June 26
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On June 26 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.
- 1861 With construction of the Severn Valley Railway still in progress, a Special General Meeting of the Severn Valley Railway Co. was held to approve the application for a Bill to construct the Kidderminster Loop Line (this early proposal never came to fruition and the Loop was eventually completed by the GWRGreat Western Railway in 1878).[1]
- 1975 DRG 64 305 commenced its journey to the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Stolberg, West Germany, where the locomotive had been in store since purchase the previous year.
- 1999 A two-day working party was organise to re-rope the 30-ton Steam Crane[2].
See also
On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history
References
- ↑ Nabarro (1971) p. 51.
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 130
