Name: 65 Years of Class 37
Start: 2025-10-02T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-05T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Severn Valley Railway

This year’s Autumn Diesel Bash celebrates 65 years of the versatile and incredibly popular Class 37, with four intensively-timetabled days, taking place from Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 October.
What to expect at the Autumn Diesel Bash? Our four day festival of Class 37s will feature guest locomotives operating a busy timetable between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth, including late-night running. If you and your family love Class 37s, this is the place to be! Ride behind as many engines as you can, visit The Engine House at Highley to break your day, and sample the finest real-ales in our pubs and on-board in the Travelling Tavern. Perfect for those young and old, experience the Severn Valley at its loudest!
Stars of the show:
- 37508 courtesy of Loram UK Ltd and Steve Beniston.
- D6948 (37248), courtesy of The Growler Group and the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway.
- 37250, courtesy of Vince Minto and The Wensleydale Railway.
- 37263, currently based on the SVR.
- 37xxx, courtesy of West Coast Railway Company (subject to availability)
We hope to have up to ten Class 37s for the event! Keep your eyes peeled…
Purchase tickets in advance and save up to 15%. Day rovers offer travel all day. Tickets can be purchased on the day from station booking offices too, but don’t include the pre-booking discount.