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Preparations for filming began the week before. At Kidderminster parts of the concourse were repainted from their normal GWR colours into maroon, while posters and other props appeared referring to Basilwether station. The station buildings at Arley were repainted green with the station sporting a 'Ferndell' running-in board.
On 17 July, the final day of filming, an early morning train ran from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth while a helicopter took aerial shots. Although set in 1884, the train was an early 20th century consist of [[GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco|2857]] with [[Carriages#Set_Toplights|the Toplights set]] of [[GWR 3930 Full Third|3930]], [[GWR 9055 Nondescript Saloon|9055]], [[GWR 6913 Brake Composite|6913]] and [[GWR 9103 Nondescript Saloon|9103]]. It did not include [[GWR 1257 Siphon G Bogie Milk Van|'Siphon G' 1257]] which was part of the set used for filming at Arley.
The SVR was contractually bound not to publicise the filming or the film being shot, although photos from publically publicly accessible viewpoints showed the changed station names and allowed the film to be identified. In June 2020, 'First look' articles about the Enola Holmes film, including still images, first appeared in the press and on YouTube. [https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2020/06/24/USAT/c4a64052-af73-454f-908c-a83569726a1a-EH-02300.jpg?width=1080&quality=50 One of the images] shows Enola, Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes on a station platform in front of a GWR toplight carriage. The photograph was taken on Platform 1 at Arley (features such as the Station Bridge and reflections of the station buildings and signal can be identified), with the carriage being [[GWR 3930 Full Third|3930]].
Further pre-release publicity in August 2020 also showed information to be in the public domain, and to be published.
