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To see former SVR locos that have since left, see the list of [[Former Residents]]. ...be on hire to other railways. For up to date details of availability, see the [http://www.svr.co.uk/ SVR website].

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[[File:Engine_House_20210718.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The view of the Engine House as a Bridgnorth bound train approaches Highley]] ...e:SVR Engine Shed - geograph.org.uk - 864988.jpg|thumb|300px|right|View of The Engine House from Highley Station (Wikimedia Commons)]]

Significant events in the history of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation between 1970 and 1979 are set out below. The SVR in preservation began operating between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade in

...istopher Rowlands was also credited as the film editor for God's Wonderful Railway. ...nist is a boy in his early to mid-teens, who then reappears as an adult in the following story.

...more than 200 built to order and requisitioned more than 50 others, before the cheaper WD Austerity 2-8-0 was introduced in 1943. ...occasional use on [[Alveley Colliery]] coal trains during the last days of the Severn Valley Branch. Classmate 48531, then based at Wolverhampton's Oxley

...lway|Longmoor Military Railway]] and post-war with BR(W).<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref> ...of defective steelwork and the return of the van to a CONE in black livery with a red cross.<ref>SVR News 59</ref>

==Carriages formerly at the SVR but later moved elsewhere== ...333 || GWR Hawksworth Full Brake|| 1985 || || Didcot || Purchased by the [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund|EMF]] for use as a stores and Workshop at Bewdley. Lef

...was WD(S) 1021, and first wagon number was WD 11035, later ARMY 49010.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> ...to the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Bedenham, Gosport.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

...ntil 1981, when it suffered a catastrophic engine failure. It was scrapped the following year. ...l locomotive for diesel fitters and engineering training.<ref name=SB6>SVR Stock Book Sixth Edition</ref>

'''Ron Gardner''' was an SVR stalwart, Chairman of the [[Severn Valley Railway Association]] and an [[SVR(H)]] Director. ...iastic cleaner, fireman and driver there, working a wide variety of routes with an equally wide variety of locomotives, steam at first and diesels later.

...71 and 1985. They arrived on loan from the Army's Transport Trust together with [[600|LMR 600 Gordon]]. ...ef>SVR News 21, pp 10-11 (History of carriages credited to David Wigley of the Southern Locomotive Preservation Company).</ref>

The table below lists all steam locomotives which have been present on the SVR in preservation. These principally comprise: ...by the SVR|Hired locomotives]] (an asterisk after the hire date indicates the locomotive also took part in a gala)

...below lists all diesel and electric locomotives which have been present on the SVR in preservation. These principally comprise: ...by the SVR|Hired locomotives]] (an asterisk after the hire date indicates the locomotive also took part in a gala)