The story of what happened one afternoon when GWR 2-8-0 2857 caused disruption to the Severn Valley Railway timetable on 16/09/13 by being unable to release the train brakes. Due to leave Kidderminster on the 12:20 departure with the LNER teak rake, 2857 found it was unable to move the train. The first coach was suspected to be preventing the train brakes from being released and was removed, but 2857 again couldn't move the train, and so 2857 took over the LMS rake that had arrived behind Erlstoke Manor. (The 12:20 was due to cross this train at Arley but the first shot shows Erlstoke Manor as it calls at Bewdley still without having crossed the expected service).
2857 still struggled to move the LMS rake, but eventually got under way about 55 minutes late.
The train ran ok until brakes were applied to slow the train to go into platform 1 at Bewdley. The engine was unable to release the train brakes and ground to a halt straddling the turnout from the single track into the line for platform 1. On the video you can see railway staff on the ground checking the brakes on engine and train.
After around 20 minutes 2857 managed to drag the train into the platform where the service was terminated. With platform 1 out of use due the failure, platform 2 was also taken out of use to protect the fitters working around the engine.
With services in both directions already disrupted, all trains now had to use platform 3 while the fitters tried to work out why the brakes could be released on the engine, but it could not release the brakes on the train. Even the hand-propelled truck pushed by the gangers had to use platform 3, followed by class 50 'Hood'.
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