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File:PT26_GWR_813_at_Shildon.jpg | GWR 813 at Shildon
File:Midland_Compound_1000.jpg | Midland Railway 1000 by the coal drops at Shildon
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None of the four SVR carriages originally requested appeared at the event. Restoration work on 5883 was unfinished, with its place at Shildon taken by [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR | 'Clapham' Buffet 9631]] whose restoration had taken priority.<ref name="SVRNews36">SVR News 36</ref> [[LNER 4236 Gangwayed Passenger Brake | LNER 4236]], which had arrived on the SVR in April 1975, was hastily repainted into LNER brown "imitation varnished teak" livery, providing an LNER representative in place of 10078. [[LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor|LMS 26986]] was touched in and revarnished before replacing LMS 12992.
On 28 July 1975 600 Gordon travelled light engine from [[Bridgnorth]] to Urlay Nook near StocktonRN Armaments Depot, Eaglescliffe.<ref name="SVRNews36"/> Prior to it appearing, SVR staff were able to finish off the paintwork that they did not have time to complete prior to it leaving Bridgnorth.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=410375269097159&set=gm.10151933454776989 Andy Williams' Facebook post in Unofficial Severn Valley Railway Facebook group, 17 January 2014] (Retrieved 18 January 2023)</ref> It was followed on 11 August by LMS 8233 piloting 43106 (also in steam), together with carriages LMS 26986, 'Clapham' Buffet 9631 and LNER 4236. The [[Image Collections#David_Cooke_Collection | David Cooke Collection]] includes images of 8233 piloting 43106 on the three-coach train [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/8374935276/ leaving Kidderminster station] and on the [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/8369428331/ mainline].
In the cavalcade, 600 hauled ex-Metropolitan Railway electric locomotive No. 12 'Sarah Siddons'.<ref name="railcentre">[http://www.railcentre.co.uk/RailHistory/Rail150/Pages/Page2.html Railcentre.co.uk] (Retrieved 17 January 2023)</ref>
Then future (and now former) SVR residents [[MR Midland Compound 1000 | 1000]], [[LMS Stanier Jubilee 45690 Leander | 5690 Leander]] and [[GWR 6960 Raveningham Hall | 6960 Raveningham Hall]] also took part.<ref name="railcentre"/>
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Midland_Compound_1000.jpg | Midland Railway 1000 by the coal drops at Shildon
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After taking part in Cavalcade, 43106 returned to the Railway "''under its own steam''" with 600 Gordon and the three coaches. 8233 did not return to the SVR until 6 September "''due to circumstances beyond the control of the Severn Valley Railway''", spending a week in the BR diesel depot adjoining the newly opened National Railway Museum at York<ref>SVR News 37, 38</ref>.
As part of the Rail 150 celebrations excursion trains were run from various parts of the country on Sundays in September 1975, with steam haulage between Sheffield and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Serendipitously, on 14 September [[BR Class 52 D1013 Western Ranger | D1013 Western Ranger]] (still then in BR service) hauled one such train, The Bristolian-Tynesider, from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street and return<ref>[https://features.rcts.org.uk/haulage-highlights/rail-150-cavalcade-1975/ Railway Correspondence and Travel Society] (Retrieved 17 January 2023)</ref><ref>[https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/ht1975.html 'The Railtour Files - 1975', Six Bells Junction website]</ref>.
==See also==
