The A4 brews at Bewdly

The Duke of Gloucester at point where the two lines diverged

Erdington Bank

The abutments of the Tenbury branch bridge over the Severn near Northwood

Bridgenorth had several locos in steam on standby whilst the shed finnally gets doors fitted

71000 runs round at Bridgenorth

This engine now sounds most continental with a turo wining all day and a slow dull thub from the damped down compressor exhaulst

The left hand cylinder showing the shaft drive to the centre cylinder cam box

A Bulied boiler all stripped

Close up of the right hand cam box area showing the plunger for the inlet valve and its head

Where does the Duke whistle?

Oliver Cromwell caught me out and so was shot from Bewdley platform end, slipping away

This could be a train comeing from Tenbury.

In reality 5164s local was swapping platforms prior to departure.

The local climbs between the safari park and the Tunnel

The Duke comes out of the tunnel

The blue A4 only made one forward run in daylight..

..and then it was dull..

..climbing up to the tunnel

The Local passes again

The other visitor was Nunney Castle with the collet set

The driver of the Duke gets his head arround all the gadgest from electric lights to air breaks

Above the carden shaft and gearbox on the firemans side is the stones Turbo generator for the electrics, mostly safety devices for main line operation

The right side cam box and valve heads. The second shaft move the sleaves that move position the cams for direction and cutt off control

Not the best hand held, but an impression of the atmosphire at Kidderminster that evening with the Duke ready to go and the A4 arriving.

A slightly late arrival on Sunday morning already had the A4 underway, but here she is from where I got up the path by Bewdley South Viaduct

I was however early engouh for this out comming out of Northwood, haveing been foxed by it running early the previous day

5029 speeds towards Bewdley near Old Northwood cottage with the express milk syphons

OK, as it was running early, it still took me by suprise and so I wasn't quite ready with this one, but it has a nice panned effect.

Nunney Castle comes off the syphons in platform 2

Heading to the south yard to revers back down to the Tenbury sideing.

Erlstoke gets a polish

The Supper Shine Mannor in the rock siding

Morning atmosphire at Bewdley

46443 was steaming on the Bewdley Pit

The driver of the A4 gets squashed in by the new air brake stand

The A4s speed medel, the engine was also the 100th Gresley pacific, so was named after her designer