Demonstration Goods Train

2857 with a demonstration goods train at the 2018 Goods Gala.

A demonstration goods train is often run during the Spring Steam Gala and Autumn Steam Gala and offers a rare opportunity to see, and hear, a train of loose coupled (ie. unbraked) wagons. A variety of locos are used, with typically 12 to 18 wagons. As the wagons are mostly unbraked, a brake van (guard's van), is also used at the rear. When not in use, the wagons are usually stored in Bewdley Down Yard.

For the 2017 Autumn Steam Gala, members of the public were able to ride in the brake van of the goods train.

Contents

Demonstration Trains used at Severn Valley Steam Galas

2015 Spring Gala

• GWR Pannier 1501
• Cadbury's 346 Goods Van
• GWR 80603 Ballast Wagon
• GWR 40841 Ballast Wagon
• GWR 60906 Ballast Wagon
• GWR 83831 Loco Coal Wagon
• GWR 94059 China Clay Open Wagon
• GWR 13154 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• GWR 93045 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van
• GWR 108085 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• GWR 25190 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• GWR 97398 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• GWR 105873 'Mica B' Refrigerated Meat Van.
• GWR 65801 Mogo Van
• GWR 93016 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van
• GWR 68501 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van

2018 Goods Gala

2018 Goods Gala demonstration freight train

• GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco
• GWR 68501 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van
• GWR 104621 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van
• GWR 58725 Improvised Gunpowder Van
• GWR 94059 China Clay Open Wagon
• GWR 83831 Loco Coal Wagon
• GWR 97398 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• GWR 65620 'Vanfit' Covered Goods Van
• Esso Oil Tank Wagon 2686
• GWR 93016 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van
• GWR 105873 'Mica B' Refrigerated Meat Van
• GWR 93045 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van
• Cadbury's 346 Goods Van
• GWR 25190 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• GWR 108085 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• GWR 102691 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• GWR 13154 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• WD 55577 Brake Van (fictitious number)
• GWR 17410 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van

2019 Autumn Steam Gala

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• GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco
• GWR 108085 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• GWR 2303 Fruit Van
• SE&CR Open Goods Wagon 12522
• GWR 58725 Improvised Gunpowder Van
• GWR 65620 'Vanfit' Covered Goods Van
• GWR 102691 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• GWR 13154 5 plank Open Goods Wagon
• GWR 39860 'Conflat' Container Wagon
• GWR 68501 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van

See also

Goods Wagons