 'Manor' Class 7802 'Bradley Manor' GWR 4-6-0 78xx 'Manor' Class 7812 'Erlestoke Manor' GWR 4-4-0 90xx 'Dukedog' Class 9017 'Earl of Berkeley' LMS 2-6-0 'Stainer Mougal' 42968 BR(M) 2-6-0 Ivatt 2 'Mickey' 46443 as 46446 I visited with GJDobbzy and theonlyadsrulz and we were all out for the best part of 18hrs! Here is the plan I did, the other two lads did slightly different plans, but I was always with at least one of them - | 1005 - Kidderminster to Bewdley Auto Service with 5526 | 1245 - Bewdley to Arley with 9017 | 1403 - Arley to Bridgnorth with 4566 | 1510 - Bridgnorth to Hampton Loade with 7812 | 1550 - Hampton Loade to Bridgnorth Local with 46443 as 46446 | 1710 - Bridgnorth to Kidderminster with 42968 (wish 6024 was there!) It was a very enjoyable day and I am sure I will visit another SVR ASG!