Five days visiting the Severn Valley Railway from Wednesday 18th to Sunday 22nd September 2019 for a day on Timetable A with two steam and a diesel locomotive followed by four days of the 'AUTUMN STEAM GALA'.

This year's gala had a strong Southern Railway theme with three visiting locomotives joining the Home Fleet as well as the two Summer guest locomotives.

The full line-up was as follows...
- GWR 1400-class 0-4-2T No.1450
- BR(W) 1500-class 0-6-0PT No.1501 (ran the Night Trains)*
- GWR 2800-class 2-8-0 No.2857
- GWR 5101-class 'Large Prairie' 2-6-2T No.4144 (Summer Guest from Didcot Railway Centre)
- GWR 5700-class 0-6-0PT No.7714 (ran the Night Trains)
- GWR 6959-class 'Modified Hall' 4-6-0 No.6960 "Raveningham Hall" (Summer Guest from the West Somerset Railway)
- SR Q-class 0-6-0 No.30541 (visiting from the Bluebell Railway)
- SR rebuilt 'West Country'-class 4-6-2 No.34027 "Taw Valley"
- BR(S) 'West Country'-class 4-6-2 No.34092 "City of Wells" (visiting from the East Lancashire Railway)
- BR(M) 4MT-class 'Flying Pig' 2-6-0 No.43106
- BR 'Standard 4'-class 4-6-0 No.75069
- BR 'Standard 4'-class 2-6-0 No.76017 (visiting from the Mid-Hants Railway)
- BR Class 40 'Whistler' Co-Co No.40106 "Atlantic Conveyor" (running Wednesday on Timetable A)

* - Does not feature

Shots featured are as follows...
- 1450: Eardington Halt, Eardington Bank x2, Oldbury Viaduct and Arley
- 2857: Kidderminster Town, The Unicorn Inn Foot Crossing and Hay Bridge
- 4144: Bewdley Foot Crossing, Arley, Northwood, Orchard Crossing, Foley Park and Bewdley Viaduct
- 7714: Kidderminster Town
- 6960: Bewdley South Box, Burlish Top and Kidderminster Town
- 30541: Bewdley, Victoria Bridge Climb, Arley and Highley
- 34027: Kidderminster Town, Bewdley S-Bends, Victoria Bridge Climb and Eardington Halt
- 34092: Burlish Top, Bewdley, Bewdley Foot Crossing, Arley, Hampton Loade Footpath and Eardington Bank
- 43106: Arley, Bewdley Foot Crossing and Kidderminster Town
- 75069: Eardington Halt, Orchard Foot Crossing, Bewdley and Kidderminster Town
- 76017: Kidderminster Town, Bewdley Viaduct, Arley, Eardington Bank and Hampton Loade Footpath
- 40106: Highley

The event went mostly to plan but a serious of issues on Saturday made things difficult for the railway including numerous lineside fires around Foley Park, a points failure at Hampton Loade, failures on the Q and "City of Wells" resulting in Thunderbirds 2857 and 43106 respectively to take their turns and a troublesome 1450 on a non-stop express run made things a nightmare for Saturday night but all was back to normal by Sunday morning.

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