works hard up the bank toward Kidderminster. It's tender first, but the steam and the sound are OK.

1,478k, 1m 8s

is right way round - and makes a fine sight with the last train before the sun dips behind the hills

1,611l, 1m 14s

Taw Valley - alias 34036 "Westward Ho" - canters up the bank

799k; 51 seconds

...makes light work of its 8-coach train

1,414k; 1m 04s

...bustles up the bank (to an accompaniment of the roar of a microlight engine, taking off in the adjacent field. The sound is mostly drowned out by 1501's exhaust; the shadow of the plane clips the last coach - watch carefully!)

1,282k; 55s

...but the trains still run. 34036 drifts down the bank, then a little while later 5164 hurries past in the gathering dusk

1,704k; 1m 18s