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TThis was before the LRO at Hampton Loade so a BR inspector had to be in attendance during the filming. Barrie Geens contacted me via Facebook
==Filming on the SVR==
Filming on the SVR took place on 5-6 November 1973, principally at [[Highley]]. At that time the SVR had only opened for passenger services between Hampton Loade and Bridgnorth; the LRO had not yet been transferred so a BR inspector had to be in attendance during the filming.<ref>Barry Geens, private correspondence</ref> The [[Highley Station Footbridge|footbridge]] which appears in the scenes at Highley was demolished shortly before reopening in April 1974.The train used consisted of [[GWR Pannier 5764]] (facing north) and five GWR coaches - [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|GWR Collett Brake Corridor Third 5787 and GWR Collett Composite Corridor 7285]], [[GWR 7284 Composite]], [[GWR 1087 Full Third]] and [[GWR 6562 Brake Composite]]. The train made several journeys between Highley and Hampton Loade, including "run pasts" at [[Alveley Sidings]].<ref>SVR News 31 pp. 1,15.</ref> [[LNER 223162 Mineral Wagon]] was also repainted in a fictitious Welsh private owner livery for the occasion.
A number of SVR personnel took part in the filming including station master Malcolm Broadhurst, guard Peter Jordan, signalmen John Frodsham and Jack Richards, and footplate crew John Hill and Jim Bodfish. Broadhurst and Jordan were filmed giving the 'right away' in Episode 5.<ref name=SVR203>Jordan, P., 'My Moment of Glory', SVR News 203</ref>
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