WLA Working Members Xmas Dinner!
2023-12-16 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Chef’s Kitchen Indian & Nepalise Restaurant, Kidderminster, 7 Lower Mill Street, Kidderminster, DY11 6UU
A Working Members Meeting is currently planned for Saturday 16th December at 11.00am at The Railway Museum in Kidderminster. I hope that as many of you as possible will be able to attend (a number of you have already confirmed attendance via WhatsApp but you can confirm by email to Paul Finch if you wish! It would be great for those of you that have not yet confirmed could do so.
Afterwards we will be holding our annual Christmas celebration in Kidderminster for those available and wanting to join us. A table has been booked at Chef’s Kitchen Indian and Nepalise Restaurant in Kidderminster, located near to the Premier Inn. This really is one of the best Asian restaurants I have been to and is great value.
I hope that many of you are able to join us for the Working Members Meeting and also dinner - it will be a good evening.
Best regards
Paul

WLA 50th Anniversary Celebration (Steam Museum, Swindon) Saturday, 27 January 2024
2024-01-27 13:00 - 21:00 | Steam Museum, Swindon, STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway Fire Fly Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2EY
Proposed details for this event are as follows:
Room Hire: Hawksworth Hall
Evening Meal: Harper’s Weighbridge Steakhouse
Web Sites: https://harperssteakhouse.co.uk/weighbridge/explore-weighbridge/
https://harperssteakhouse.co.uk/weighbridge/
Ticket Price: £15 per person to attend event
Meal Cost: Individually charged (not WLA account)
Capacity: Up to 200 people (anticipated 60 plus)
Web Link: https://www.steam-museum.org.uk/venue-hire-room/hawksworth-hall/
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM OUR ON-LINE SHOP HERE!
Proposed Timetable:
1.00pm to 1.45pm: Arrival of guests
1.45 to 2.00pm: Welcome (Roger Smith)
2.00pm to 2.30pm: WLA Slide Show Presentation (Paul Finch)
2.30pm to 3.00pm: The last days of the Westerns & early days of WLA preservation with Q & A (Martyn Williams)
3.00pm to 3.30pm: Tea & Coffee Break
3.30pm to 4.15pm: "Last months of the Westerns" Slide Show Presentation (Bernard Mills)
4.30pm to 5.30pm: BTC Film Show (Keith Bullock)
6.00pm to 7.00pm: Drinks in Weighbridge Bar
7.00pm to 9.00pm: Meal in Weighbridge Bar
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM OUR ON-LINE SHOP HERE!

WLA Board Meeting by Zoom (Revised date)
2024-02-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Zoom

Committee Meeting by Zoom (Revised date)
2024-02-28 19:30 - 21:30 | SVR Kidderminster Railway Museum, Station Approach, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom

SVR Open House Weekend
2024-04-06 00:00 - 2024-04-07 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
Visit the SVR for an Open House Weekend and get a closer look behind-the-scenes at areas not usually open to visitors – all included in the price of your train ticket!
Alongside a busy steam and diesel service, a whole host of attractions will be available (free of charge to ticket holders):

DMU shuttles between Bridgnorth and Highley, stopping at Eardington Station for walking tours.
Open access – Bridgnorth Locomotive Works and Yard and Bridgnorth Carriage & Wagon Yard.
Guided tours – The Engine House, Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Yard, selected Signalboxes and a diesel locomotive’s cab and engine room at Kidderminster.

Attractions will be open between 10am and 4pm (unless otherwise stated).

D1062 Table B
2024-05-04 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
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DRIVER: Darren Shelmerdine
SECONDMAN: Jack Walker

SVR Spring Model Railway Weekend
2024-05-04 00:00 - 2024-05-05 23:59 | Highley Engine House, The Engine House, Higley, Shropshire, WV16 6NZ, United Kingdom
The SVR may be more used to 12 inches to the foot scale but why not join the SVR for a celebration of slightly smaller trains during our Spring Model Railway Weekend at The Engine House, Highley.
After travelling to Highley station by heritage train (full-size, of course!) on the 16-mile, standard gauge line, prepare yourself for a feast of everything scaled down. Over 30 of the UK’s most popular displays and layouts will be on display at the SVR's Highley Visitor Centre.
No matter whether you like O Gauge, OO Gauge or N Gauge, or something even smaller, there’ll be something for you!
Entry to the Spring Model Railway Weekend at The Engine House is included in the price of your travel ticket – there’s no extra charge!
If you are interested in exhibiting your layout at the event please register your interest.

D1062 Table B
2024-05-05 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
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DRIVER: Roger Smith
SECONDMAN: Alan Berck-May

D1062 Table B
2024-05-06 00:00 - 23:59 | Worcestershire
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DRIVER: Roger Smith
SECONDMAN: Bob Dunn

SVR Spring Diesel Festival
2024-05-16 00:00 - 2024-05-19 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
Celebrating diesel preservation, hear the thrash and feel the power as things get very loud across four intensively-timetabled days of diesel traction from Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 May at the Spring Diesel Festival. Locomotives of all classes from all eras of diesel traction will bring noise throughout the Valley. The best of the varied SVR fleet will be joined by special guests – both preserved and currently in main-line operation.

ONE DAY TICKET

Pre-booked prices
Adult – £38.00 Child (aged 4-17)/Member – £25.00 Small Family (1ad+2ch) – £68.50 Large Family (2ad+4ch) – £102.50
On the day prices
Adult £42.00 and Child (aged 4-17)/Member £28.00

TWO DAY MULTI-DAY ROVER

Pre-booked prices
Adult – £61.00 – Child (aged 4-17)/Member – £41.50
On the day prices
Adult – £68.00 – Child (aged 4-17)/Member – £46.00

THREE DAY MULTI-DAY ROVER

Pre-booked prices
Adult – £85.50 – Child (aged 4-17)/Member – £58.00
On the day prices
Adult – £95.00 – Child (aged 4-17)/Member – £64.50

FOUR DAY MULTI-DAY ROVER

Pre-booked prices
Adult – £110.00 – Child (aged 4-17)/Member – £73.50
On the day prices
Adult – £122.00 – Child (aged 4-17)/Member – £81.50

D1062 Private Wedding Charter
2024-05-28 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
One return trip from Kidderminster.

D1062 ECS Move: Kidderminster to Bridgnorth
2024-06-07 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
Driver: Jon Teuwen

D1062 Family Fun Day
2024-06-08 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
Driver: Roger Smith
Secondman: Alan Berck-May

D1062 Family Fun Day
2024-06-09 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
Driver: Darren Shelmerdine
Secondman: Adrian Holeman

D1062 Driver Footplate Experience Course
2024-06-10 00:00 - 23:59 | Bewdley, Station Approach, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY12 1DP, United Kingdom
Driver: Darren Shelmerdine
Secondman: Mark Taylor & Alan Berck-May
There is nothing quite like the sight and sound of a diesel locomotive in full cry! Choose your locomotive and experience the power and surge of adrenaline as you take the controls of your favourite Class on the SVR's full day Experience, including a tour of Kidderminster Diesel Depot!The SVR's Diesel Footplate Experiences operate throughout the year utilising our heritage fleet of diesel electric and hydraulic locomotives, hauling a heavy train in which up to 10 guests travel free of charge.
What’s included:

Safety briefing before the session commences at Bewdley
Tour of the locomotive engine room, including a start-up procedure demonstration.
Travel in the cab; driving for 8 miles, and acting as second man for 8 miles. A further 16 miles is spent in the rear cab of the locomotive (only available when locomotives with 2 cabs are used), with the option to spend an additional 32 miles travelling in the train with your guests.
Travelling a total journey of 32 miles; going through Bewdley Tunnel, over Victoria Bridge and up Eardington Bank.
Tour of award-winning Kidderminster Diesel Depot
Only 4 participants per experience.
Bring along up to 10 guests who can travel in the carriages behind the locomotive free of charge.
Opportunities for photographs.
A presentation folder with a certificate and memento of your experience.

Price: £600
2024 Dates:
Monday 10 June – D1062 FULLY BOOKED
Monday 17 June – 37263
Monday 24 June – 40106
Monday 1 July – 46045
Monday 8 July – Class 50
Monday 15 July – D821
Monday 19 August – D1062 FULLY BOOKED
Monday 2 September – D821
Monday 9 September – 37263
Monday 16 September – D1062 FULLY BOOKED
Monday 30 September – Class 50

D1062 Mixed Traction & Real Ale Festival
2024-06-15 00:00 - 2024-06-16 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
Saturday, 15th June 2024
Driver: Ian White
Secondman: Jack Walker
Sunday, 16th June 2024
Driver: Roger Smith
Secondman: Mark Taylor
Special Timetable
The SVR's first-ever Real Ale & Mixed Traction Festival will see The Engine House serving up to 20 Real Ales from Pale Ales to Dark Stouts, and everything in between, from all over the country, alongside a busy service of steam and diesel trains. More information available soon.
Entry to The Engine House is included in the price of your travel ticket – there’s no extra charge!

D1062 - SVR Members & Shareholders Day
2024-06-21 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
D1062 will be operating two round trips from Kidderminster, deputising for the Warship.
Driver: Paul Walker
Secondman: Mark Taylor

D1062: 1940's Weekend
2024-06-29 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
Driver: Darren Shelmerdine
Secondman: Richard Heap
We’re in the mood for two rip-roaring weekends of 1940s fun, as the Severn Valley Railway steps back in time on 29 & 30 June and 6 & 7 July.
Join us for Step Back to the 1940s as we throwback 16 miles of railway to the home-front for an immersive 1940s experience – Brylcreem your hair, don your best hat and dancing shoes, starch your trousers, tan your legs with gravy browning, put in your victory rolls and get set for some 1940s fun!
Feel the spirit of the British home-front brought to Worcestershire and Shropshire as you travel by heritage steam train to each station, where there is always something different to discover, see, do or dance to!
Be part of the congregation at a 1940s wedding, bargain with the black market traders at our bumper vintage marketplace, learn to jive at a dance class, listen to a rousing speech from Winston Churchill and much, much more. There’ll be a few surprises along the way...
Plus, on each Saturday evening, we’ll be dancing the night away with a party on the platform at our Big Band Shows (additional charge applies).

1940's Weekend
2024-06-30 00:00 - 23:59, 2024-07-07 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
We’re in the mood for two rip-roaring weekends of 1940s fun, as the Severn Valley Railway steps back in time on 29 & 30 June and 6 & 7 July.
Join us for Step Back to the 1940s as we throwback 16 miles of railway to the home-front for an immersive 1940s experience – Brylcreem your hair, don your best hat and dancing shoes, starch your trousers, tan your legs with gravy browning, put in your victory rolls and get set for some 1940s fun!
Feel the spirit of the British home-front brought to Worcestershire and Shropshire as you travel by heritage steam train to each station, where there is always something different to discover, see, do or dance to!
Be part of the congregation at a 1940s wedding, bargain with the black market traders at our bumper vintage marketplace, learn to jive at a dance class, listen to a rousing speech from Winston Churchill and much, much more. There’ll be a few surprises along the way...
Plus, on each Saturday evening, we’ll be dancing the night away with a party on the platform at our Big Band Shows (additional charge applies).

Board Meeting by Zoom
2024-07-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Zoom

D1062: 1940's Weekend
2024-07-06 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
Driver: Ben Darby
Secondman: Alan Berck-May
We’re in the mood for two rip-roaring weekends of 1940s fun, as the Severn Valley Railway steps back in time on 29 & 30 June and 6 & 7 July.
Join us for Step Back to the 1940s as we throwback 16 miles of railway to the home-front for an immersive 1940s experience – Brylcreem your hair, don your best hat and dancing shoes, starch your trousers, tan your legs with gravy browning, put in your victory rolls and get set for some 1940s fun!
Feel the spirit of the British home-front brought to Worcestershire and Shropshire as you travel by heritage steam train to each station, where there is always something different to discover, see, do or dance to!
Be part of the congregation at a 1940s wedding, bargain with the black market traders at our bumper vintage marketplace, learn to jive at a dance class, listen to a rousing speech from Winston Churchill and much, much more. There’ll be a few surprises along the way...
Plus, on each Saturday evening, we’ll be dancing the night away with a party on the platform at our Big Band Shows (additional charge applies).

Committee Meeting at Kidderminster
2024-07-06 13:30 - 17:00 | SVR Kidderminster Railway Museum, Station Approach, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom

Working Members Meeting
2024-07-13 13:30 | SVR Kidderminster Railway Museum, Station Approach, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
Minutes of Previous Meeting, held on 16th December 2023 can be seen by clicking HERE.
WLA Working Members Meeting - Minutes 16 Dec 2023

D1062 Table C Kidderminster 40th Anniversary
2024-07-27 00:00 - 2024-07-28 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
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28th July: Driver: Bob Dunn, Secondman: TBA
29th July: Driver: Paul Walker, Secondman: Jack Walker
Timetable C is running on this day, with three steam locomotive and one heritage diesel locomotive (D1062) in service. Across our six stations, there’s so much to see, do and discover, including The Engine House Visitor Centre at Highley (open 10.30am-5.00pm).
Normal fares apply. Purchase Freedom of the Line or Short Journey tickets in advance or on the day.

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D1062 Table B
2024-07-30 00:00 - 23:59, 2024-07-31 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
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Driver: Roger Smith
Secondman: Mark Taylor

D1062 Table B
2024-08-01 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
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Driver: Roger Smith, Secondman: Mark Taylor

SVR Vintage Transport Extravaganza
2024-08-10 00:00 - 2024-08-11 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
The SVR’s vehicular spectacular bursts into life across a whole weekend, as the Vintage Transport Extravaganza welcomes vehicles from all eras to each station on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August 2024. If you like vintage vehicles, own a classic car or have always dreamed of owning a traction engine, then the Severn Valley Railway is the place to visit this August. All attractions are subject to availability. Vehicles will be on display between 10am and 4pm.
The SVR will be publishing more detailed information a bit closer to the event.

D1062 Table C (Two Round Trips)
2024-08-17 00:00 - 23:59 | Severn V​alley Railway, Station Approach, Kidderminster, DY10 1QX, United Kingdom
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Driver: Darren Shelmerdine, Secondman: Alan Coley
