Severn Valley Railway: Autumn Steam Gala: 15th & 16th of September 2023

NOTE: The clips in this video were recorded natively at 1080p HD, but have been rendered at a higher quality to benefit from the VP9 codec that YouTube uses for high-resolution videos. Choose the '1440p' option from the quality settings to get the best viewing experience.
_____________________________
Between the 14th and 17th of September 2023 would see the Severn Valley Railway hold their yearly Autumn Steam Gala event, the visiting locomotives this year being ex-BR built LNER B1 no. '61306, Mayflower,' ex-USATC/PKP S160 no. '2253, Omaha', ex-BR built LMS Ivatt Class 2MT no. '41312' and ex-Steel Company of Wales W.G. Bagnall Vulcan no. '401'. A selection of the regular home fleet was in operation over the four-day event, too.

Breaking the usual tradition of visiting on only one of the dates, I decided to attend both the Friday and Saturday. It was a busy two days, 5 a.m. starts each day, but definitely worth it, in my opinion.

Due to this video's length, it has been broken down into ‘Chapters’ where certain parts of the video have been labelled correspondingly.
LS = Lineside; all shots taken from stations and vantage points.
WS = Windowside; all shots taken from the droplights of passenger trains — the locomotive/s hauling it will be added too.
You can view these chapters in the video playback bar or in the description, where they’ll be listed with the timecode.

WS: '7714', Kidderminster to Bewdley, 15th of September - 0:00
LS: Bewdley station, 15th of September - 3:10
WS: '4930', Bewdley to Arley, 15th of September - 4:06
LS: Arley station, 15th of September - 8:33
WS: '61306', Arley to Bridgnorth, 15th of September - 11:58
WS: '41312', Bridgnorth to Highley, 15th of September - 23:24
LS: Highley station, 15th of September - 30:33
WS: '61306', Highley to Bewdley, 15th of September - 36:20
WS: '401', Bewdley to Arley, 15th of September - 44:14
LS: Arley station, 15th of September - 47:27
WS: '2253', Arley to Kidderminster, 15th of September - 50:07
WS: '61306', Kidderminster to Arley, 15th of September - 57:18
LS/WS: Kidderminster and Severn Valley Venturer, 16th of September - 1:01:28
LS: Bridgnorth station, 16th of September - 1:03:59
WS: '2253', Hampton Loade to Bridgnorth, 16th of September - 1:09:54
LS: Bridgnorth station, 16th of September - 1:13:34
WS: '2253', Bridgnorth to Bewdley, 16th of September - 1:18:23
LS: Bewdley station, 16th of September - 1:29:30
WS: '43106', Bewdley to Kidderminster, 16th of September - 1:35:10
______________________________
If you enjoyed this video and would like to see more of the content I produce, check out my other social media outlets. Links to them are below; feel free to follow/like them if you enjoy what I produce and want to be one of the first to see new content when I release it.

Facebook:   / kljtransport  

Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kljtran...

Current equipment as of 2023:
Photography — Nikon D3400 w/ Nikon AF-P DX VR 18-55mm lens
Video — PRIMARY: Panasonic HC-VX1 w/ Rode VideoMic Pro+ microphone
SECONDARY: Panasonic HC-VX870
ACCESSORIES: K&F Concept 62mm Variable ND Filter (For video)