November 7

A steam bus at Bridgnorth in November 1904. (Sellick Collection)

On November 7 in history.

1904 The GWRGreat Western Railway began a steam bus service between Bridgnorth station and Wolverhampton.^[1]
1970 BR(W) Hawksworth 1500 class 0-6-0PT No. 1501 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway.
1981 Filming of an item for 'Game for a Laugh' took place at Bridgnorth, featuring musician and entertainer Joe Brown firing 80079.^[2]
1982 Hartlebury Station Signal Box lost its 30 lever GWRGreat Western Railway frame from 1910, replaced a with switch panel.
1990 Bogie Bolster / Rail Carrier DB 996730 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Willesden.
1998 HE 686 The Lady Armaghdale took part in a centenary celebration at the Middleton Railway in Leeds, near the Jack Lane Works where she was built 100 years earlier.^[3]
2016 Contractors arrived on site to begin work on the redevelopment of Bridgnorth station.
2016 The Class 50 Alliance announced the purchase of 50007 Hercules, to be used primarily for mainline contract work.^[4]
2017 A shunt in Bewdley Down Yard allowed work to commence in earnest to convert GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 Bow-Ended Third No 5043 into GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car.