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Severn Valley Railway 1978

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70000 "Britannia" before being renamed by Robert Riddles

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia" before being renamed by Robert Riddles

19 May 1978



Feverish activity on the other side of "Britannia"

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia"

19 May 1978



Replica LMS Buffet Car 9655 (now 149) at Bridgnorth after repainting

19 May 1978



Replica LMS Buffet Car 9655 (now 149) at Bridgnorth after repainting

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia" ready for the ceremony

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia" being renamed by Robert Riddles

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia" being renamed by Robert Riddles

19 May 1978



80079 waits for 7819 to arrive from Bewdley while 45110 sits on the loco line at Bridgnorth

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia" after renaming

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia" comes off shed for a photocall

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia" drops onto the GWR stock in Platform 2

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia" & 7819

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia"

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia"

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia" & 7819

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia"

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia"

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia"

19 May 1978



70000 "Britannia" returns to shed

19 May 1978



80079 with a northbound train north of Eardington

30 May 1978



80079 with a northbound train north of Eardington

30 May 1978



80079 passes Crossing Cottage

30 May 1978



70000 "Britannia" waiting to depart from Bridgnorth for Bewdley

09 September 1978



70000 "Britannia" & 600 "Gordon" at Bridgnorth

09 September 1978



70000 "Britannia" & 600 "Gordon" at Bridgnorth

09 September 1978



"Britannia" at Bewdley South. 70000 was being used as pilot engine for the run to Foley Park on the 1978 Autumn Gala

10 September 1978



600 "Gordon" at Bewdley South

10 September 1978



"Britannia" at Bewdley South.

10 September 1978



"Britannia" leaves Bewdley for Foley Park

10 September 1978



"Britannia" leaves Bewdley for Foley Park

10 September 1978



"Britannia" leaves Bewdley for Foley Park

10 September 1978



"Britannia" leaves Bewdley for Foley Park

10 September 1978



"Britannia" leaves Bewdley for Foley Park

10 September 1978



47383 on the rear of the run to Foley Park

10 September 1978



47383 returns to Bewdley from Foley Park

10 September 1978



47383 at Bewdley South

10 September 1978



70000 on the rear of the train from Foley Park

10 September 1978



Bewdley station from the South Box

10 September 1978



D1062 on its first day at Bridgnorth

30 September 1978



D1062 at Bridgnorth

30 September 1978



D1062 at Bewdley

30 September 1978



The two Westerns at Bridgnorth

07 October 1978



Carrying out some maintenance using the 30t crane

07 October 1978



D1062 at Bridgnorth

07 October 1978



The paintshop under construction

07 October 1978



6443 made up for a film arrives at Bridgnorth

08 October 1978



The SVR's GWR set at Wolverhampton en-route to Pwllheli

04 November 1978



25073 leads the "Severn Valley Limited" at Wolverhampton

04 November 1978



Machynlleth

04 November 1978



Machynlleth

04 November 1978



Machynlleth

04 November 1978



Dovey Jn

04 November 1978



Dovey Jn

04 November 1978



Dovey Jn

04 November 1978



Quick Lunch Car (aka the "Clapham Buffet" at Towyn

04 November 1978



25073 at Towyn

04 November 1978



Towyn

04 November 1978



Towyn

04 November 1978



Towyn

04 November 1978



Towyn, a dmu from Pwllheli arrives

04 November 1978



Towyn

04 November 1978



Friog

04 November 1978



Friog

04 November 1978



Approaching Barmouth Bridge

04 November 1978



Barmouth

04 November 1978



Barmouth Bridge

04 November 1978



Arrival at Pwllheli

04 November 1978



25040 at Pwllheli

04 November 1978



25073 & 25040 at Pwllheli

04 November 1978



Pwllheli

04 November 1978



Pwllheli

04 November 1978



Pwllheli

04 November 1978



The set is popelled back into the station

04 November 1978



Ready to return to the Midlands

04 November 1978

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I was born in 1953 and educated at Tonbridge and Bristol University. Since then I have been employed on the Railways, most of the time in the West Midlands. From 1980 I lived in Wolverhampton, and for the last 20 years in Bridgnorth