Arriva Trains Wales crews are far too familiar with this section of track at Cardiff Canton. This is where service trains in both directions and shunting trains (such as mine) meet up and run out of space!

47145 sits at Gloucester looking destitute, as do the wagon and two locos in the background siding too

150014+150214 are seen paired up working 2C18 09:36 Kidderminster-Dorridge as the train nears Blakedown station

66074 heads a quite long freight (for the credit crunch) towards Blakedown

British Railways 8P 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' crosses Falling Sands viaduct on it's way into Kidderminster to start the day. This was the first of a 3 day steam gala on the SVR with 'the Duke' being one of the big attractions

LNER A4 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' named after it's designer was another star guest at the railway. Running sadly the wrong way round, it is seen shortly after leaving Kidderminster

Glorious! 71000 accelerates over the viaduct with it's train bound for Bridgnorth

The previous shot was about the reflection, this one shows a fuller view of the train crossing Falling Sands viaduct

Another BR standard 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' was a big draw at the event and is seen here emerging from the tunnel approaching Bewdley with some photographers exhaust (it's downhill from here!)

A wider view of Cromwell passing the former rifle range

Complete with authentic GWR train ID 5029 'Nunney Castle' passes the gallery of photographers as it speeds toward the tunnel

Getting in on the facial adornment act, 7812 'Earlstoke Manor' is seen near Bewdley with a 'Cambrian Coast Express' headboard on the front

Star attraction and priority shot was for 60007 heading south with the teak stock seen near Bewdley

I decided that for some of the timetable where every train ran tender first, I would pan the locomotives at a slow shutter speed. Here 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' catches the sunlight as it coasts down towards Eardington (disused) station

The only other appearance in the sun was 7812 'Earlstoke Manor' seen as it works hard up the gradient towards Bridgnorth

5029 'Nunney Castle' still with GWR type id, but this time a different one, shuts off having reached Eardington summit with a train for Kidderminster

A closer shot of Nunney Castle

Perfect timing captures A4 60007 as it climbs Eardington bank at the top end

The only pan I risked of a loco facing the correct way was 7812 'Earlstoke Manor' seen here from high ground as it snakes down Eardington bank

BR standard 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' took it's turn to be shot at speed

This was another must have photo, 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' crosses Oldbury viaduct accelerating up to Eardington summit with a Kidderminster train. If only the weather would have helped this could have been perfection

70013 'Oliver Cromwell' speeds up Eardington bank viewed from very near the summit

71000 'Duke of Gloucester' gets in on the game of wearind headboards featuring 'The Great Briton' which it hauled a part of in 2008

The crew were playing to the photographers so we all got exhaust, but really the engine could have flattened Eardington bank