Railway Reminder | Mid Hants Railway - Autumn Steam Spectacular - October 2013
Channel: Green Aspect Videos
Date: 07/08/2022

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The Mid Hants Railway's Autumn Steam Gala of the 25th - 27th October 2013 certainly lived up to the billing of 'Autumn Steam Spectacular'. The Gala would see a trio of Pacifics make up the guest list, with motive power coming from BR, LNER and the Southern Region.

BR Standard 7 No. 70000 'Britannia' and LNER A1 No. 60163 'Tornado' had previously starred at the same event back in 2011, and the pair would visit the Watercress Line for the second time in three years! Joining the 'Brit' and 'Tornado' was SR Rebuilt Westcountry Pacific No. 34046 'Braunton'. The Light Pacific was planned to appear at the 'Autumn Steam Gala' back in 2009, however the loco was withdrawn from the line-up due to ongoing repairs to its tender.

A quintuplet of locomotives made up the home fleet for the 2013 event, consisting of LMS Black Five No. 45379, SR Lord Nelson Class No. 850 'Lord Nelson', SR U Class No. 31806, SR V Schools Class No. 925 'Cheltenham' and SR Unrebuilt Westcountry Pacific No. 34007 'Wadebridge'.

There is also a cameo appearance from Class 37 No. D6836 (37905).

The lineup for the event:

Visiting:

- BR Standard 7 4-6-2 No. 70000 'Britannia' (Jeremy Hosking)
- LNER A1 4-6-2 No. 60163 'Tornado' (A1 Steam Locomotive Trust)
- SR Rebuilt Westcountry 4-6-2 No. 34046 'Braunton' (Jeremy Hosking)

Resident:

- LMS Black Five 4-6-0 No. 45379
- SR Lord Nelson Class 4-6-0 No. 850 'Lord Nelson'
- SR U Class Mogul 2-6-0 No. 31806
- SR V Schools Class 4-4-0 No. 925 'Cheltenham'
- SR Unrebuilt Westcountry 4-6-2 No. 34007 'Wadebridge'

This video captures the action on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th October 2013, featuring some rather difficult filming conditions in the process, with heavy rain and strong winds on a number of occasions!

The footage is shown in the 16:9 aspect ratio.

Chapters are used to split the different dates, whilst captions are also provided to include details of locations and locomotives.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:21 Saturday 26th October
15:21 Sunday 27th October

The trio of visiting locomotives are in operation as of 2022, and all three can be seen on the main line. 34046 'Braunton' and 70000 'Britannia' are part of the Locomotive Services Limited pool of steam engines, with the latter returning to traffic at the beginning of 2022 following an overhaul at Crewe. Meanwhile, 60163 'Tornado' has recently returned from an overhaul, and can also be witnessed on the main line, hauling charters for a number of different tour promoters. Currently stored at the Locomotive Storage Ltd's facility at Margate is 45379, which was taken out of service in 2018. The loco is now on display in Hornby's One:One Collection, which is also part of the aforementioned site. 850 'Lord Nelson' and 34007 'Wadebridge' were withdrawn at the end of their boiler tickets in 2015 and 2016 respectively, and the pair are at different stages of their overhauls at Ropley. 925 'Cheltenham' is still in operation on the Mid Hants Railway, whilst 31806 is now in active service on the Swanage Railway. In 2018, the 'U-Boat' became registered for main line use, hauling a couple of excursions in Southern England.

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