Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas

This page gives details of locomotives that have visited the SVR for galas and other special events. This is currently an incomplete list.

Early Visitors

During the 1970s SVR ‘Enthusiast Days’ (the forerunner of of the modern gala events) were run using only the SVR’s own locomotives, many of which were appearing in steam for the first time. In the 1980s, visiting locomotives began to appear. SVR News did not always link them to specific galas or enthusiast events, merely observing that they visited for a short time. Early visitors included:

1982

May 1982 (including GWR Weekend)

• 7029 Clun Castle: GWR Collett 4073 Castle class

1983

May 1983

• 30777 Sir Lamiel (SR 777): SR Maunsell N15 King Arthur class
• 92220 Evening Star: Riddles BR Standard 9F

Recent visitors

The following locomotives have appeared as guests at recent Severn Valley Railway steam galas (* indicates the loco was also on hire to the Severn Valley Railway at the time):

2005

Autumn 2005 (40th anniversary)

• 1369: GWR Collett 1366 Dock Shunter
• 1450: GRW Collett 1400
• 6619: GWR Collett 5600
• 7903 Foremark Hall: GWR Hawksworth 6959 Modified Hall
• 9351: GWR Collett 5101
• 9466: BR(W) Hawksworth 9400

2007

Spring 2007

• 4141: GWR Collett 5101 'Large Prairie'
• SDJR 88: Somerset & Dorset Fowler 7F

2008

Autumn 2008

• 5526: GWR Churchward 4575 Small Prairie
• 5542: GWR Churchward 4575 Small Prairie
• 9017 Earl of Berkeley: GWR Collett 3200 Dukedog
• 3440 [3717] City of Truro: GWR Churchward 3700

2009

Spring 2009

• 5029 Nunney Castle: GWR Collett Castle
• 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley: LNER Gresley A4
• 71000 Duke of Gloucester: BR Standard 8P
• 70013 Oliver Cromwell: BR Standard 7MT

Autumn 2009

• 5643: GWR Collett 5600
• 4936 Kinlet Hall: GWR Collett 4900 Hall *
• 41241: LMS Ivatt 2MT
• GNR 1744: GNR Gresley N2

October 2009 ‘Mini gala’

• 60163 Tornado: LNER Peppercorn A1
• GNR 1744: GNR Gresley N2

2010

Spring 2010

• 5786: Collett 5700 Pannier Tank
• 6695: GWR Collett 5600 *
• 61994 The Great Marquess: LNER Gresley K4 West Highland
• 78019: BR Standard 2MT

Autumn 2010

• 3205: GWR Collett 2251
• 3440 [3717] City of Truro: GWR Churchward 3700 City
• 3802: GWR Collett 2884
• 34070 Manston: SR Bulleid Battle of Britain
• 45690 Leander: LMS Stanier 6P Jubilee

2011

Autumn 2011

• 6024 King Edward 1: Collett King
• CR 828: Caledonian Railway McIntosh 812 3F
• 60163 Tornado: LNER Peppercorn A1
• 92212: BR Standard 9F *

2012

Spring 2012

• 47406: LMS Fowler 3F Jinty
• 60019 Bittern: LNER Gresley A4
• 69023: LNER Worsdell E1 J72
• CR 828: Caledonian Railway McIntosh 812 3F

May 2012 Victorian Locomotives weekend

• Furness Railway No 20: Sharp Stewart 0-4-0 of 1863
• No 3 Captain Baxter: Fletcher Jennings 0-4-0T of 1877
• Coffee Pot: Head Wrightson 0-4-0VBT of 1871

Autumn 2012

• 3650: Collett 5700 Pannier Tank
• 30120: LSWR Drummond T9
• 31806: SR Maunsell U
• 58926 [LMS 7799]: LNWR Webb Coal Tank

2013

Spring 2013

• 34007 Wadebridge: SR Bulleid West Country
• 30065: USA Porter dock tank
• 80072: BR Standard 4MT

Autumn 2013

• 46233 Duchess of Sutherland: LMS Stanier 8P Princess Coronation class
• SR 925 Cheltenham: SR Maunsell Schools class
• Met No 1: Metropolitan Railway 0-4-2T

2014

Spring 2014

• 1638: GWR Hawksworth 1600 Pannier Tank
• 6435: GWR Collett 6400 Pannier Tank

Autumn 2014

• SDJR 88: Somerset & Dorset Fowler 7F
• 30053: LSWR Drummond M7
• 43924: LMS Fowler 4F
• 73129: BR Standard 5MT *

See also

Steam Locomotives

Severn Valley Railway

Great Western Railway

Charles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941

Southern Railway

Richard Maunsell, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway from 1913-1923, and of the Southern Railway 1923-1937.

Robert Arthur "Robin" Riddles, Member of the Railway Executive for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering responsible for the design of the British Rail Standard Class locomotives

British Rail or British Railways

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

Frederick Hawksworth, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1941-1948

Locomotive with a 2-6-2 wheel configuration

Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Midland Railway 1909-1923, and of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1923-1933

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

George Jackson Churchward, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1902-1922

A GWR 9000 Class 4-4-0 engine, rebuilt using earlier 3300 Class 'Bulldog' frame and 3252 Class 'Duke' boiler.

Sir Nigel Gresley, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & North Eastern Railway 1923-1941

London & North Eastern Railway

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

London Midland & Scottish Railway

Henry George Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1946-1948. CME of BR (London Midland Region) 1948-1951

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

Great Northern Railway

Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Southern Railway 1937-1948

William Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

John Farquharson McIntosh, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Caledonian Railway 1895-1914

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

Thomas William Worsdell, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Eastern Railway 1881-1885 and North Eastern Railway 1885-1890

London & South Western Railway

Dugald Drummond, Locomotive Engineer, later Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & South Western Railway 1895-1905

London & North Western Railway

Francis Webb, Locomotive Superintendant/Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway 1871-1903

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.