The Severn Valley Railway's Autumn Steam Gala 2012 is the UKs most popular steam gala cause it is the only gala that see's steam trains run for around 58hrs continuously from Friday morning to Sunday evening, through two nights.

The engines that were picked for the 2012 steam gala came Full 11 locomotive line up --

| GWR 0-6-0 1501 'pannier tank class number 1501 (recently returned to traffic after overhaul
| GWR 2-8-0 28xx' Class number 2857
| GWR 2-6-2T 45xx 'Small Prairie Tank' Class number 4566
OR
| GWR 0-6-0PT 57xx 'Small Pannier Tank' Class number 3650 (On Loan from Didcot Railway Centre)
| GWR 2-6-2T 5101 'Large Prairie Tank' Class number 5164
| GWR 2-6-2T 78xx 'Manor' Class number 7812 Erlestoke Manor'
| BR(M) 2-6-0 4MT Class number 43106 aka 'The Flying Pig'
| LMS 2-6-0 5MT 'Stainer Mogul' Class number 42968
| SR 4-6-2 '(rebuilt) Battle of Britain' Class number 34053 'Sir Keith Park' (owned by Southern Locomotives Ltd and on long term loan to SVR)
| LNWR 0-6-2 Coal tank class number 7799 (Owned by National trust and on loan from Bahamas locomotive society at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway)
| LSWR 4-4-0 T9 Greyhound class number 30120 (part of the National collection and based at Bodmin and Wenford Railway)
| SR 2-6-0 U Class number 31806 (on loan from Mid Hants Railway)

This is the first time since 2010s autumn gala that I have visited the SVR and after missing out on 2011s steam gala I Had to return for 2012s gala.

The trains I rode were --

10:36 Kidderminster to Highley with 3650.
12:00 Highley to Bridgnorth with 7812 Erlestoke Manor.
14:15 Bridgnorth to Bewdley with 42968.
15:20 Bewdley to Kidderminster with 5164 & 42968.

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