RMweb Gold Tim Hall Posted May 30, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2023 2 hours ago, willjam39 said: Attempted suicide at a preserved railway, that isn't something I've heard of before. Is it a common issue on heritage lines as it is on the mainline? No, it was where SVR runs parallel to Network Rail immediately outside Kiddy station, so all was stopped until it was clear. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidnutter Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Before this gets into a bit of tittle tattle. The disruption on the Thursday morning of the Diesel gala was on both NR and SVR. 2 people were seen on NR by West midlands railway staff and they immediately had a block put on all lines on NR. 1 person was apprehended by the police just outside the Carriage works. 1 individual was persuaded to leave the mainline by SVR staff at which point said person made a swift getaway from staff who eventually caught up with the person who was escorted off SVR land and back to Kidderminster station where they were arrested. It was all dealt with professionally by all SVR staff liasing with local police. One of the attending officers is also a volunteer in the C&W. 4 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerzilla Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Night running is back for the autumn gala. Be amazed at how invisible oncoming trains are, and how weak the green semaphore lights. Bridgnorth is well worth a visit after dark just to see them all simmering away. No idea on guest locos yet. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 1 hour ago, rogerzilla said: Night running is back for the autumn gala. Be amazed at how invisible oncoming trains are, and how weak the green semaphore lights. This should be compulsory for anyone thinking of illuminating a model railway! CJI. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted June 20, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 20, 2023 3 hours ago, rogerzilla said: Night running is back for the autumn gala. Be amazed at how invisible oncoming trains are, and how weak the green semaphore lights. Bridgnorth is well worth a visit after dark just to see them all simmering away. No idea on guest locos yet. Fingers crossed first announcement soon, and no I've got no idea what it is either. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerzilla Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 13 hours ago, cctransuk said: This should be compulsory for anyone thinking of illuminating a model railway! CJI. I don't think the signal lights are even paraffin these says (the loco headlamps are, unless it's Taw Valley). It's just that not much light from a yellowish source gets through a blue spectacle. The red ones are a lot brighter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted June 21, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2023 13 hours ago, rogerzilla said: I don't think the signal lights are even paraffin these says (the loco headlamps are, unless it's Taw Valley). It's just that not much light from a yellowish source gets through a blue spectacle. The red ones are a lot brighter. The signal lamps are all electric. Most of the loco ones are LED in the main, although we still do have some paraffin ones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerzilla Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Is there any plan to add a second platform at Highley? It always strikes me as a bit of a bottleneck, as trains can't pass without one of them unloading passengers and shunting onto the middle road. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted June 22, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22, 2023 23 hours ago, rogerzilla said: Is there any plan to add a second platform at Highley? It always strikes me as a bit of a bottleneck, as trains can't pass without one of them unloading passengers and shunting onto the middle road. No is the simple answer. The normal timetables are not written for crossings at Highley. If a train has to unload and move to the middle road for another to pass its probably A a gala and B either a planned move or a signalman who has not read the timetable properly and about to have a big 'Please explain' 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 23 hours ago, rogerzilla said: Is there any plan to add a second platform at Highley? It always strikes me as a bit of a bottleneck, as trains can't pass without one of them unloading passengers and shunting onto the middle road. Where would you put it???!!! 🤷♂️🤦♂️ Trains cross at Bewdley and/or Hampton Loade. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted June 22, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22, 2023 5 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: Where would you put it???!!! 🤷♂️🤦♂️ Trains cross at Bewdley and/or Hampton Loade. The answer is normally into once detrained the now empty train is depending on the circumstances and direction of travel either driven or revered int the middle road. The fun for the signalman is working out what order to do it in. Trains can pass at the platforms at Kidderminster, normally in the loop at Kidder (currently not possible as the double slip is not currently signed for any passenger moves) Bewdley, Arley, Hampton and Bridgnorth. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 23 hours ago, rogerzilla said: Is there any plan to add a second platform at Highley? It always strikes me as a bit of a bottleneck, as trains can't pass without one of them unloading passengers and shunting onto the middle road. Why? It never had one in GWR days either. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 14 minutes ago, Blandford1969 said: The answer is normally into once detrained the now empty train is depending on the circumstances and direction of travel either driven or revered int the middle road. The fun for the signalman is working out what order to do it in. I meant where would a second platform go at Highley?? 🙄😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted June 22, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22, 2023 5 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: I meant where would a second platform go at Highley?? 🙄😉 Its not something that is ever going to happen. If you were, which will never happen you would loose number 2 siding. The one thing about the platform at Highley is it was originally longer, However due to subsidence was cut back, you can just see the remains at the Hampton end of the station. Better when you look down from where you stop with the loco. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 On 21/06/2023 at 21:35, rogerzilla said: Is there any plan to add a second platform at Highley? It always strikes me as a bit of a bottleneck, as trains can't pass without one of them unloading passengers and shunting onto the middle road. The big problem with the SVR is that it is single track. If one train is delayed then everything else is delayed. The answer is to make it double track. When built the railway land between Bewdley and Bridgnorth was designed to be wide enough to support a double track line. Even Knowlsands tunnel was built wide enough for double track. We can of course be 100% certain that the SVR will never be double track. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted June 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2023 Surely part of the charm of Highley is that it is a single platform? It might be inconvenient in some busy timetables but at galas it introduces the need to shunt the empty stock of the local service across to the loop, and also has the most frequent service on the Valley as trains don’t cross. To sit there between trains admiring the local countryside and infrastructure only for the peace to be broken by the tinging of the block bells heralding another arrival is to experience the railway at its best…. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 11 hours ago, Blandford1969 said: Its not something that is ever going to happen. If you were, which will never happen you would loose number 2 siding. The one thing about the platform at Highley is it was originally longer, However due to subsidence was cut back, you can just see the remains at the Hampton end of the station. Better when you look down from where you stop with the loco. Yes that was my point too, there's nowhere at Highley for a second platform to go, without extensive (& detrimental) removal of track. One detail that always makes me smile at Highley is the location of the cattle dock - right over a set of points!! Do that on a layout & the Knowitall Brigade would chortle and scoff.... not to mention that parking wagons there for loading would jam up the rest of the yard! 😁 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted July 6, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2023 As a reminder the next Kidderminster Railway museum photo fair is this coming Saturday in the old nursery which is behind the museum. Doors open at 10 am. There are around 20 dealers covering a wide range of topics, plus of course the Kidderminster Railway Museum archive is available. Such an amazing range of subjects from locomotives, stations, rolling stock, in colour as well as black and white. Hope to see some of you on Saturday. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 How's this for an Autumn Diesel Gala - seven hydraulics in action all in the same places, something that may never be repeated... http://svr.co.uk/event/autumn-diesel-bash-2023/2023-09-28/?fbclid=IwAR0csdhH5EgciBUZCXY2kbBVn7fW38l_0MX41YlLQ9hUPO-qBx7tY1unLCY 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted July 31, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2023 (edited) On 28/07/2023 at 11:45, Rugd1022 said: How's this for an Autumn Diesel Gala - seven hydraulics in action all in the same places, something that may never be repeated... http://svr.co.uk/event/autumn-diesel-bash-2023/2023-09-28/?fbclid=IwAR0csdhH5EgciBUZCXY2kbBVn7fW38l_0MX41YlLQ9hUPO-qBx7tY1unLCY A weekend of blue smoke, fast revs and everything sounding the same. 🙂 Edited July 31, 2023 by adb968008 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted July 31, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2023 On 28/07/2023 at 11:45, Rugd1022 said: How's this for an Autumn Diesel Gala - seven hydraulics in action all in the same places, something that may never be repeated... http://svr.co.uk/event/autumn-diesel-bash-2023/2023-09-28/?fbclid=IwAR0csdhH5EgciBUZCXY2kbBVn7fW38l_0MX41YlLQ9hUPO-qBx7tY1unLCY 26 minutes ago, adb968008 said: A weekend of blue smoke, fast revs and everything sounding the same. 🙂 Well not quite the same! But when was the last time there were 4 Hymeks in the same place? Ok only 3 working… An unmissable event for us oilslosher fans… 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 30 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said: Well not quite the same! But when was the last time there were 4 Hymeks in the same place? Ok only 3 working… An unmissable event for us oilslosher fans… Not half Phil, and no mistake - I imagine that whoever is tasked with putting the timetable together will do their best to get as many combinations of locos as possible, I can’t wait, got the whole weekend off and book a ticket! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted August 3, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2023 On 31/07/2023 at 13:34, Rugd1022 said: Not half Phil, and no mistake - I imagine that whoever is tasked with putting the timetable together will do their best to get as many combinations of locos as possible, I can’t wait, got the whole weekend off and book a ticket! Please post as many photos for those of us who won’t be able to make it. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 On 03/08/2023 at 06:53, Neal Ball said: Please post as many photos for those of us who won’t be able to make it. Will do Neal 😉 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Those greens look different to me (the loco colour being more authentic IMO): P.S. I am not complaining! I do appreciate the challenges the preservationists face. P.P.S Lovely pic, btw. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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