Winter sun on the SVR
Santa Steam ‘16
© Geoff’s Rail Diaries 2016
Geoff’s Rail Diaries
4 December 2016
It was the kind of day we hope for every year - bright sunshine,
cold air, little or no wind. The only other thing we need is for
the locos to be facing the right way...
There were six locomotives in action today
- 7802, 7812, 34027, 34053, 43106 and
1501 - the latter on carriage-warming
duty,
though it
did make
an appearance, trundling along
towards Bewdley in the early
afternoon. Of the five, one
Manor, one pacific and 43106
were facing Kidderminster - 3
out of five ain’t bad! I’ll use the
video to record the tender-first
or downhill movements.
There would be five “right way
round” movements - the fourth
and fifth being repeats of the
first and second, at the end of
the day - the “golden hour”. The
sun was just setting behind the
hill as the last one passed - time
for home after an excellent
day’s entertainment!
