SVR Spring Diesel Festival 14th-17th May 2026

First two guests announced as D7018 from the WSR and a 67 provided from DB Cargo (number tbc).
More announcements this week.

https://svr.co.uk/specialevents/spring-diesel-festival/

 

Today's announcement is a 57/0 from West Coast.

 

55009 announced today.

 

A 59 announced today.

 

3 icks and 2 sublime choices!

 

A 57/3 from GBRf announced.

 

An 08 announced today

 

Where please,can’t find any references to an 08 ( or which ).

 

I'm glad I'm not going mad! I can't see any announcement.

 

Outline timetable (no loco allocations):
https://svr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SDF2026publicV1.pdf

 

Vintage Trains offering seats on the postion move for their Shakespeare Express on Sunday 17th May. 37240 will be leading and this would allow passengers to reach Kidderminster approx. 40 mins earlier than with WMR.
https://vintagetrains.co.uk/class-37-to-the-svr-spring-diesel-festival/

 

57604 announced today.

 

A Colas 56 added, expected to be 56049.
Timetable with loco allocations expected Friday

 

Timetable: https://svr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SDF-2026-Public-V1.pdf

 

West Coast 57/0 and stock works down from Carnforth on Tuesday.

EDIT - reported on WNXX to be 57010.

 

57010 and 6 mark 1s arrived 1 hour ago. The set has just been reformed.

 

Spring Diesel Festival - Additional work for 59001 & 57010

Due to a shortage of drivers for the Class 56 and the loco being required for other work on Saturday night, the following alterations to the loco workings are required:

Thursday
11.05 ex KR - 56049 replaced with 59001.

Friday
12.50 ex KR - 56049 as booked.

Saturday
08.10 ex KR - 56049 as booked.

11.05 ex KR - 56049 as booked.

16.40 ex KR - 56049 replaced with 59001.

Sunday
15.00 ex KR - 56049 replaced with 57010.

This provides additional chances to ride behind both 59001 and 57010.

from FB

 

Excellent event today.

It was great to attend a diesel gala, free of:

• idiots surfing out of windows
• loud mouthed yobs
• drunken behaviour

Today, trains were reasonably loaded but not over-crowded. A good selection of traction despite the rescheduling of the roster. Trains were running around 30 minutes late due to earlier problems with the C set at Bewdley. But overall, a great day thanks to the SVR and well behaved passengers.

 

Someone enjoyed the gala. <BJ>
(20+) Facebook

 

And thats how windows get broken.

Leaning out that far and posting across social media is a good way of getting the ORR involved.