Demonstration Goods Train

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Goods train passing Bewdley Goods Shed

A demonstration goods train is run during the Spring Gala and Autumn 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.
For the 2015 Spring Gala, the train was hauled by GWR Pannier 1501 and consisted of;