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<div>This is an incomplete list of film, TV and similar productions filmed on the railway.<br />
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== Film ==<br />
* [[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]] (1976)<br />
* [[Candleshoe]] (1977)<br />
* [[Silver Blaze]] (1977) <ref name="EH">Display board in [[The Engine House]]</ref><br />
* [[The Thirty Nine Steps]] (1978)<br />
* [[Hanover Street]] (1979)<br />
* [[The Weather In The Streets]] (1983) <ref name="EH" /><br />
* [[Howards End]] (1992) <ref name="EH" /><br />
* [[The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain]] (1995)<br />
* [[The Chronicles Of Narnia]] (2005) <ref name="EH" /><br />
* [[Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows]] (2011)<br />
* [[The Black Prince]] (2016)<br />
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== TV Drama and Comedy ==<br />
* [[Doctor in Charge]] (1972)<br />
* [[The Incredible Robert Baldick]] (1972)<br />
* [[Carrie's War]] (1973)<br />
* [[The Signalman]] (1976)<br />
* [[Survivors]] (1977)<br />
* [[God's Wonderful Railway]] (1980)<br />
* [[The Good Soldier]] (1981)<br />
* [[L For Lester]] (1982)<br />
* [[Doctor Who (Black Orchid)]] (1982)<br />
* [[Sorry!]] (1983)<br />
* [[The Fasting Girl]] (1984)<br />
* [[The Box Of Delights]] (1984)<br />
* [[The District Nurse]] (1984)<br />
* [[Lost Empires]] (1986)<br />
* [[The Singing Detective]] (1986)<br />
* [[The Halt]] (1987)<br />
* [[A Wreath of Roses]] (TV movie 1987)<br />
* [[Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington]] (TV movie 1987)<br />
* [[Knights of God]] (1987)<br />
* [[Hannay]] (1988)<br />
* [[Rosie and Jim]] (1991)<br />
* [[Virtual Murder]] (1992)<br />
* [[The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries]] (1993)<br />
* [[Oh, Doctor Beeching!]] (1995-97)<br />
* [[ChuckleVision]] (1996)<br />
* [[Cider With Rosie]] (TV movie 1998)<br />
* [[Goodnight Mister Tom]] (1998)<br />
* [[Woes Of The Departed]] (2007)<br />
* [[Dancing on the Edge]] (2013)<br />
* [[Decline and Fall]] (2017)<br />
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== TV News and Documentary ==<br />
*'''Midlands News''' (ATV 1962). "Severn Valley Line - proposed closure". Forty second clip with no sound. Views of Bridgnorth and Bewdey. Available to watch on [http://www.macearchive.org/films/midlands-news-08111962-severn-valley-line-proposed-closure Media Archive for Central England].<br />
*'''Midlands News''' (ATV 1966). "Stretch of Shropshire Railway Line Purchased". Thirty second clip with no sound. Various views around Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade. Available to watch on [http://www.macearchive.org/films/midlands-news-04021966-stretch-shropshire-railway-line-purchased Media Archive for Central England].<br />
*'''ATV Today''' (ATV 1968). "River Severn Day Four". Six minute film of Barri Haynes interviewing Christopher George, then secretary of the Severn Valley Railway Society. [http://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-31101968-river-severn-day-four Media Archive for Central England].<br />
*'''ATV Today''' ( ATV 1968). "Kidderminster Railway Station". Short film with no sound showing views of Kidderminster station building shortly before its demolition. Available to watch on [http://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-16021968-kidderminster-railway-station Media Archive for Central England].<br />
*'''ATV Today''' ( ATV 1972). Eight minute news article on the Severn Valley Railway featuring an interview with [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]]. Available to watch on [http://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-12041972-severn-valley-railway Media Archive for Central England].<br />
*'''Horizon''' (BBC 1972). Documentary on railway accidents, filmed over 5 days at Bridgnorth, Hampton Loade, Bewdley and Bewdley tunnel, featuring 45110, [[GWR 2251 Class 3205 | 3205]], 46443, 2047 Warwickshire and 686 The Lady Armaghdale. The latter 2 locations were still BR property at the time<ref name="SVR24">SVR News 24</ref>.Available to watch on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9Ey5VLJr4 Youtube].<br />
*'''ATV Today''' (ATV 1976). Six minute film featuring Chris Tarrant firing one of the 'Austrian locomotives' between Bewdley and Bridgnorth. Available to watch on [http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-severn-valley-railway-1976/ BFIplayer].<br />
*''' Steam upon Severn ''' (BBC 1977). A half hour film on the early days of the SVR, produced by Chris and Avril Rowlands who were also involved with [[God's Wonderful Railway]]. [http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6d968f94 BFI program details]<br />
*'''The Great Railway Cavalcade: Rocket 150 at Rainhill''' (BBC 1980). The cavalcade included SVR locos. 59 minute video on [http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p011vfz4/the-great-railway-cavalcade-rocket-150-at-rainhill#group=p01277qd BBC iPlayer]<br />
*'''Awayday''' (BBC, 1989), Railway and wildlife artist, David Shepherd, visits the SVR with actor, Peter McEnery. Available to watch on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsFevHwmWoo YouTube]<br />
*'''Going Loco''' (Channel Four, 1990), "Return to Bewdley" episode. Twenty Five minute documentary on the SVR. Available to watch on YouTube. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N28vB1Ggvkk Part 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjAishg9oBY Part 2]<br />
*'''Off the Rails''', Season 1, Episode 4 (Discovery 2001). Presented by Vince Henderson, the episode featured the 2000 Thomas event, the restoration of [[GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco | 2857]] (described as a pannier tank!), [[GNR 2701 Composite Corridor | GNR 2701]] and newly restored [[GWR 60906 Ballast Wagon]]. [http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cpy69/off-the-rails--s1-e4-severn-valley Radio Times Episode Guide]<br />
*'''Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain''', Episode 9 (BBC 2005). Includes a visit to the SVR workshop and boiler shop. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078wjp BBC programme guide]. <br />
*'''Countryfile''', (BBC 2014). Six minute article featuring Jules Hudson at Falling Sands Viaduct and Kidderminster Carriage Works. Available to watch on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpfnLJmaY4M YouTube].<br />
*'''Ian Hislop Goes Off the Rails''', (BBC 2008). Ian Hislop looks at the background and impact of the 1963 Beeching Report. SVR locos featured included [[GWR Small Prairie 4566 | 4566]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00drtpj BBC programme guide]<br />
*'''Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection''', Season 1, Episode 14 (BBC 2009). Featured the SVR.<br />
*'''The Golden Age of Steam Railways''', Episode 2 (BBC 2012). Programme about the early days of preservation, featuring the SVR and Worth Valley. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pdsy6 BBC programme guide]. A 2 minute extract featuring [[GWR 2251 Class 3205 | 3205]] is on [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012mq7r BBC iPlayer].<br />
*Guy Martin's '''How Britain Worked''', Series 1, Episode 1 (Channel 4 2012). Guy helps to overhaul a steam locomotive. [http://www.channel4.com/programmes/how-britain-worked/episode-guide Channel 4 programme guide], also on 4-OD.<br />
*Michael Portillo's '''Great British Railway Journeys''', Series 4, Episode 4 'Dudley to Bridgnorth' (BBC 2013). [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pwbc7 BBC programme guide].<br />
*'''Escape to the Country''', (BBC 2014) Series 15, Episode 22, Hampton Loade Station (approximately 15 minutes in) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04nzk1z/escape-to-the-country-series-15-22-shropshire BBC programme guide]. <br />
*'''Trainspotting live''' (BBC 2016) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03xx9tx BBC programme guide]<br />
*'''Railways: Making of a Nation''', (BBC 2016) Episode 6 'A touch of Class [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07xn9fv BBC programme guide].<br />
*'''Flying Scotsman from the footplate''' (BBC 2016) A 60-minute trip from the driving seat of the Flying Scotsman in a one-off observational documentary on a journey from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086kn87 BBC programme guide].<br />
*'''Victorian Bakers''' (BBC 2016) Episode 4, 'Christmas' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086kdzs BBC programme guide]<br />
*'''Escape to the Country''', (BBC 2017) Series 18, Episode 13 [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09g02gn/escape-to-the-country-series-18-13-worcestershire BBC programme guide].<br />
*'''Do You Know?''' (BBC 2018) Series 2, Episode 8 'Train Tracks and Paint' broadcast 12 April 2018. CBeebies programme featuring [[1501]] and [[Bewdley North signal box]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09zh8b9 BBC programme guide].<br />
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==TV Commercials and other==<br />
* Birds Eye 'Meal for One' commercial, a parody of 'Brief Encounter' filmed at Bridgnorth (1971)<ref>SVR News 20</ref> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eazxSB0bN94 YouTube] <br />
* Mackintosh’s Toffee Crisp commercial<ref name="SVR24" /> (1971), featured 686 The Lady Armaghdale<br />
* History of Railways Magazine commercial<ref name="SVR24" /> (1971), filmed at Bridgnorth featuring 46443<br />
* Walls’ Ice Cream commercial<ref name="SVR24" /> (1972), filmed at Bridgnorth featuring [[GWR 2251 Class 3205 | 3205]], 46443 and 686 The Lady Armaghdale<br />
* TV advert for Swan Vesta matches (1980s) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBL71A3XRc0 YouTube]<br />
* Game for a laugh<ref name="EH" /> ([[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1981 |1981]]), item featuring musician and entertainer Joe Brown firing [[BR Riddles 4MT 80079|80079]]. <br />
* [[Tales_from_the_Severn_Valley#Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch_aka_Highley | Falstaff Cigars commercial]] (1982)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYbhqmN4BAc Youtube]<br />
* 'Say You're Wrong' by Julian Lennon, music video, filmed at Highley featuring 5690 (1984) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NHEV7VH5EA YouTube]<br />
* Surprise Surprise (1984), item for Cilla Black’s LWT series featuring 6960 Raveningham Hall being driven and fired<ref>SVR News 72</ref>.<br />
* Wish You Were Here (BBC TV 1995), feature on ‘holidays for the disabled’ in Shropshire, including locomotive 4566 and newly converted wheelchair-friendly coach [[BR 80776 Brake Gangwayed | 80776]] <ref>SVR News 113</ref>.<br />
* Blue Peter (BBC TV 1995), feature on the SVR Steam School with presenter Diane Louise Jordan<ref>SVR News 117</ref>.<br />
* 'The Boxer' by Whalebone, music video shot at [[Eardington]]<ref>Eardington Halt [sic] featured as a location for a music video for acoustic trio Whalebone's version of the Simon & Garfunkle classic The Boxer (Heritage Railway 6 July 2011, p. 22)</ref> (2011) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FgtP7tpg1A YouTube]<br />
* 'If You Were My Boyfriend' by The Yearning, music video (2014), filmed at Bridgnorth featuring 5643 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm5PT0QuoTs YouTube]<br />
* 'Your Roots, Your Bones' by Les Étoiles, music video (2014), filmed from the train between Arley and Bridgnorth [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=40&v=z1e3aeEidQE YouTube]<br />
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== Official and promotional videos ==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV8Tosivq9I SVR Volunteer video] (2007)<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-U_7Q2ep9A Official promotional video (2012)]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F4g-CEusuM SVR TV advert (2013)]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bheh6orMshQ "Severn Valley Railway does The Italian Job" 60s weekend promotional video (2015)]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwLy3TRLsEo "Severn Valley Railway, Sounds of the 60's weekend promo film" (2015)]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmcArUJ_qbA&feature=youtu.be "Severn Valley Railway 2016 part 1 of 4" (2016)]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NthwemK4LN0 "Bridgnorth Station, Building for the Future - Share Offer, Severn Valley Railway" (2017)]<br />
*[https://vimeo.com/239837567 "How the SVR Charitable Trust is supporting the Railway" (2017)]<br />
*[https://vimeo.com/246430958 "What partnership with the Severn Valley Railway can mean for your business" (2017)]<br><br>'''See also'''<br />
*The [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoaT_geZ6GwRscQgOlchh_w SVR's YouTube channel]<br />
*[http://www.svr.co.uk/ShowVideos.aspx?id=1 Video gallery on www.svr.co.uk]<br />
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==Other unverified==<br />
These items will be included above when verified or additional information found.<br />
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*From the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Valley_Railway Wikipedia entry for the SVR]: Bridgnorth station was used in 1981 as part of a sketch for the TV comedy Not the Nine O'Clock News. In the sketch, Mel Smith's character observes a steam train passing by without stopping and refers to it as an "old chuffer", forming part of a sequence of puns around the protagonist's wife.<br />
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*From the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidderminster_Town_railway_station Wikipedia entry for Kidderminster Town]: In spring 2012, the station was a filming location of the fantasy adventure movie "The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box"<br />
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*From 'Severn Valley Railway memories' by Christopher Magner, p47 (Self published, 1997, no ISBN number) "Good publicity was obtained [in 1966] when BBC television made a film on the preservation scheme for the Today programme"<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation]]<br />
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<div>[[File: Arley_Signal_Box_20150426.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Arley Signal Box]]<br />
A signal box situated at [[Arley]] station, working to [[Bewdley North signal box|Bewdley North]] and [[Highley signal box|Highley]] using [[Single line working using tokens|ETT regulations]] in both directions. It can be switched out if trains are not required to cross.<br />
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== Description ==<br />
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The current signal box was reconstructed from 1974 to 1976 approximately on the site of the original signal box, which had been demolished by SVR volunteers at a time when extension southwards from Hampton Loade seemed unlikely. The frame, which has 30 levers, is originally from [[Kidderminster_Station_signal_box_(c.1882-1973) | Kidderminster Station signal box]] (not to be confused with the post-preservation [[Kidderminster_Station_signal_box_(1987_onwards) | Kidderminster Station signal box]]), supplemented by specialist parts from Severn Beach and Gelli Las (Mid Glamorgan)<ref>SVR News 100, "Twenty years of Severn Valley signalling", John Phillips</ref>. The box superstructure was moved by road from Yorton, on the LNWR route between Shrewsbury and Crewe, to Hay Bridge, from where it was moved by rail to Arley. The signal box was fully commissioned on April 10th 1976.<br />
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At present 23 levers are in use, with 6 spaces and one spare lever. The repeater for signal number 6, the only stop signal not visible from the box, originates from the Didcot Newbury & Southampton branch of the GWR.<br />
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== Operational Features ==<br />
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Arley is one of two signal boxes on the SVR that can be switched out, the other being [[Hampton Loade signal box|Hampton Loade]]. When the box is switched out the Down Loop cannot be used. Arley and Hampton Loade are also the only signal boxes on the SVR that are 'crossing places' as per the ETT regulations.<br />
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Unusually, when the box is switched out the yard can still be accessed, by operating the signal box lever frame as a ground frame. An intermediate token instrument is provided to enable trains to be locked into the yard. One side effect of this operation is that whilst the yard is being shunted, the Highley and Bewdley North signalmen are unable to communicate by bell signal.<br />
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Arley is the only SVR signal box the electrically locked levers of which are operated by the lever catch handles, so the signalman does not have to push a separate release plunger.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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Before preservation, the original signal box was a mirror image of the still-extant signal box at Highley, and had a 14-lever frame with no switching out facility. Other minor changes include two stacked disc signals at the toe of the yard points as per normal GWR practice, and a bracket for entry to the yard at the up home signal. A diagram is available [http://www.signalbox.org/diagrams.php?id=669 on the signalbox.org website].<br />
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A major factor in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abermule_train_collision collision at Abermule in 1921] was that the tablet instruments which controlled the single line working were installed in the station building rather than the signal box, a practice condemned by the inspecting officer Colonel Pringle.<ref>Red for Danger, L.T.C. Rolt</ref> Despite this, the token instruments at Arley were installed in the station booking office, only being moved to the signal box by the SVR in preservation.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989), pp. 134-135.]]</ref> <br />
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Arley signal box closed under BR ownership on Sunday 28 June 1964. The Train Register recording the closure was formerly on display in [[The Engine House]] at Highley.<br />
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File: Train_Register_Arley_20090626.jpg | Arley Train Register<br />
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Following closure, parts of the lever frame and much of the other equipment was used to reinstate [[Bridgnorth signal box]] in 1969<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989), p. 200.]]</ref>. An element of these parts' removal by SVR volunteers was, ironically, the demolition of the Box, meaning an entire new Box and frame had to be sourced when the SVR extended southwards (which seemed extremely unlikely in 1969 when demolition occurred). A fragment of the original interlocking is in the care of [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] and provides an interesting demonstration on the operation of tappet interlocking.<br />
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After preservation, Arley became the first SVR signal box with worked distant signals.<br />
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== Diagram ==<br />
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[[File:Arley box diagram.gif|800px]]<br />
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== List of levers ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;" | No. !! style="text-align:left;" | Colour !! style="text-align:left;" | Description !! style="text-align:left;" | Lever Sequence<br />
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| 1 || Yellow || Down Main Distant || 2 3 6 <br />
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| 2 || Red || Down Main Home || 11 10<br />
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| 3 || Red || Down Main Start'g || <br />
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| 4 || Red || Down Main To Down Loop Home || 10<br />
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| 5 || Red || Down Loop To Down Main Start'g || 16<br />
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| 6 || Red with white band || Down Main Adv'c'd Start'g || <br />
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| 7 || || (space) ||<br />
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| 8 || || (space) ||<br />
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| 9 || || (space) ||<br />
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| 10 || Blue || F.P.L. For 11 || NIL or 11<br />
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| 11 || Black || Down Main To Down Loop Facing / Down Main ||<br />
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| 12 || Blue/Brown || Switch'g Out Lever || 11 10 15 17; Notch 3: 1 25<br />
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| 13 || Red || Disc for 14 || 14<br />
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| 14 || Black || Up Main Facing / Sidings || <br />
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| 15 || Blue || F.P.L. for 14 || NIL or 14<br />
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| 16 || Black || Up Main Facing / From Down Loop ||<br />
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| 17 || Blue || F.P.L. for 16 || 15 or 16<br />
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| 18 || Red || Disc at 14 || 15<br />
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| 19 || Red || Up Main To Sidings Home (Disc) || 14 15 17 18<br />
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| 20 || || (space) ||<br />
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| 21 || || (space) ||<br />
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| 22 || || (space) ||<br />
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| 23 || Red with white band || Up Main Start'g || 11<br />
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| 24 || Red || Up Main Home || 15 17 18<br />
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| 25 || Yellow || Up Main Distant || 24 23<br />
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| 26 || White || (spare) ||<br />
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| 27 || Blue/Brown || Release Lever For 14 When Switch'd Out || 12<br />
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| 28 || || (space) ||<br />
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| 29 || || (space) ||<br />
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| 30 || || (space) ||<br />
|}<br />
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==Signalling controlled from the box==<br />
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The Down Home signals post, bracket and assemblies were originally the Up From Shrewsbury Inner Home signals at Bewdley North. It was originally located at the south end of [[Wribbenhall Viaduct]], somewhat further south than its modern replacement, but was removed from there on 4 January 1976 due to rot in the lower part of the post.<ref>\SVR News 40</ref> These are wooden post GWR design signals as is the Up distant. The Up distant (signal 25 on the diagram above) is the only signal on the SVR included in the [[Wyre Forest District Council Local Heritage List]].<ref>[http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/planning-and-buildings/conservation-areas-and-listed-buildings/listed-buildings/local-heritage-list/local-heritage-list-for-the-severn-valley-railway.aspx WFDC Local heritage list]</ref><br><br />
All other signals at Arley are of late GWR/BR(W) steel tubular post and enamel metal arm type. Signal 23, on the up platform, was originally the up starting signal at Llangollen, and removed by SVR volunteers before preservation efforts commenced there. Signal 1, the Down Distant, is motor worked.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Arley Up Distant front.JPG|Arley Up Distant (signal 25)<br />
File:Arley Up Distant.jpg|Arley Up Distant (signal 25)<br />
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==Adderbury Signal Box==<br />
As noted above, the original Arley Signal Box was demolished. The somewhat larger signal box from Adderbury, on the former GWR to Kingham branch, was donated to the SVR in early 1973 as a potential replacement<ref>SVR News 26</ref><ref>[http://www.arleystation.org.uk/ashistory2.html Arley Station website history page]</ref>. It was dismantled at Adderbury in April 1973, and transported to Arley where it was unloaded as a 'kit of parts'<ref>SVR News 28</ref>. However by the following year the process of installing the former Yorton box had begun. The fate of the Adderbury box is unknown. <br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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* [[List of signal boxes]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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<div>[[File: Arley_Signal_Box_20150426.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Arley Signal Box]]<br />
A signal box situated at [[Arley]] station, working to [[Bewdley North signal box|Bewdley North]] and [[Highley signal box|Highley]] using [[Single line working using tokens|ETT regulations]] in both directions. It can be switched out if trains are not required to cross.<br />
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== Description ==<br />
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The current signal box was reconstructed from 1974 to 1976 approximately on the site of the original signal box, which had been demolished by SVR volunteers at a time when extension southwards from Hampton Loade seemed unlikely. The frame, which has 30 levers, is originally from [[Kidderminster_Station_signal_box_(c.1882-1973) | Kidderminster Station signal box]] (not to be confused with the post-preservation [[Kidderminster_Station_signal_box_(1987_onwards) | Kidderminster Station signal box]]), supplemented by specialist parts from Severn Beach and Gelli Las (Mid Glamorgan)<ref>SVR News 100, "Twenty years of Severn Valley signalling", John Phillips</ref>. The box superstructure was moved by road from Yorton, on the LNWR route between Shrewsbury and Crewe, to Hay Bridge, from where it was moved by rail to Arley. The signal box was fully commissioned on April 10th 1976.<br />
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At present 23 levers are in use, with 6 spaces and one spare lever. The repeater for signal number 6, the only stop signal not visible from the box, originates from the Didcot Newbury & Southampton branch of the GWR.<br />
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== Operational Features ==<br />
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Arley is one of two signal boxes on the SVR that can be switched out, the other being [[Hampton Loade signal box|Hampton Loade]]. When the box is switched out the Down Loop cannot be used. Arley and Hampton Loade are also the only signal boxes on the SVR that are 'crossing places' as per the ETT regulations.<br />
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Unusually, when the box is switched out the yard can still be accessed, by operating the signal box lever frame as a ground frame. An intermediate token instrument is provided to enable trains to be locked into the yard. One side effect of this operation is that whilst the yard is being shunted, the Highley and Bewdley North signalmen are unable to communicate by bell signal.<br />
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Arley is the only SVR signal box the electrically locked levers of which are operated by the lever catch handles, so the signalman does not have to push a separate release plunger.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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Before preservation, the original signal box was a mirror image of the still-extant signal box at Highley, and had a 14-lever frame with no switching out facility. Other minor changes include two stacked disc signals at the toe of the yard points as per normal GWR practice, and a bracket for entry to the yard at the up home signal. A diagram is available [http://www.signalbox.org/diagrams.php?id=669 on the signalbox.org website].<br />
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A major factor in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abermule_train_collision collision at Abermule in 1921] was that the tablet instruments which controlled the single line working were installed in the station building rather than the signal box, a practice condemned by the inspecting officer Colonel Pringle.<ref>Red for Danger, L.T.C. Rolt</ref> Despite this, the token instruments at Arley were installed in the station booking office, only being moved to the signal box by the SVR in preservation.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989), pp. 134-135.]]</ref> <br />
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Arley signal box closed under BR ownership on Sunday 28 June 1964. The Train Register recording the closure was formerly on display in [[The Engine House]] at Highley.<br />
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File: Train_Register_Arley_20090626.jpg | Arley Train Register<br />
</gallery><br />
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Following closure, parts of the lever frame and much of the other equipment was used to reinstate [[Bridgnorth signal box]] in 1969<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989), p. 200.]]</ref>. An element of these parts' removal by SVR volunteers was, ironically, the demolition of the Box, meaning an entire new Box and frame had to be sourced when the SVR extended southwards (which seemed extremely unlikely in 1969 when demolition occurred). A fragment of the original interlocking is in the care of [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] and provides an interesting demonstration on the operation of tappet interlocking.<br />
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After preservation, Arley became the first SVR signal box with worked distant signals.<br />
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== Diagram ==<br />
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[[File:Arley box diagram.gif|800px]]<br />
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== List of levers ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;" | No. !! style="text-align:left;" | Colour !! style="text-align:left;" | Description !! style="text-align:left;" | Lever Sequence<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || Yellow || Down Main Distant || 2 3 6 <br />
|-<br />
| 2 || Red || Down Main Home || 11 10<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || Red || Down Main Start'g || <br />
|-<br />
| 4 || Red || Down Main To Down Loop Home || 10<br />
|- <br />
| 5 || Red || Down Loop To Down Main Start'g || 16<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || Red with white band || Down Main Adv'c'd Start'g || <br />
|-<br />
| 7 || || (space) ||<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || || (space) ||<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || || (space) ||<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || Blue || F. P. L. For 11 || NIL or 11<br />
|-<br />
| 11 || Black || Down Main To Down Loop Facing / Down Main ||<br />
|-<br />
| 12 || Blue/Brown || Switch'g Out Lever || 11 10 15 17; Notch 3: 1 25<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || Red || Disc for 14 || 14<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || Black || Up Main Facing / Sidings || <br />
|-<br />
| 15 || Blue || F. P. L. for 14 || NIL or 14<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || Black || Up Main Facing / From Down Loop ||<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || Blue || F. P. L. for 16 || 15 or 16<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || Red || Disc at 14 || 15<br />
|-<br />
| 19 || Red || Up Main To Sidings Home (Disc) || 14 15 17 18<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || || (space) ||<br />
|-<br />
| 21 || || (space) ||<br />
|- <br />
| 22 || || (space) ||<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || Red with white band || Up Main Start'g || 11<br />
|-<br />
| 24 || Red || Up Main Home || 15 17 18<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || Yellow || Up Main Distant || 24 23<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || White || (spare) ||<br />
|-<br />
| 27 || Blue/Brown || Release Lever For 14 When Switch'd Out || 12<br />
|-<br />
| 28 || || (space) ||<br />
|-<br />
| 29 || || (space) ||<br />
|-<br />
| 30 || || (space) ||<br />
|}<br />
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==Signalling controlled from the box==<br />
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The Down Home signals post, bracket and assemblies were originally the Up From Shrewsbury Inner Home signals at Bewdley North. It was originally located at the south end of [[Wribbenhall Viaduct]], somewhat further south than its modern replacement, but was removed from there on 4 January 1976 due to rot in the lower part of the post.<ref>\SVR News 40</ref> These are wooden post GWR design signals as is the Up distant. The Up distant (signal 25 on the diagram above) is the only signal on the SVR included in the [[Wyre Forest District Council Local Heritage List]].<ref>[http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/planning-and-buildings/conservation-areas-and-listed-buildings/listed-buildings/local-heritage-list/local-heritage-list-for-the-severn-valley-railway.aspx WFDC Local heritage list]</ref><br><br />
All other signals at Arley are of late GWR/BR(W) steel tubular post and enamel metal arm type. Signal 23, on the up platform, was originally the up starting signal at Llangollen, and removed by SVR volunteers before preservation efforts commenced there. Signal 1, the Down Distant, is motor worked.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Arley Up Distant front.JPG|Arley Up Distant (signal 25)<br />
File:Arley Up Distant.jpg|Arley Up Distant (signal 25)<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Adderbury Signal Box==<br />
As noted above, the original Arley Signal Box was demolished. The somewhat larger signal box from Adderbury, on the former GWR to Kingham branch, was donated to the SVR in early 1973 as a potential replacement<ref>SVR News 26</ref><ref>[http://www.arleystation.org.uk/ashistory2.html Arley Station website history page]</ref>. It was dismantled at Adderbury in April 1973, and transported to Arley where it was unloaded as a 'kit of parts'<ref>SVR News 28</ref>. However by the following year the process of installing the former Yorton box had begun. The fate of the Adderbury box is unknown. <br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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* [[List of signal boxes]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references /></div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Goods_Wagons&diff=13863Goods Wagons2017-08-28T09:29:21Z<p>WillSalt: /* GWR Wagons */ Updated current location of 1257.</p>
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<div>[[File:6695 Victoria Bridge Severn Valley Railway.jpg|thumb|200px|right| Goods train crossing Victoria Bridge]]<br />
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'''Goods wagons on the SVR''' <br />
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There are over one hundred goods wagons based on the SVR, dating from the 1880s to the 1980s, with examples from all four post-grouping railways, plus many pre-grouping, private owner and BR wagons.<br><br />
Most are preserved for historical interest, yet some, such as ballast or rail wagons, can also perform a useful function on the railway.<br><br />
While most wagons are in long term storage awaiting restoration or on static display at a fixed location, they are, by their nature, mobile, so any reference to current location is potentially inaccurate or out of date. Most of the wagons used in the [[Demonstration Goods Train]] are stored at [[Bewdley]].<br><br />
Goods wagons are currently all stored in the open. A scheme to build a storage shed at Bewdley in the cutting of the former Stourport Line proved abortive. More recently a group was formed, known as the [[Wagon Review Group]] to try to revitalise this important project to improve display and restoration facilities and to provide much needed cover for at least part of the wagon fleet<br />
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==GWR Wagons==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="width: 1%;" | Number !! style="width: 10%;" | Type !! style="width: 1%;" | Built !! style="width: 10%;" | Current location !! style="width: 5%;" | Condition !! style="width: 10%;" | Owner !! style="width: 10%;" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 9 Riding/Dormitory Van | 9 ]] || 4-wheel Riding/Dormitory Van || 1912 || Bewdley || Static use || || Used as stores by [[The 4150 Fund]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 55 Riding/Dormitory Van | 55 ]] || 4-wheel Riding/Dormitory Van || 1908 || Bewdley|| Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] || <br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 66 Breakdown Tool Van | 66 ]] || Breakdown Tool Van || 1921 || Hampton Loade || Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] || Loan to Barry Railway Carriage Trust as [[The Barry Railway Carriage Trust Sales Van | sales van]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 89 Riding/Dormitory Van | 89 ]] || 4-wheel Riding/Dormitory Van || 1908 || Bewdley || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 112 Breakdown Tool Van | 112 ]] || Breakdown Tool Van || 1904 || Bewdley || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 118 Tool/Riding Van | 118]] || Tool/Riding Van || 1904 || || || || Conversion to volunteer accommodation<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 141 Breakdown Tool Van | 141 ]] || Breakdown Tool Van || 1908 || Bewdley || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 143 Tool & Packing Van | 143]] || Tool/Packing Van || 1913 || Bewdley || Static use || || Used as stores by the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 162 Riding/Dormitory Van | 162 ]] || 4-wheel Riding/Dormitory Van || 1923 || Bewdley || Static use || || Used as stores by [[The 4150 Fund]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 1257 Siphon G Bogie Milk Van | 1257]] || Siphon G Bogie Milk Van || 1927 || Arley || Operational || [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.]] || Used with [[Santa's Grotto]] at [[Arley]] in December<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 2303 Fruit Van | 2303]] || Fruit Van || 1898 || Kidderminster || Static use || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 2424 Fruit Van | 2424]] || Fruit 'C' Van || 1911 || Kidderminster || Static use || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 2504 Milk Tank Wagon | 2504]] || Milk Tank Wagon || 1932 || Bewdley || Awaiting restoration || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 2815 Fruit C Van | 2815]] || Fruit C Van || 1937 || Hampton Loade || Operational || [[Hampton Loade Station Fund]] || <br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 2926 Siphon G Bogie Milk Van | 2926]] || Siphon G Bogie Milk Van || || Kidderminster|| Operational || || Used with [[Santa's Grotto]] at [[Arley]] in December<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 3429 Fruit D Van | 3429]] || Fruit 'D' Van || 1950 || Highley || || || Built by BR to GWR design<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 3467 Fruit D Van | 3467 ]] || Fruit 'D' Van || 1955 || Hampton Loade || Static use || Hampton Loade Station Fund || Built by BR to GWR design. Used as [[Hampton Loade Station Fund Shop]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 13154 5 plank Open Goods Wagon | 13154]] || 5 plank Open Goods Wagon || 1913 || Bewdley || Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 14428 Open Wagon (Signal Dept) | 14428]] || Open Wagon (Signal Dept) || 1921 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 17410 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van | 17410]] || 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van || 1940 || Bewdley || Under repair || SVR Charitable Trust || [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|SVR Charitable Trust]] <ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/gwr_toad_17410.pdf Public Notice GWR ‘Toad’ 17410], dated 01/09/2015, accessed 10/11/2015</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 25190 5 plank Open Goods Wagon | 25190]] || 5 plank Open Goods Wagon || 1904 || Bewdley || Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||Equipped with DC1 brake gear<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 30903 Ballast Wagon | 30903]] || Ballast Wagon || 1939 || ||Operational| || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 39860 'Conflat' Container Wagon | 39860]] || 'Conflat' Container Wagon || 1937 || Bewdley ||Under Repair || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 40362 PW Brake Van | 40362]] || PW Brake Van || 1895|| Kidderminster ||Static display || || On display outside [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 40554 Chaired Sleeper Wagon | 40554]] || Chaired Sleeper Wagon || 1895 || Bewdley || Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 40841 Ballast Wagon | 40841]] || Ballast Wagon || 1893 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 41277 4 plank Open Goods Wagon | 41277]] || 4 plank Open Goods Wagon || 1890 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 41736 Shunters Truck | 41736]] || Shunters Truck || 1913 || Kidderminster ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 41990 'Loriot Y' Machinery Truck | 41990]] || 'Loriot Y' Machinery Truck || 1939 || Bridgnorth ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 42138 'Loriot D' Machinery Truck | 42138]] || 'Loriot D' Machinery Truck || 1909 || ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 42272 'Loriot L' Machinery Truck | 42272]] || 'Loriot L' Machinery Truck || 1934 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 42343 Machinery Flat | 42343]] || 'Loriot N' Machinery Truck || 1944|| Bridgnorth || || || Siding by Cleobury Rd Bridge<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 43989 Cylindrical Tank Wagon | 43989]] || Cylindrical Tank Wagon || 1894 || Kidderminster || || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] || On display outside [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 58725 Improvised Gunpowder Van | 58725]] || Improvised Gunpowder Van || 1896 || Kidderminster || Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 60562 Ballast Wagon | 60562]] || Ballast Wagon || 1900 || [[Stourport Triangle]] ||Awaiting Restoration || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 60841 Bogie Bolster | 60841]] || 'Gane A' Bogie Bolster || 1935 || Bewdley<br>(Tenbury siding) || Awaiting restoration || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 60906 Ballast Wagon | 60906]] || Ballast Wagon || 1915 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 65620 'Vanfit' Covered Goods Van | 65620]] || 'Vanfit' Covered Goods Van || 1947<ref>SVR stock book and gwr813.org</ref> || Bewdley || Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 65801 Mogo Van | 65801]] || Mogo Van || 1946 || Bewdley || || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 68501 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van | 68501]] || 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake Van || 1925 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 80225 Ballast Wagon | 80225]] || Ballast Wagon || 1937 || Arley || Operational || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 80603 Ballast Wagon | 80603]] || Ballast Wagon || 1935 || Bewdley || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 80684 Ballast Wagon | 80684]] || Ballast Wagon || 1936 || ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 80982 Signal Dept Van| 80982]] || Signal Dept Van || 1913 || Bewdley || Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] || Used as mess van by the [[Wagon Department]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 80990 Cylindrical Tank Wagon | 80990]] || Cylindrical Tank Wagon || 1910 || Bewdley || || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 82554 Banana Van | 82554]] || Banana Van || 1908 || Bridgnorth || Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 83831 Loco Coal Wagon | 83831]] || Loco Coal Wagon || 1932 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR/BR 92080 Fruit D Van | 92080]] || Fruit 'D' Van || 1958 || Bewdley || Static use || || Built by BR to GWR design. Bewdley Yard as Stores Van for 4150<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR/BR 92090 Fruit D Van | 92090]] || Fruit 'D' Van || 1958 || Bewdley || Static use || || Built by BR to GWR design. Bewdley Yard as Stores van for 7802/7812<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 93016 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van | 93016]] || Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van || 1914 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 93045 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van | 93045]] || Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van || 1914 || Bewdley || Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 94059 China Clay Open Wagon | 94059]] || China Clay Open Wagon || 1914 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||Equipped with DC1 Brake gear<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 95353 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van | 95353]] || Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van || 1916 || Kidderminster || Under repair || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 97398 5 plank Open Goods Wagon | 97398]] || 5 plank Open Goods Wagon || 1921 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 98480 5 plank Open Goods Wagon | 98480]] || 5 plank Open Goods Wagon || 1921 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 99965 Open 'C' Goods Wagon | 99965]] || Open 'C' Goods Wagon || 1927 || ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 101961 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van | 101961]] || Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van || 1923 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 102691 5 plank Open Goods Wagon | 102691]] || 5 plank Open Goods Wagon || 1924 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 103592 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van | 103592]] || Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van || 1923 || Bewdley ||Under repair || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 104621 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van | 104621]] || Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van || 1924 || Bewdley ||Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 105873 'Mica B' Refrigerated Meat Van | 105873]] || 'Mica B' Refrigerated Meat Van. || 1925 || Bewdley || Operational || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 107291 Macaw B Bogie Bolster | 107291]] || Macaw B Bogie Bolster || 1935 || || || [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.]] || Used on engineers trains<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 108085 5 plank Open Goods Wagon | 108085]] || 5 plank Open Goods Wagon || 1924 || Bewdley ||Awaiting repair || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 112889 Mink 'G' Covered Goods Van | 112889]] || Mink 'G' Covered Goods Van || 1931 || Bewdley ||Awaiting repair || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[GWR 134290 Fruit A Van | 134290]] || Fruit 'A' Van || 1937 || Bewdley || Static use || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[Smiths, Rodley DW35 6-ton steam crane | DW 35]] || 6-ton steam crane || 1949 || || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[Smiths, Rodley DW35 6-ton steam crane | DW 75]] || Crane jib runner for DW 35 || 1927 || || || ||<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|}<br />
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==LMS Wagons ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="width: 1%;" | Number !! style="width: 10%;" | Type !! style="width: 1%;" | Built !! style="width: 10%;" | Current location !! style="width: 5%;" | Condition !! style="width: 10%;" | Owner !! style="width: 10%;" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| [[LMS 37 (fictitious) Open Wagon | 37]] || Open Wagon || || || || || Ex-British Sugar, in Lothian Coal Co. livery. 37 is a fictitious number.<br />
|-<br />
| [[LMS 271726 Goods Van | 271726]] || Goods Van || 1928 || Bewdley || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[LMS 476401 Open Wagon | 476401]] || Open Wagon || 1945 || [[Stourport Triangle | Stourport Triangle]] || || || Fitted with crane<br />
|-<br />
| [[LMS 730866 Goods Brake Van | 730866]] || Goods Brake Van || 1940 ||Bewdley || || [[The 2857 Society]] ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== LNER Wagons ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="width: 1%;" | Number !! style="width: 10%;" | Type !! style="width: 1%;" | Built !! style="width: 10%;" | Current location !! style="width: 5%;" | Condition !! style="width: 10%;" | Owner !! style="width: 10%;" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| [[LNER 223162 Mineral Wagon | 223162]] || Mineral Wagon || 1938 || [[The Engine House]] || Restored || || In Highley Mining Company livery<br />
|-<br />
| [[LNER 225641 Mineral Wagon | 225641]] || Mineral Wagon || 1938 || || || || Chassis only<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== SR Wagons ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="width: 1%;" | Number !! style="width: 10%;" | Type !! style="width: 1%;" | Built !! style="width: 10%;" | Current location !! style="width: 5%;" | Condition !! style="width: 10%;" | Owner !! style="width: 10%;" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| [[SR 1174 Parcels and Miscellaneous Van | 1174]] || Parcels van || 1936 || || Restored || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[SR 56291 Bogie Brake Van | 56291]] || Bogie Brake van || 1936 || [[Stourport Triangle | Stourport Triangle]] || || || <br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== BR Wagons ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="width: 1%;" | Number !! style="width: 10%;" | Type !! style="width: 1%;" | Built !! style="width: 10%;" | Current location !! style="width: 5%;" | Condition !! style="width: 10%;" | Owner !! style="width: 10%;" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 118443 Mineral Wagon | 118443]] || 4-wheel Steel Mineral Wagon || 1952 || Kidderminster ||Awaiting repair || || On display outside [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR Goods Van 200176 | 200176]] || Goods Van || 1969 || Kidderminster || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR Goods Van 201056 | 201056]] || Goods Van || 1975 || Kidderminster || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 257698 Steel Mineral Wagon | 257698]] || 4-wheel Steel Mineral Wagon || 1955 || [[Stourport Triangle | Stourport Triangle]] || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 707261 Crane Runner | 707261]] || Crane Runner || 1957 || Stourport Triangle || || || Ex Conflat 'A'. Paired with [[GWR 446 6Tons 16cwt Hand Crane | GWR 446]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 891054 Cattle Van | 891054]] || Cattle Van || 1949 || Highley || Restored || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 900760 Weltrol EC | 900760]] || Weltrol EC || 1952 || Bridgnorth ||Operational || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 901010 Weltrol MV | 901010]] || Weltrol MV || 1952 || Bridgnorth ||Operational || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 906811 Flat ED | 906811]] || Flat ED || 1957 || Bridgnorth ||Operational || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 906825 Flat ED | 906825]] || Flat ED || 1958 || ||Operational || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 906830 Flat ED | 906830]] || Flat ED || 1958 || ||Operational || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 953153 Goods Brake Van | 953153]] || Goods Brake Van || 1956 || Highley ||Awaiting Repair || ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 955243 Goods Brake Van | 955243 ]] || Goods Brake Van || 1962 || [[Stourport Triangle | Stourport Triangle]] || || || Chassis only<br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972299]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1958 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972345]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1958 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972349]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1957 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972359]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1958 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972378]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1957 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972407]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1958 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972416]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1956 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972467]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1955 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972469]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1958 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972513]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1956 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972548]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1957 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972655]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1958 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972677]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1958 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972688]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1957 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Rudd' Ballast Wagons | 972724]] || 'Rudd' Ballast Wagon || 1957 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
|[[BR 'Seacow' 40t Bogie Ballast Hoppers | 980015]] || ‘Seacow’ 40t Bogie Ballast Hopper || 1980 || [[Eardington]] ||Stored || || {{As of|2017|3}} some work is necessary before SVR use <br />
|-<br />
|[[BR 'Seacow' 40t Bogie Ballast Hoppers | 980083]] || ‘Seacow’ 40t Bogie Ballast Hopper || 1981 || [[Eardington]]||Stored || || {{As of|2017|3}} some work is necessary before SVR use <br />
|-<br />
|[[BR 'Seacow' 40t Bogie Ballast Hoppers | 980098]] || ‘Seacow’ 40t Bogie Ballast Hopper || 1981 || [[Eardington]] ||Stored || || {{As of|2017|3}} some work is necessary before SVR use <br />
|-<br />
|[[BR 'Seacow' 40t Bogie Ballast Hoppers | 980142]] || ‘Seacow’ 40t Bogie Ballast Hopper || 1981 ||[[Eardington]] ||Stored || || {{As of|2017|3}} some work is necessary before SVR use <br />
|-<br />
|[[BR 'Seacow' 40t Bogie Ballast Hoppers | 980220]] || ‘Seacow’ 40t Bogie Ballast Hopper || 1981 || [[Eardington]] ||Stored || || {{As of|2017|3}} some work is necessary before SVR use <br />
|-<br />
|[[BR 'Seacow' 40t Bogie Ballast Hoppers | 980239]] || ‘Seacow’ 40t Bogie Ballast Hopper || 1981 || [[Eardington]] ||Stored || || {{As of|2017|3}} some work is necessary before SVR use <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper Wagons | 983115]] || 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper || 1957 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper Wagons | 983194]] || 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper || 1957 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 989098 'Mermaid' Ballast Wagon | 989098]] || 'Mermaid' Ballast Wagon || 1959 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 991124 'Tunny' Ballast Wagon | 991124]] || 'Tunny' Ballast Wagon || 1950 || || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 992329 'Mackerel' Ballast Hopper | 992329]] || 'Mackerel' Ballast Hopper || 1951 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 993876 'Shark' Ballast Plough Brake | 993876]] || 'Shark' Ballast Plough Brake || 1957 || || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 993898 'Shark' Ballast Plough Brake | 993898]] || 'Shark' Ballast Plough Brake || 1957 || ||Operational ||SVR Charitable Trust || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper Wagons | 993126]] || 'Dogfish' Ballast Hopper || 1956 || ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 996730 Rail Carrier | 996730]] || 'Gane A' Rail Carrier || 1950 || Bewdley ||Operational || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[BR 997623 'Prawn' Bogie Bolster | 997623]] || 'Prawn' Bogie Bolster || 1951 || Bewdley || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1087 | 998520]] || Crane Runner || 1961 || || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1087 | 998524]] || Crane Runner || 1961 || || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1087 | 1087/30]] || 30-ton Steam Crane || 1960 || Bridgnorth || Operational || || Carries number [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1091 | RS 1091/30]] <br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Pre-Grouping Wagons Other Than GWR== <br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="width: 1%;" | Original owner !! style="width: 1%;" | Number !! style="width: 10%;" | Type !! style="width: 1%;" | Built !! style="width: 10%;" | Current location !! style="width: 5%;" | Condition !! style="width: 10%;" | Owner !! style="width: 10%;" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| LB&SCR || [[LB&SCR Open Goods Wagon 4365 | 4365]] || Open Goods Wagon || || Kidderminster ||Awaiting Repair || || Stored at Kidderminster Railway Museum<br />
|-<br />
| LNWR || [[LNWR 4-Wheel Tranship Van| Unknown]] || 4-Wheel Tranship Van || || Kidderminster ||Awaiting Repair || || Stored at Kidderminster Railway Museum<br />
|-<br />
| LNWR || [[LNWR 76738 (fictitious) 4-Wheel Tranship Van | 76738]] || 4-Wheel Tranship Van || || Kidderminster || Cosmetically restored || || Stored in Kidderminster Carriage Shed. 76738 is a fictitious number. <br />
|-<br />
| SE&CR || [[SE&CR Open Goods Wagon 12522 | 12522]] || Open Goods Wagon || 1920 || Bewdley || Awaiting repair || || <br />
|-<br />
| B&MR || [[B&MR 99766 4 plank Open Goods Wagon | 99766]] || 4 plank Open Goods Wagon || 1902 || Bewdley || Awaiting repair || [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==War Department Wagons==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="width: 1%;" | Number !! style="width: 10%;" | Type !! style="width: 1%;" | Built !! style="width: 10%;" | Current location !! style="width: 5%;" | Condition !! style="width: 10%;" | Owner !! style="width: 10%;" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| [[WD 4607 'Rectank' Tank Carrier Wagon | 4607]] || 'Rectank' Tank Carrier Wagon || 1918 || || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[WD 55577 Brake Van (fictitious number) | 55577]] || 'Pillbox' Brake Van || 1942 || Bewdley || Under repair || ||Originally WD 11035. 55577 is fictitious number<ref>[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9666 VCT database]</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[WD 314153 Well Wagon | 314153]] || 'Warwell' Well Wagon || 1944 ||Bridgnorth || || || Built by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==London Transport Wagons ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="width: 1%;" | Number !! style="width: 10%;" | Type !! style="width: 1%;" | Built !! style="width: 10%;" | Current location !! style="width: 5%;" | Condition !! style="width: 10%;" | Owner !! style="width: 10%;" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| [[London Transport ‘Herring’ Ballast Hopper Wagons | HW 410]] || 'Herring' Ballast Hopper || 1938 || || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[London Transport ‘Herring’ Ballast Hopper Wagons | HW 411]] || 'Herring' Ballast Hopper || 1938 || || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[London Transport ‘Herring’ Ballast Hopper Wagons | HW 436]] || 'Herring' Ballast Hopper || 1965 || || || || <br />
|-<br />
| [[LUL 531004 Rail Carrier | LUL 531004]] || Bogie Rail Wagon || 19?? || || || || Built by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Private Owner Wagons ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="width: 1%;" | Original owner !! style="width: 1%;" | Number !! style="width: 10%;" | Type !! style="width: 1%;" | Built !! style="width: 10%;" | Current location !! style="width: 5%;" | Condition !! style="width: 10%;" | Owner !! style="width: 10%;" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| British Sugar || [[British Sugar 136 Open Wagon | 136 ]] || Open Wagon || 1946 || Kidderminster || || || Stored at Kidderminster Railway Museum. 136 is a fictitious number.<br />
|-<br />
| British Sugar || [[British Sugar 7-plank open wagon | 16053 ]] || Open Wagon || || || || ||16053 is a fictitious number<br />
|-<br />
| Regent Oil & Texaco || [[Regent Oil & Texaco 345 Aviation Fuel Tank Wagon| 345]] || Aviation Fuel Tank Wagon || 1960 || Arley || Awaiting restoration || || Built by Chas Roberts<br />
|-<br />
| Regent Oil & Texaco || [[Regent Oil & Texaco 431 Aviation Fuel Tank Wagon | 431]] || Aviation Fuel Tank Wagon || 1961 || || || || Built by Powell Duffryn<br />
|-<br />
| Cadbury's || [[Cadbury's 346 Goods Van | 346]] || Steel Body Covered Wagon || 1961 || Bewdley ||Restored || ||Constructed on frames of much older wagon of unknown origin. <br />
|-<br />
| Esso || [[Esso Oil Tank Wagon 2686 | 2686]] || Oil Tank Wagon || 1949 || Arley || || ||Siding north of Highley<br />
|-<br />
| ICI || [[ICI 19052 Bogie Steel Hopper Wagon | 19052]] || Bogie steel Hopper Wagon || 1938 || [[Stourport Triangle | Stourport Triangle]] || Usable/Unrestored || [[Stanier 8F Locomotive Society]] || <br />
|-<br />
| ICI || [[ICI 19129 Bogie Steel Hopper Wagon | 19129]] || Bogie steel Hopper Wagon || 1952 || [[Stourport Triangle | Stourport Triangle]] || Usable/Unrestored || [[Stanier 8F Locomotive Society]] || <br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Containers and Grounded Wagon Bodies ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! style="width: 1%;" | Original owner !! style="width: 1%;" | Number !! style="width: 10%;" | Type !! style="width: 1%;" | Built !! style="width: 10%;" | Current location !! style="width: 5%;" | Condition !! style="width: 10%;" | Owner !! style="width: 10%;" | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| GWR || [[GWR 542 Horse Box (body only) | 542]] || Horse Box (body only) || 1888 || Highley || Static use || || Used [[The Highley Station Fund shop | Highley Station Fund bookshop]]<br />
|-<br />
| GWR || [[GWR 37150 Covered Goods Van (body only) | 37150 ]] || Covered Goods Van (body only) || 1884 || Kidderminster || Cosmetically restored ||[[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| GWR || [[GWR 57976 Covered Goods Van (body only) | 57976 ]] || ‘Iron Mink’ Goods Van (body only) || 1894 || Bewdley || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| GWR || [[GWR 125059 Covered Goods Van (body only) | 125059 ]] || 'Mink A' Covered Goods Van (body only) || 1934 || Bewdley || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| BR || [[BR General Goods Containers | 49405B]] || 'Type B' General Goods Container || 1958 || || || || Container only<br />
|-<br />
| BR || [[BR General Goods Containers | 49408B]] || 'Type B' General Goods Container || 1958 || || || || Container only<br />
|-<br />
| BR || [[BR General Goods Containers | 55730B]] || 'Type B' General Goods Container || 1956 || || || || Container only<br />
|-<br />
| BR || [[BR 785130 'Vanfit' Covered Goods Van (body only)| 785130]] || 'Vanfit' Goods Van (body only) || 1961 || Kidderminster || || || <br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Images ==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Rudd Ballast Wagons.jpg|Train of Rudd Ballast Wagons in use by the Permanent Way Department at Highley<br />
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File:Firewood collection.jpg|GWR wagons being loaded with scrap wood<br />
File:6695 Victoria Bridge Severn Valley Railway.jpg|Goods train crossing Victoria Bridge<br />
</gallery><br />
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==See also==<br />
[[List of rolling stock]]<br><br />
[[Wagon Department]]<br />
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== References and sources ==<br />
<references /><br />
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*[http://vintagecarriagestrust.org/ The Vintage Carriages Trust]<br />
*[http://gwr813.org/SVRWagons.htm The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Talk:BR_%27Seacow%27_40t_Bogie_Ballast_Hoppers&diff=12191Talk:BR 'Seacow' 40t Bogie Ballast Hoppers2017-04-15T07:29:08Z<p>WillSalt: Querying arrival date.</p>
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<div>I have included a generic build date and location as I can't find individual dates. One vehicle is for spare but I don't know which one. A gallery could be added. It is not clear if SVR(H) own the vehicles. One vehicle possibly retains vacuum breaking but again I don't know which. Not yet added to categories for Stourport Triangle or SVR(H) owned. They do not yet appear in the VCT database.--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 18:19, 12 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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:Thanks - there's not a lot that I can add. The painted IDs visible from ground level on the river side suggest that 980220 and 239 were classed as YGA which was air braked only, while 980015, 83 and 98 were classed as YGB which was air braked with vacuum through piping, although of course some or all may have had the through piping removed since those IDs were painted. <br />
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:Paul Bartlet’s [http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/seacow page of Seacow photos] suggests that numbers before 980143 were built at Shildon in 1981, and numbers after 980146 were built at Ashford in 1981-82. The maker and year are normally on the works plate on the frame but I don't have lineside access to get at them.--[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 23:10, 12 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
::I managed to get some photos at Eardington today. Notably the earliest works plate is dated 1980 rather than 1981.--[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 19:03, 17 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I've just noticed an inconsistency: this page and the 2010-2019 timeline page disagree about the wagons' arrival date. Going by the dates of the comments on this page, this one is more likely to be correct, but can anyone confirm? [[User:WillSalt|WillSalt]] ([[User talk:WillSalt|talk]]) 07:29, 15 April 2017 (UTC)</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Stourport_Power_Station&diff=11074Stourport Power Station2017-01-09T21:46:20Z<p>WillSalt: Add links</p>
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<div>[[File:StourportPowerStationShunters.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Two CEGB steam locomotives at the power station circa 1968. The small shed can just be seen behind the second engine.]]<br />
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Stourport Power Station was built by the Shropshire & Worcestershire Electric Power Co., and opened in June 1927 by the Prime Minister, and MP for Bewdley, Stanley Baldwin. Unusually the power station did not have the customary cooling towers, drawing cooling water directly from the adjacent [[River Severn]] and River Stour.<br />
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==Association with the Severn Valley Railway==<br />
[[File:BritainFromAbove StourportPS 1948.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Stourport Power Station from the air in 1948. The exchange sidings are in the top left, with the coal drops in the middle of the image. Note the smoke stacks are painted in camouflage colours. Image from [http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw013590 Britain from Above]]]<br />
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Coal was initially delivered to the power station via the [[River Severn]] or the [[Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal]] (which can be seen passing under the SVR at [[Falling Sands Viaduct]]). The additional sidings and canal basin built at [[Stourport | Stourport Station]] in 1885 allowed coal to be brought there by rail, then transshipped to boats for the final leg of its journey to the power station. In 1940 a branch line from Stourport along an embankment was constructed so that coal could be brought in directly by rail. A portion of the coal for Stourport Power Station came from [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway|the collieries served by the Severn Valley line]], with approximately 30% of the output of [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Alveley Colliery|Alveley Colliery]] being sent to the power station. The majority of the coal came from Cannock Chase, with such coal arriving at [[Hartlebury]] from Stourbridge, often behind a Midland engine. A shunting locomotive was stationed at Hartlebury to shuttle coal wagons between there and Stourbridge.<ref>[[Tales_from_the_Severn_Valley#Coal_for_Stourport_Power_Station | Recollection of former NCB employee]]</ref> A former NCB employee's recollections of coal workings can be found in [[Tales_from_the_Severn_Valley#Coal_for_Stourport_Power_Station|Tales from the Severn Valley]].<br />
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A second power station on the site was opened on 26 September 1950; this became known as Stourport B with the earlier station becoming Stourport A.<br />
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==Locomotives==<br />
Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST works number 2088/1940 "Sir Thomas Royden" was ordered for the station and delivered new on 28th May 1940. This [http://www.miac.org.uk/stourportps.html article by Adrian Booth] suggests that the delivery was initially to Little Barford Power Station in Bedfordshire, with a transfer to Stourport in 1941 when the standard gauge facilities on the power station were completed. The locomotive was named after the Chairman of the Edmundsons Electricity Corporation which operated the power station at the time. It remained in service until 1977, and is now preserved at Rocks by Rail, formerly known as the Rutland Railway Museum.<ref>[http://www.rocks-by-rail.org/exhibit/ab-2088-sir-thomas-royden/ Rocks by Rail] (Retrieved 13 June 2016)</ref><br />
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A second locomotive, WG Bagnall 0-4-0ST works number 2665 "General Wade Hayes", arrived in 1942. These two locomotives were the mainstay of shunting operations for some years, although by January 1958 a third locomotive had arrived, Peckett 0-4-0ST 1893/1936, which had begun life at [[Ironbridge power station]] as Ironbridge No 2. Bagnall 2665 was scrapped in 1968, and by 1975 the other locomotives were retained as spare, their work having been assumed by diesel shunters. Peckett 1893 was also preserved and is now at the Coleford Railway Museum in the Forest of Dean.<ref name = "Booth">Adrian Booth article</ref><br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Rocks by Rail - train of mineral wagons (geograph 4740737).jpg | Sir Thomas Royden at Rocks by Rail (Wikimedia Commons)<br />
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==Closure==<br />
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By the 1970s the power station was in decline, with Stourport A being closed in 1976.<ref name = "Booth" /> Coal continued to be delivered to the power station by rail via Hartlebury, but an increasing proportion was delivered by road towards the end of the 1970s, until coal trains ceased in March 1979 and road haulage took over completely.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Mitchell & Smith (2007)]]</ref><ref name="StourportPast">[https://www.facebook.com/STOURPORTPAST/posts/1170675616317956 Stourport Past Facebook Page, retrieved 14/06/2016]</ref> The line itself was finally taken out of use on 12 January 1981.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Vanns]] p. 94.</ref> Stourport B finally closed in 1984 and has since been demolished, with the area now mainly being a housing estate.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Stourport power station Grace's Guide 1.jpg | Exterior view of the power station in 1927<br />
File:Stourport power station Grace's Guide 3.jpg | The generators<br />
File:Stourport power station Grace's Guide Fig 6.jpg | Section through power station<br />
File:Stourport power station Grace's Guide Fig 7.jpg | Outdoor transformers<br />
File:Stourport power station Grace's Guide Fig 8.jpg | Coal conveyor<br />
File:Stourport power station Grace's Guide Fig 9.jpg | Coal barges<br />
File:Stourport power station Grace's Guide Fig 10.jpg | Coal conveyor<br />
File:Stourport power station Grace's Guide Fig 11.jpg | Coal bunker, wagons and electric locomotives<br />
File:Stourport power station Grace's Guide Fig 12.jpg | Coal conveyor and bunkers<br />
</gallery><br />
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== See also ==<br />
[[Stourport]]<br><br />
[[Maps#Schematic_maps_of_the_pre-closure_SVR| Pre-1963 map]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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== Links ==<br />
[http://www.unlocking-stourports-past.co.uk/powerstation/powerstation.html Unlocking Stourport's Past (Power Station page)]<br><br />
[http://www.miac.org.uk/stourportps.html Railways in Worcestershire article by Adrian Booth]<br><br />
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[[Category: Featured articles]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=GWR_2504_Milk_Tank_Wagon&diff=11073GWR 2504 Milk Tank Wagon2017-01-09T21:40:12Z<p>WillSalt: Add link</p>
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<div>[[File:GWR 2504 Milk Tank Wagon.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR 2504 Milk Tank Wagon]]<br />
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Milk tanks were privately owned by dairies and mounted on railway owned chassis. This 6 wheel GWR chassis, type MILTANK, was built in 1932 at Swindon and carries a 3000 gallon "glass lined" (vitreous enamelled) steel tank, originally supplied for United Dairies.<br />
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It was acquired in 1995 by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]], arriving on the SVR in November of that year from Swansea Landore Diesel Depot where it had been used as a waste oil carrier.<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th edition</ref><br />
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Photographed stored at [[Bewdley Down Yard|Bewdley]], awaiting restoration.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references /><br />
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==Links==<br />
[http://www.gwr813.org/pagew17.html 2504 on www.gwr813.org]<br><br />
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2667 2504 on www.vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br><br />
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[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]]<br />
[[Category: Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=LUL_531004_Rail_Carrier&diff=11071LUL 531004 Rail Carrier2017-01-09T21:35:33Z<p>WillSalt: Add link</p>
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<div>[[File: LUL_531004_20150320.jpg |thumb|200px|right| LUL Rail Carrier 531004]]<br />
This Bogie Rail Wagon was built by GRCW for the London Transport Board for use by London Underground Limited (LUL).<br />
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It arrived on the SVR in April 1998 from Hatton Cross, and is seen at [[Arley]] in March 2015.<br />
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==Sources==<br />
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br><br />
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition<br><br />
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==Links==<br />
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=9670 LUL 531004 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br><br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Wickham_Trolley_TP49P&diff=11070Wickham Trolley TP49P2017-01-09T21:28:09Z<p>WillSalt: Add link</p>
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<div>[[File: Wickham_Trolley_7690_20150307.jpg |thumb|300px|right| TP49P at Highley]]<br />
BR (LMR) Type 17A Wickham Trolley, Works Number 7690 of 1957. <br />
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Postings on [http://www.ontrackplant.com/otp/TP49P OnTrackPlant.Com] state that this trolley was moved to [[Highley]] for cosmetic restoration by April 2011, and that the original works plate has been donated to the team restoring this Wickham. <br />
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It was photographed at Highley in July 2015.<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Other rolling stock | List of other rolling stock on the SVR]]<br />
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==Links==<br />
TP49P on [http://prsl.uk/uklocos/final-results.asp?action=display&Id=5629 UKLocos.Com]<br><br />
TP49P on [http://www.ontrackplant.com/otp/TP49P OnTrackPlant.Com]<br><br />
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[[Category: Wickham Trolley]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Ironbridge_power_station&diff=11069Ironbridge power station2017-01-09T21:26:28Z<p>WillSalt: Add links</p>
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<div>[[File:Buildwas_railway_station_1935708_42d2f55f.jpg|thumb|200px|Ironbridge A power station, with Buildwas railway station in the foreground]]<br />
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Ironbridge power station refers to one of two power stations located on the south bank of the River Severn between [[Ironbridge and Broseley|Ironbridge]] and [[Buildwas]].<br />
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==History== <br />
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Ironbridge A power station was opened on 13 October 1932, located to the north of [[Buildwas]] railway station, being served by a large number of sidings. This power station closed in 1981. <br />
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Following the closure of the Severn Valley line, construction began on the larger Ironbridge B power station in 1963, which engulfed the former site of [[Buildwas]] station. The line from [[Coalbrookdale]] over the [[Albert Edward Bridge]] was used by coal, oil, and biomass trains serving the power station.<br />
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Ironbridge B power station was switched off on 20 November 2015 after 46 years of service<ref>[http://www.shropshirestar.com/shropshire-business/2015/11/20/ironbridge-power-station-to-shut-at-2-30pm-today/ Shropshire Star] Retrieved 23 November 2015</ref>.<br />
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==Future use==<br />
{{As of|2016|12}} the future of the redundant cooling towers and station site is uncertain, with discussions continuing between local authorities and Uniper, which is overseeing its decommissioning.<ref>[http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2016/12/30/ironbridge-power-stations-future-call-to-look-at-all-options-and-take-care/ Shropshire Star 30 December 2016] (retrieved 6 January 2017)</ref> <br />
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==Aerial view==<br />
[[File:Ironbridge_Power_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_524409.jpg|thumb|200px|Right|Aerial view of Ironbridge power station. See text for description]]<br />
An aerial view of Ironbridge B power station, looking West towards [[Shrewsbury]]. The line from [[Coalbrookdale]] enters at bottom right over the [[Albert Edward Bridge]], with [[Buildwas]] station being located along the sidings towards the top. The Shrewsbury and Much Wenlock lines diverged towards the top of the image, whilst the line to [[Bridgnorth]] would have passed through the nearest cooling tower. Ironbridge A power station was situated in the top right corner of the image.<br />
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==Locomotives==<br />
Three of the locomotives used at the power station have survived into preservation.<br />
* Ironbridge No 1, Peckett 1803/1933, now preserved at Foxfield Light Railway<br />
* Ironbridge No 2, Peckett 1893/1936, later also worked at [[Stourport Power Station]], now preserved at Coleford GWR Museum<br />
* Ironbridge No 3, Peckett 1990/1940, now preserved at Telford Steam Railway<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Ironbridge power station poster.jpg|Poster advertising an open day at Ironbridge Power Station in 1962<br />
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==References==<br />
<references /><br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Locomotives named after the Severn Valley Railway#Locomotives names with local connections | Locomotives names with local connections]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Esso_Oil_Tank_Wagon_2686&diff=11068Esso Oil Tank Wagon 26862017-01-09T20:59:17Z<p>WillSalt: Updated photo</p>
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<div>[[File: PO_2686_20161112.jpg |thumb|200px|right| Ex Esso Fuel Tank Wagon No 2686]]<br />
Private Owner Class B Oil Tank No 2686 was built in 1949 by Fairfield Bridge & Engineering of Chepstow for Esso. A Class B tank could be used for any form of oil except petrol, and this example has a 400 gallon capacity weighing 35 tons. <br />
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It arrived on the SVR in August 1971 having been donated by Esso. Since arrival it has been used for water storage for firefighting purposes. It is seen photographed at [[Arley]] in November 2016.<br />
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==Sources==<br />
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey<br><br />
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Eighth Edition<br />
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==Links==<br />
[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7480 PO 2686 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br><br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=File:PO_2686_20161112.jpg&diff=11067File:PO 2686 20161112.jpg2017-01-09T20:57:44Z<p>WillSalt: Esso oil tank wagon 2686 in siding 2 at Arley on November 12th, 2016, with aviation fuel tank wagon 345 behind it.</p>
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<div>== Summary ==<br />
Esso oil tank wagon 2686 in siding 2 at Arley on November 12th, 2016, with aviation fuel tank wagon 345 behind it.<br />
== Licencing ==<br />
{{Permission from self}}</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=GWR_7812_Erlestoke_Manor&diff=9655GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor2016-07-09T19:24:04Z<p>WillSalt: Corrected infobox photo caption</p>
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<div>{{Infobox GWR steam loco<br />
|image = 7812AY.jpg<br />
|caption = 7812 Erlestoke Manor entering Arley with a Down train, July 2011<br />
|construc = GWR Swindon Works<br />
|wheels = 4-6-2<br />
|rating = 5MT<br />
|status = In Service<br />
|locono = 7812<br />
|designed = Charles Benjamin Collett<br />
|locotype = '''GWR 7800'''<br />
|built = 1939<br />
|years1 = 1974<br />
|events1 = Purchased by The Erlestoke Manor Fund<br />
|years2 = 1979<br />
|events2 = First steamed in preservation<br />
|years3 = 1985<br />
|events3 = Withdrawn for overhaul<br />
|years4 = 2008<br />
|events4 = Reentered service<br />
|length = 61ft 9&frac14;"<br />
|weight = 68t 18cwt<br />
}}<br />
7812 Erlestoke Manor is a GWR Collett 7800 Manor class 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotive<br />
==7812 Erlestoke Manor in service==<br />
7812 Erlestoke Manor is one of three Manor class locomotives based at the SVR, the others being [[GWR 7802 Bradley Manor | 7802 Bradley Manor]] and [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]].<br />
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The Manor Class 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotive was designed as a lighter version of the GWR Grange Class, giving a wider Route Availability. The first 20, including all three at the SVR, were built between 1938 and 1939 and incorporated parts from old GWR 4300 Class Moguls. BR built a further 10 in 1950 and rated the class 5MT.<br />
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7812 was named after the Manor at Erlestoke, a village near Devizes in Wiltshire. It entered service in January 1939 in the Bristol/Bath area, working passenger and freight trains to places such as Salisbury, Weymouth, Weston Super Mare and Cardiff. Post-War, 7812 was based in the far South-West, often assisting with long distance expresses on the notorious ‘Devon banks’.<br />
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In late 1960, 7812 moved to the Oswestry/Shrewsbury/Cambrian area where 7802 Bradley Manor was already working. Both locomotives were thought to have been withdrawn at Shrewsbury on 6th November 1965, and both moved to [[Barry Scrapyard | Woodham’s scrapyard]] at Barry in June 1966. However, in November 2015, evidence in the form of a footplate diary (see below) was presented to the Erlestoke Manor Fund, indicating that Erlestoke Manor was still in service on 13th November 1965.<br />
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File:FredWellsDiary.jpg|Footplate diary showing probably the last move of 7812 by a BR driver<br />
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==7812 Erlestoke Manor in preservation==<br />
Both 7812 and 7802 were acquired from Barry by [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]].<br />
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7812 was the first to enter service on the SVR in September 1979 and ran through to 1985. During this time it hauled a number of main line rail tours as follows:<br />
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<div id="MainLine"></div><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Date!!Tour name !! Route !! Notes !! Web !!SVR News<br />
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|17 Apr 1982||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Newport - Hereford || D/H with 4930 Hagley Hall || ||64-28<br />
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|24 Apr 1982||Welsh Marches Pullman || Shrewsbury - Hereford || D/H with 4930 Hagley Hall || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/820424wm.htm SBJ] ||64-29<br />
|-<br />
|05 May 1982||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Chester || || ||66-9<br />
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|05 Jun 1982|| || Shrewsbury-Newport || D/H with 43106 || ||<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="6"|<small>For further information on sources and references, see [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR-based locomotives which hauled revenue-earning services on the main line | The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]</small><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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After overhaul, Erlestoke returned to service in 2008.<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:ExGWR_7812_'Erlestoke_Manor'.jpg|7812 Erlestoke Manor on shed at Bridgnorth, May 2016<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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[[Steam Locomotives]]<br><br />
[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]<br />
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== Links ==<br />
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[http://www.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/ Erlestoke Manor Fund]<br><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_7800_Class GWR 7800 Class on Wikipedia]<br><br />
[http://youtu.be/BfbFjxKR_8o SharposWorld video of 7812 climbing towards Foley Park tunnel, 20/12/14]<br />
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[[Category:Rolling stock owned by The Erlestoke Manor Fund]]<br />
[[Category:Operational steam locomotives]]<br />
[[Category:Locomotives at Bridgnorth]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Oxford_Worcester_and_Wolverhampton_Railway&diff=6700Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway2015-12-16T21:57:40Z<p>WillSalt: /* Present Day */ Reworded to emphasise most of the railway survives.</p>
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<div>The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OW&W, OWW, or OWWR) was an independent railway company that was formed to build a railway between its three named cities, authorised on 4 August 1845<ref>[http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/railways/GWR.htm Rails In Wolverhampton - The Early Years - The Great Western Railway]</ref>. It began at Wolvercot Junction, near Oxford, from which it ran North-West through Honeybourne and Evesham to [[Worcester]]. It then proceeded towards [[Wolverhampton]] via Droitwich Spa, [[Hartlebury]], [[Kidderminster]], Stourbridge and Dudley. Due to its overall poor management, the company is sometimes referred to using its derisive nickname, "The Old Worse and Worse".<br />
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== History ==<br />
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The company suffered from financial mismanagement early on, and ran out of funds in 1849, before any major part of the line was opened. A protracted legal battle then began as the [[Great Western Railway|GWR]] refused to complete the line (a condition of the act of parliament), before realising that its competitors, the Midland Railway and LNWR, were also interested in the line - the GWR finally agreed to lease the line in 1851. The line was eventually completed, still as an independent company, in July 1853, being opened throughout on 1 December 1853<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford,_Worcester_and_Wolverhampton_Railway Wikipedia - Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway]</ref>.<br />
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The company is possibly best known for the Round Oak accident on 23 August 1858, which involved two portions of a special excursion train returning to Wolverhampton. Having been divided into two portions at Stourbridge, a broken coupling on the first portion caused 18 vehicles to run backwards, colliding with the following portion. The collision killed 14 passengers and injuring 50 more, and was stated to be the worst railway accident to have ever occured in the UK at that date <ref>[http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_RoundOakBrettelLane1858.pdf Col. Tyler's report on the Round Oak rail accident]</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Oak_rail_accident Wikipedia - Round Oak rail accident]</ref>.<br />
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== Links to the Severn Valley Railway ==<br />
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The [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership|Severn Valley Railway]] was proposed to build a line from a junction south of Hartlebury, this later being moved past Hartlebury as a cost-saving measure. The OW&W was heavily involved with the Severn Valley Railway despite nominally being independent companies, with several directors holding positions in both companies, and the OW&W's Engineer John Fowler being appointed as the SVR's engineer in 1855. The OW&W formally agreed to lease the SVR on 14 June 1860, shortly before OW&W merged with the Newport, Abergavenny & Hereford Railway and the Worcester & Hereford Railway, forming the [[West Midland Railway]] on 1 July 1860.<br />
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==Present Day==<br />
The majority of the original OW&W route remains open, between Oxford and Stourbridge Junction, via Worcester Shrub Hill, [[Hartlebury]] and [[Kidderminster]]. North of Stourbridge, the line is used for freight services for a short distance, although beyond Round Oak (now the location of the Merry Hill Shopping Centre) it has been variously mothballed or closed. Passenger services to Birmingham Snow Hill and beyond continue via the former GWR line which bears to the right a short distance north of Stourbridge Junction.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<references /></div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Talk:Bridgnorth_signal_box&diff=6691Talk:Bridgnorth signal box2015-12-14T23:06:14Z<p>WillSalt: </p>
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<div>My understanding is the the locking room of Bridgnorth signal box originally had 3 windows along the front wall thus making it approximately 50% longer than presently.[[User:Boldford|Boldford]] ([[User talk:Boldford|talk]]) 21:03, 8 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Regarding the origin of the frame, it seems there are conflicting sources. Marshall seems to claim it was mainly from Arley, but most other sources (and local knowledge) state it was from Windmill End. Looking at the information available, Arley's frame was always a McKenzie and Holland design, in contrast to the GWR/WR frame in Bridgnorth (and Windmill End). Therefore, Marshall seems to be wrong to claim that the frame was "mainly" from Arley, although parts of the interlocking would have been compatible. --[[User:Danny252|Danny252]] ([[User talk:Danny252|talk]]) 18:15, 14 December 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:Supporting that view, there was a comment during the slideshow at KRM this week, the gist of which was that the Arley frame was transported to Bridgnorth but "dropped in transit" and "wasn't much use thereafter".--[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 18:45, 14 December 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:Marshall is a bit vague but I think his exact words are telling: "In the late summer [of 1969 the box structure] was handed over...to the S&T for installation of the frame, interlocking, instruments etc, and for connecting to points and signals. Much of this was removed from Arley with a lack of foresight which gave rise to numerous excuses." --[[User:WillSalt|WillSalt]] ([[User talk:WillSalt|talk]]) 23:06, 14 December 2015 (UTC)</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Ground_Frames_at_Foley_Park&diff=4787Ground Frames at Foley Park2015-07-03T20:13:27Z<p>WillSalt: /* Foley Park Sidings */ Moved footnote to outside of quotes</p>
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<div>== Foley Park Sidings ==<br />
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Access to [[Foley Park sidings]] was achieved by a ground frame. A description of the arrangements is contained in this extract from the "Instructions for working to Sugar Beet Factory Sidings, Appendix to Service Timetable, February 1943."<ref>The Railway at Kidderminster in the 1940s, AJ Turley</ref><br />
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''1. The four sidings adjoining the single running line at Foley Park are available for use for traffic purposes''<br />
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''2. The sidings have a connection with the running line, facing from the direction of Kidderminster; the points are worked from a ground frame locked by key on the Electric Train Token for the section [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]] – [[Bewdley South signal box|Bewdley South]]. The site of the connection with the running line at the Sidings is on a short stretch of level; the running line on the Kidderminster side to a point just before reaching the connection is on a gradient of 1 in 112, falling towards the siding, and on the Bewdley side the line rises 1 in 115 in the direction of Bewdley.''<br />
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''3. An intermediate Electric Train Token instrument is fixed in the ground frame cabin for the reception and issue of the Token for the Kidderminster Junction – Bewdley South Section. Telephonic communication with [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]] is provided in the ground frame cabin.''<br />
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== SVR/BR Boundary ==<br />
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After the closure of the Bewdley-Kidderminster line, two two-lever ground frames were installed at an unknown date on the single line adjacent to the sidings, used to control access between BR and the SVR. It appears they each controlled a single trap point and associated FPL, with an SVR GF controlling traps in one direction, and a BR GF controlling traps in the other. The ground frames can be seen in this photograph: [http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/77903-ground-shunting-signals-help-request-please/?p=1205923 Link].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* A photograph showing a special train proceeding past the BR/SVR ground frames, C E Steele, 1979. Photograph uploaded to the RMweb forums. [http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/77903-ground-shunting-signals-help-request-please/?p=1205923 Link]. Accessed 09/01/2015.<br />
* Great Western Railway Service Time Tables, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Hereford and Newport, July 6th-September 27th 1936. A scanned version of this document available on the website of Michael Clemens - see [http://www.michaelclemensrailways.co.uk/article/working-timetables/553 Link].<br />
<references /></div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Sutton_Bridge_Junction&diff=4786Sutton Bridge Junction2015-07-03T20:00:48Z<p>WillSalt: Corrected reference to S&M</p>
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<div>[[File: Sutton_Bridge_Junction_OS.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Railways south of Shrewsbury (Ordnance Survey 1888-1913)]]<br />
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==Location==<br />
First plans for the Severn Valley Railway involved a connection with the Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway’s proposed branch to Madeley, leading to an approach to Shrewsbury from the east via Wellington. However difficulties in raising funds for construction of the railway resulted in a revised route, with a connection to the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway at Sutton Bridge Junction, a little over &frac12; of a mile south of Shrewsbury.<br />
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The picture shows an extract from the Ordnance Survey Map of 1888-1913. On leaving Shrewsbury to the south, the line first came to Severn Bridge Junction. Here the Shrewsbury & Wellington Railway branched off to the east. This was a joint railway of the GWR and LNWR as far as Wellington, and would have been the route by which the Severn Valley Railway, as originally proposed, would have reached Shrewsbury.<br />
Next the line passed the Carriage and Wagon works and the Shrewsbury locomotive depot. The latter would have been the home of locomotives working the Severn Valley Railway from the north.<br />
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The line then reached Sutton Bridge Junction, which saw the junction of three railways. First, the Severn Valley Line branched off to the southeast. For a distance of 18 chains it was double track, due to a Board of Trade requirement of the time that junctions of single lines, either with double lines or with other single lines, were made double junctions. It became single track shortly after passing the 475 foot long 3-road carriage shed<ref>John Marshall (1989), The Severn Valley Railway.</ref>. <br />
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A few yards further on, the Shropshire and Welshpool Railway branched off to the west, enabling trains to reach the Cambrian Railways system at Welshpool. The Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway then continued southwards towards [[Woofferton]], where it met the [[Tenbury Branch]] from Bewdley.<br />
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==Signalling==<br />
The 61 lever signal box which controlled the junction was built in 1913 and was still in use in 2007<ref>Country Railway Routes - Kidderminster to Shrewsbury, Vic Mitchell & Kevin Smith (2007).</ref>. The Severn Valley Line passed behind the box, while the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway passed in front of it. The Severn Valley Line formation can be seen in [http://www.raretrack.com/100313uk/100313uk18_suttonbridge.htm this photograph].<br />
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==References==<br />
<references /><br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Maps#Schematic maps of the pre-closure SVR | Pre-1963 map]]<br><br />
[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#FormerStations | List of former stations]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_1990-1999&diff=4715Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-19992015-06-20T21:08:16Z<p>WillSalt: /* 1993 */ Added internal links and some typo corrections</p>
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<div>Significant events in the history of the SVR between 1990 and 1999 are set out below, together with a table showing mileages for the steam locomotives used.<br />
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==1990==<br />
1990 saw the [[Severn Valley Railway]] celebrate its Silver Jubilee.<br />
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'''February 1990''': <br />
:The heavy overhaul of [[LNER 60009 Union of South Africa|60009 Union of South Africa]] was completed two days inside the agreed 1 year period. The locomotive ran three return test runs in mid-February which were made open to the public, drawing a large crowd. The locomotive rapidly returned to the main line, hauling a VIP special across the Forth Bridge on 4 March.<br />
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:[[61994 The Great Marquess|The Great Marquess]] hauled “The White Rose” from London Marylebone to Sheffield on 17 February. The locomotive continued to Scotland to haul a return tour from Carlisle to Skipton a week later. SVR News reported that this was the first engine to work from London to Scotland in steam since Flying Scotsman’s non-stop run in 1968. <br />
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'''March 1990''': <br />
:[[SR 34027 Taw Valley|34027 Taw Valley]] returned from the winter season at Marylebone, before later setting off on another season of Crewe-Holyhead express working.<br />
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:An appeal was launched to build a new footbridge to connect [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth Station]] to New Road, between Low Town and High Town. The previous footbridge had been deemed beyond repair and demolished by Bridgnorth Council in 1976.<br />
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'''May 1990''': <br />
:1 May saw the 150th anniversary of the Penny Black postage stamp introduced by Kidderminster’s Sir Rowland Hill. A private Royal Mail / British Rail charter ran from London to Birmingham hauled by electric locomotive 90019, newly named “Penny Black”. Haulage from Birmingham to [[Kidderminster]] was by diesel electric 47515 “Night Mail”. On the SVR, BR locomotive 47474 was named “Sir Rowland Hill”.<br />
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:Sunday 13 May saw the normal summertime Table C timetable in use, requiring 5 steam locomotives. Only later was it pointed out that the SVR had unknowingly achieved a ‘full house’ by rostering [[GWR Small Prairie 4566|GWR 4566]], [[SR 34027 Taw Valley]], [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443|LMS 46443]], LNER 3442 The Great Marquess and [[BR Riddles 4MT 75069|BR Standard 75069]] on the same day. <br />
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:As part of the Silver Jubilee celebrations, [[Railcar 22]] returned to the SVR and appeared at the Diesel Gala, remaining until July.<br />
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:SVR membership reached 15,000.<br />
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'''Summer 1990''': [[GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor|7812 Erlestoke Manor]] left the SVR for overhaul at Swindon, becoming the first SVR locomotive not to be overhauled in the [[Bridgnorth Loco Works]].<br />
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'''September 1990''': 60103 Flying Scotsman (in LNER green livery as No 4472) arrived for the Jubilee Autumn Gala on 17 September, accompanied by owner Sir William McAlpine.<br />
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'''October 1990''': <br />
:HRH The Duke of Gloucester officially opened the Bridgnorth Boiler shop. [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor|7819 Hinton Manor]] carried the appropriate Royal headlamp code for the occasion.<br />
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:A two-car DMU arrived on loan to the SVR for a two year trial period. The group organising the loan proposed to use it for ‘untapped’ portions of the market such as one-off hires and evening / scenic specials.<br />
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'''December 1990''': <br />
:Following ballasting and laying of sleepers and rails during the year, Platform 2 at Kidderminster was brought into use. This allowed two trains to be in Kidderminster Station at the same time. Previously, commissioning of the [[Kidderminster signal box]] in late 1987 had removed the ‘One Engine in Steam’ restriction on the Kidderminster to [[Bewdley South signal box|Bewdley]] section, but services had to cross in the passing loop outside the station.<br />
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:1990 saw new records for the number of passengers on the Santa Services (42,602) and ticket sales in the year (209,837). Turnover exceeded £2m for the first time.<br />
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==1991==<br />
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1991 saw a recession in the UK. The effect was seen on the SVR, where passenger numbers and membership both fell for the first time in some years.<br />
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'''Spring 1991''': <br />
:'Black 5' [[LMS Stanier Class 5 45000|45000]] returned to the NRM, together with coach 9361, the “Clapham Buffet”. The latter had seen regular use, and correspondence in SVR news suggested its departure was regretted more than that of the Black 5! <br />
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:SVR News also noted that [[SR 34027 Taw Valley|34027 Taw Valley]], out on the main line at the time, was ‘unlikely to return’.<br />
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:The Share issue launched in May 1988 reached the target of £500k.<br />
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'''April 1991''': Following further running in, [[LMS Stanier Mogul 42968|Stanier Mogul 42968]] entered service for the first time.<br />
<br />
'''Summer 1981''': The Kidderminster Turntable Project was launched, seeking funds to install the [[Kidderminster Turntable|ex-Fort William 70ft turntable]] at [[Kidderminster]]. The smaller ex-Whitchurch turntable was still being considered for installation at [[Bridgnorth]], but as a lower priority.<br />
<br />
'''August 1991''': <br />
:August bank holiday weekend saw [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] open to the public for the first time.<br />
<br />
:[[BR Riddles 4MT 75069|75069]] and [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor|7819 Hinton Manor]] took turns to work the Cambrian Coast Express between [[Shrewsbury]] and Barmouth.<br />
<br />
'''September 1991''': The Autumn Steam Gala was repeat visits from 60103 Flying Scotsman and [[GWR 3717 City of Truro|3440 City of Truro]]. A total of 9 locomotives were used at the gala.<br />
<br />
'''December 1991''':<br />
:[[LNER 60009 Union of South Africa|60009 Union of South Africa]] returned from the main line for maintenance, and was used on the Christmas services before work began. <br />
<br />
:The P.W. Department completed the process of replacing all wooden sleepers throughout the Railway with concrete sleepers, apart from within stations.<br />
<br />
Locomotives hired out to other railways during the year were as follows:<br />
*[[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443|46443]]: Summer hire to Llangollen Railway until boiler tubes failed<br />
*[[GWR Small Prairie 4566|4566]]: Summer hire to Llangollen Railway replacing 46443<br />
*[[LMS Jinty 47383|47383]] Summer hire to North Norfolk Railway<br />
<br />
==1992==<br />
Despite the recession, the SVR continued to adopt the policy of having 15 serviceable locomotives, of which 3-4 would be used on the main line or hired out.<br />
<br />
'''April 1992''': The Spring Gala featured un-rebuilt Bulleid Battle of Britain class no 34072 257 Squadron which made a 2 month visit. Also featured was [[LNER 60009 Union of South Africa|60009 Union of South Africa]] whose winter maintenance had been completed. ‘No 9’ worked a rail tour to Scotland before leaving the SVR at the end of the month.<br />
<br />
'''Summer 1992''': Three SVR locomotives were on hire to other railways. [[GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco|2857]] spent the season at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, [[GWR Small Prairie 4566|4566]] went back to Llangollen and [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|the 8F]] (now repainted as 48773) went to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.<br />
<br />
'''June 1992''': <br />
:The SVR staged its first ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ event, featuring Manchester Ship Canal No 32 ‘Gothenburg’ (HC 680/1903) from the East Lancashire Railway. The two days saw nearly 17,000 visitors to the railway.<br />
<br />
:June 1992 saw the celebration of ‘Ashford 150’. [[BR Riddles 4MT 75069|75069]] traveled south to join [[SR 34027 Taw Valley|Taw Valley]] and [[SR 30777 Sir Lamiel|30777 Sir Lamiel]], and worked a series of shuttles between Ashford and Hastings.<br />
<br />
'''July 1992''': <br />
:[[Highley]] station was closed for 2 weeks; SVR News noted '''The deterioration of Highley Station Platform was felt to have gone far enough when a hole appeared in it''.'<br />
<br />
:The SVR Junior Club did a full 32 mile return trip using the pump trolley to raise money for charity. <br />
<br />
:The SVR experimented with a TV advertisement for the first time.<br />
<br />
:[[GWR Mogul 7325|Collett Mogul 7325]] returned to steam for the first time in 28 years.<br />
<br />
'''September 1992''': The Autumn Gala guest was LNER A4 pacific 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley (BR 60007); a total of 12 engines were in steam for the event.<br />
<br />
Locomotives hired out to other railways during the year were as follows:<br />
*2857: Season on hire to GWSR<br />
*4566: Summer hire to Llangollen<br />
*48773: Summer hire to Worth Valley Railway<br />
<br />
==1993==<br />
1993 marked 25 years since the end of BR steam in 1968, and also 30 years since the last train from [[Bridgnorth]]. The recession continued to bite; the membership briefly dropped below 15,000 and the management began to review the ‘large engine’ policy.<br />
<br />
'''April 1993''': The Spring Steam Gala saw a return visit from 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley, standing in at short notice for Flying Scotsman which had failed prior to the event.<br />
<br />
'''Summer 1993''': <br />
:Summer 1993 saw 5 SVR engines on hire to other railways. [[GWR Pannier 5764|5764]] went to the South Devon Railway, [[LMS Jinty 47383|47383]] to the North Norfolk Railway, [[BR Riddles 4MT 80079|80079]] to the Llangollen Railway, [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521|46521]] to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway and [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|48773]] to the West Somerset Railway.<br />
<br />
:Black 5 44767 George Stephenson paid a short visit to the SVR prior to beginning main line running<br />
<br />
:June 1993: Pannier 5775 arrived on a 3 month loan from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. <br />
<br />
'''September 1993''': <br />
:On 4 September the SVR was visited by Prince and Princess Michael of Kent aboard a charter consisting of 10 coaches of the VSOE ‘Orient Express’. [[LMR 600 Gordon|600 Gordon]] provided the motive power for a [[Kidderminster]] – Bridgnorth return, being the only SVR locomotive equipped to work with air braked stock.<br />
<br />
:A special train ran to mark the 30th anniversary of the last BR passenger service to leave Bridgnorth.<br />
<br />
:The Autumn Steam Gala was the most ambitious to date. It was the first to feature overnight running, and the first to include 3 guests (Pannier 5775, LMS Fowler 4F 0-6-0 no 44422 and GER N7 0-6-2T no 69621). The event included a Bridgnorth-Kidderminster run with triple-headed panniers, while no less than 17 locomotives were steamed on both the Saturday and Sunday.<br />
<br />
'''December 1993''': <br />
:The SVR found out ‘by chance’ that landlords BR were planning to auction the 7.6 acre site on which the SVR’s Kidderminster station was built (in 1984 the SVR had bought the line to Kidderminster, but could only afford to lease the land for the station itself). Contact was hastily made with BR, who agreed to an offer of £450k to secure the site without an auction. The purchase (plus £80k of recoverable VAT) was initially funded by a bridging loan, and inevitably triggered another share prospectus.<br />
<br />
:The contract for construction of the New Road footbridge was signed just in time to qualify for a grant from the European Regional Development Fund..<br />
<br />
Locomotives hired out to other railways during the year were as follows:<br />
*[[GWR Pannier 5764|5764]]: Summer hire to South Devon<br />
*[[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521|46521]]: Summer hire to GWSR<br />
*[[LMS Jinty 47383|47383]]: Summer hire to North Norfolk<br />
*[[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|48773]]: Summer Hire to West Somerset<br />
*[[BR Riddles 4MT 80079|80079]]: Summer hire to Llangollen<br />
<br />
==1994==<br />
'''Winter 1993/Spring 94''': Another major overhaul of Victoria Bridge was carried out, partly funded by English Heritage due to the bridge’s listed status. Repairs continued into the spring, with repainting completed in May.<br />
<br />
'''April 1994''': <br />
:On the afternoon of Wednesday 6 April a skip lorry struck [[Hay Bridge]], demolishing the west-side walkway and pushing the main girders two feet out of alignment. Easter week services were suspended, but round the clock work by the PW Department supported by the Highways Department and the Railway Inspectorate saw the bridge reopened just 48 hours later. Visiting locomotive 6024 King Edward I was first to cross the repaired bridge, echoing the events of May 1983 when 92220 Evening Star ‘tested’ the repaired embankment at Bridgnorth.<br />
<br />
:The Spring Gala included the unusually high number of 5 visiting locomotives. 1993 Autumn Gala guest 44442 had returned to steam following repair over the winter, 6024 King Edward I was another winter visitor for engineering work, 5029 Nunney Castle had arrived in connection with the launch of a share issue, while LMS Stanier Jubilee 45596 Bahamas and Standard Tank 80080 (sister of the SVR’s 80079) were also present.<br />
<br />
'''May 1994''': 7802 Bradley Manor was formally commissioned, following a period of running in following restoration. The locomotive was originally acquired as a source of spares for 7812 Erlestoke Manor, and indeed the SVR Stock Book published in 1980 listed 7802 under ‘Vehicles scrapped on the SVR’!<br />
<br />
'''June 1994''': <br />
:The first ‘War Weekend’ was held and reported to be a major success.<br />
<br />
:686 The Lady Armaghdale was repainted as ‘Thomas’. Over the next few years the locomotive would embark on a succession of loans to other railways for ‘Thomas’ events.<br />
<br />
'''July 1994''': The footbridge between Bridgnorth Station and New Road was completed and opened to the public.<br />
<br />
'''September 1994''': <br />
:September began with a ‘Thomas’ weekend featuring the SVR’s new Thomas and regular Gordon, together with ‘Daisy the DMU’. As a prelude to the Autumn Gala, Lady Lucinda Lambton was invited to christen the newly installed Kidderminster Turntable by turning 60103 Flying Scotsman (in typical fashion Gordon had already sneaked in a turn before the Thomas event!).<br />
<br />
:Another ‘monster gala’ followed with 17 in steam, including guests 6024 King Edward I, 60103 Flying Scotsman (now in BR livery with German-style smoke deflectors) and 60009 Union of South Africa which had visited again for more repairs. Operations were hampered by the discovery of a broken rail at Alveley, causing a speed restriction right at the foot of the bank which affected the timetable.<br />
<br />
'''Winter 1994''': The SVR(H) Board announced the sale of 45690 Leander (and 45699 Galatea) to the family of Dr. Peter Beet. The justification given was that the offer was attractive, the locomotive had been stored out of use for 7 years, funds were not available for a General Repair, and once repaired the locomotive would see limited use on the SVR due to its size and axle loading. Predictably many members complained of the Railway ‘selling the family silver’.<br />
<br />
<br />
==1995==<br />
'''Spring 1995''': <br />
:Over the winter ten feet of river bank was washed away at Sterns, triggering further slippage. 3,000 tons of rock was deposited on the river bank as a temporary measure while a geological survey was undertaken.<br />
<br />
:Bridgnorth District Council announced a plan to build a halt at the Alverly Countryside Park, to be called [[Country Park Halt]]. Construction would take place in late 1995, and the Halt would be open in time for the 1996 season.<br />
<br />
:The Spring Steam Gala featured only home locomotives.<br />
<br />
'''March 1995''': 7802 Bradley Manor ran a test trip from Bristol to Paignton, in anticipation of a summer season organised by Pete Waterman.<br />
<br />
'''May 1995''': <br />
:80079 was one of three locomotives taking part in the ‘Steam on the Met’ festival organised by London Underground Limited (LUL). SVR personnel were allowed to drive and fire the locomotive under supervision of an LUL conductor. Preserved steam on the Metropolitan Line between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Amersham had started in 1989, and previous SVR participants were 46521 in 1993 and 80079 in 1984.<br />
<br />
:The pilot episode of the TV sitcom “[[Oh, Doctor Beeching!]]” was filmed at Arley<br />
<br />
'''June 1995''': The Railway’s ‘Steam School’ courses received a boost following the filming and broadcast of a feature on Blue Peter with presenter Diane-Louise Jordan.<br />
<br />
'''July 1995''': <br />
:Manning Wardle 2047 Warwickshire was moved out of Bridgnorth Shed for the first time in 18 years. The locomotive had been cosmetically restored and repainted in a green livery and was moved to Kidderminster to be displayed outside Kidderminster Railway Museum.<br />
<br />
:A special train ran on 8 July to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the initial meeting at the Cooper’s Arms.<br />
<br />
'''August 1995''': <br />
:For 3 weeks in August the SVR used only diesel haulage due to the severe drought at the time.<br />
<br />
:The General Manager’s Notes in SVR news referred to visiting locomotives for the forthcoming Autumn Steam Gala, and continued ‘''Together with our own fleet, including the A4 60009 Union of South Africa…''’. Although no formal announcement was made, this was the first occasion on which 60009 was referred to as a ‘home’ locomotive rather than a visitor.<br />
<br />
'''September 1995''': <br />
:Autumn Steam Gala visitors were GWR 1400 class 0-4-2T no 1466 from Didcot (sister locomotive to No 1450 which arrived at the SVR in 2014) and S&DJR Fowler 7F No 88 (BR no 53808) from the West Somerset Railway.<br />
<br />
:Centro and Regional Railways reopened ‘The Jewellery Line’ from Birmingham Snow Hill via Smethwick West Junction to Stourbridge Junction and Kidderminster. Despite being the weekend of the Autumn Gala, the SVR made 80079 available, and the locomotive made 3 return journeys between Snow Hill and Stourbridge Junction with 5 maroon liveried Mark 1s in tow, taking only 25 minutes against an allowed 35 minutes for the uphill journey via Old Hill bank.<br />
<br />
'''November 1995''': Peckett 1758 departed for the South Devon Railway.<Ref>[http://totnes.southdevonrailwayassociation.org/motive-power-that-has-visited-the-sdr South Devon Railway Association]</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
==1996==<br />
'''April 1996''': The Spring Gala featured GWR Collett 7800 Manor class no 7822 Foxcote Manor from Llangollen, and GWR Churchward 4200 class 2-8-0T no 4277. The latter, owned by Peter Best, had been at the SVR for completion of restoration as a contract job. The gala was intended to feature 8 GWR locomotives; in the event 46521 (an honorary GWR engine being Swindon-built) had to substitute for a failed 4566.<br />
<br />
'''May 1996''': <br />
:Filming of the first series of Oh, Doctor Beeching! took place at Arley.<br />
<br />
:7325 returned to steam following a major cylinder repair including welding and ‘stitching’, and took part in ‘Steam on the Met’.<br />
<br />
'''Summer 1996''': Planning permission was received to extend the sidings at Bewdley. The new siding area would be filled with a pile of spoil which had been left at Kidderminster following construction of the new station; a spin-off being that removal of the pile would create space for the proposed ‘diesel depot’ near the Kidderminster turntable.<br />
<br />
'''August 1996''': The SVR staged its first 1960s event.<br />
<br />
'''September 1996''': The Autumn Steam Gala featured repeat visits from guests 5029 Nunney Castle and 6024 King Edward I, the latter having been shortened in height during a recent overhaul to improve gauge clearance.<br />
<br />
'''Late 1996''': <br />
:6960 Raveningham Hall left the Railway, following a change of ownership. The locomotive is now one of a number owned by Jeremy Hosking.<br />
<br />
:A project was announced to build a new Carriage Shed, seeking financial assistance from National Lottery funding.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==1997==<br />
'''February 1997''': 46521 was officially named ‘Blossom’ by actor Steven Lewis in a ceremony on 17 February.<br />
<br />
'''March 1997''': 20 March saw the death of the Revd. Wilbert Awdry, author of the ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ books. Revs. Awdry was a regular visitor to the SVR in the early days and had been an SVR member since 1980.<br />
<br />
'''April 1997''': The application for Heritage Lottery funding for the Kidderminster Carriage Shed was submitted. The proposal included under-cover storage for 56 carriages, together with a Locomotive Display Building. The latter proposal would later be dropped.<br />
<br />
'''Spring 1997''': A new mezzanine storage and office area was constructed in Bridgnorth Loco Works. ‘Tranter Towers’ as it became known was removed in 2014 to provide additional locomotive working space.<br />
<br />
'''May 1997''': Filming of the second series of Oh, Doctor Beeching! took place at Arley.<br />
<br />
'''Summer 1997''': <br />
:H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester became Patron of the SVR. The Duke’s first visit to the SVR had been in October 1990 on the occasion of the opening of the new Bridgnorth Boiler Shop.<br />
<br />
:6024 King Edward I visited the railway between May and September, being used occasionally on normal SVR services.<br />
<br />
:60009’s ‘7 year’ main line certificate expired.<br />
<br />
'''September 1997''': Autumn Gala visitors included 6024 King Edward I, 5027 Nunney Castle (which had been receiving repairs) and Pannier 9466. A total of 13 locomotives were in steam, including The Great Marquess which had recently been repainted in BR black livery as 61994, having formerly been liveried as LNER 3442. During the gala The Great Marquess was posed on Kidderminster’s ex-Fort William turntable, which it would have used many times while in service on the West Highland Line.<br />
<br />
'''October 1997''': Stanier Mogul 42968 embarked on a series of 9 rail tours between October and January. Highlights included a climb of Sugar Loaf summit with a gross load of 365 tons (in BR days Class 5 engines were limited to 240 tons!), and the first steam ascent in preservation of the 1:37 Lickey Incline in tandem with 7325.<br />
<br />
'''November 1997''': Class 50 Diesel [[BR Class 50 50031 Hood | No 50031 Hood]] made a main-line debut, hauling Past-Time Rail’s ‘The Pilgrim Hoover’ from Birmingham International to Plymouth and return.<br />
<br />
'''Winter 1997''': <br />
:The Great Marquess suffered a failure of the crank axle (used to provide drive from the locomotive’s third centre cylinder), the driver’s side driving wheel having moved on the stub axle. The problem was considered repairable (contrary to speculation in the railway press at the time), but also costly. As the locomotive was nearly ‘out of ticket’, newly liveried 61994 joined the ‘long term’ repair queue.<br />
<br />
:Passenger numbers exceeded 200,000 and turnover passed £3m for the first time.<br />
<br />
==1998==<br />
'''Spring 1998''': <br />
:76079 from Llangollen visited the SVR, principally for working charter trains.<br />
<br />
:LNER B12 4-6-0 8572 (BR 61572) was announced as the Autumn Steam Gala guest.<br />
<br />
:A 65ft (SVR News, Wikipedia states 70ft) turntable ex-Bristol (Bath Road) arrived at Eardington, intended for installation at Bridgnorth. <br />
<br />
:The Board authorised the re-cladding of the Bridgnorth main loco shed (ex-Portskewett) which had been damaged by storms over the winter.<br />
<br />
:The owner of no 78019 was approached by a group from the Great Central Railway at Loughborough offering to complete the restoration of the locomotive on agreement that it remained at the GCR for an undisclosed period of time. This move became permanent, leaving 4150 as the SVR’s only ex-Barry restoration still in progress.<br />
<br />
:Filming took place for TV Movie “Cider with Rosie”, featuring 5764.<br />
<br />
'''September 1998''': A special event took place to mark the 20th anniversary of the arrival of Western Diesels D1013 Western Ranger and D1062 Western Courier twenty years earlier.<br />
<br />
'''November 1998''': Hunslet 0-6-0 No 686 The Lady Armaghdale celebrated her 100th birthday. The locomotive was briefly painted into her original black livery as Manchester Ship Canal No 32, before returning to Thomas duties.<br />
<br />
==1999==<br />
'''July 1999''': <br />
:On 24 July the Railway saw an incoming railtour from Preston to Arley using Black 5 45407.<br />
<br />
:On 28 July the ‘first sod’ was cut on the site of the new Kidderminster Carriage Shed.<br />
<br />
'''September 1999''': <br />
:The Railway was saw an unusual visitor on 18 September with a through Bridgnorth - Paignton excursion using a BR HST. <br />
<br />
:Contractors Carrillion Construction arrived on site on 20 September to begin work on the new Carriage Shed. This spurred a marathon of junk moving by the PW staff and volunteers – more than a mile of old track was recovered!<br />
<br />
:Denis Howells’ pannier 9466 and 80072 visited the Railway for the Autumn Steam Gala and October Classic Vehicle Day.<br />
<br />
'''November 1999''': The first steelwork was installed for the new Carriage Shed.<br />
<br />
==Locomotives used==<br />
Mileages for steam locomotives used between 1990 and 1999 were as follows:<br />
{| class="wikitable" <br />
| <b>Locomotive</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1990</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1991</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1992</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1993</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1994</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1995</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1996</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1997</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1998</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1999</b> ||<b>Comment</b><br />
|-<br />
| 1501 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 1,280 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,760 || style="text-align:right;" | 8,015 || Entered service following restoration<br />
|-<br />
| 2857 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,788 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,683 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,428 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,308 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,648 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || <br />
|-<br />
| 4566 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,761 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,270 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,458 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,062 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,372 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,333 || style="text-align:right;" | 50 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || <br />
|-<br />
| 5764 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,567 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,543 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,553 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,689 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,493 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,933 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,617 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,966 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,546 || style="text-align:right;" | || <br />
|-<br />
| 7714 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 398 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,469 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,100 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,117 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,323 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,627 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,416 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,206 || Entered service following restoration<br />
|-<br />
| 7802 Bradley Manor || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 4,693 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,951 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,713 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,479 || style="text-align:right;" | 260 || style="text-align:right;" | 9,322 || Entered service following restoration<br />
|-<br />
| 7819 Hinton Manor || style="text-align:right;" | 5,909 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,918 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,239 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,949 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,166 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || <br />
|-<br />
| 7325/9303 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 4,909 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,754 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,025 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,158 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,015 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,244 || style="text-align:right;" | 8,430 || style="text-align:right;" | 9,582 || <br />
|-<br />
| 34027 Taw Valley || style="text-align:right;" | 11,525 || style="text-align:right;" | 660 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,070 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || <br />
|-<br />
| 42968 || style="text-align:right;" | 150 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,437 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,409 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,279 || style="text-align:right;" | 784 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,553 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,560 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,571 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,925 || style="text-align:right;" | || <br />
|-<br />
| 45110 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 3,945 || style="text-align:right;" | 10,199 || <br />
|-<br />
| 46443 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,229 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,168 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 3,313 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,446 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,004 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,649 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,968 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,674 || style="text-align:right;" | || <br />
|-<br />
| 46521 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 158 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,409 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,382 || style="text-align:right;" | 8,107 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,507 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,889 || style="text-align:right;" | 8,780 || style="text-align:right;" | 8,652 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,766 || <br />
|-<br />
| 47383 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,222 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,703 || style="text-align:right;" | 331 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,017 || style="text-align:right;" | 566 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,794 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,431 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,230 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,207 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,360 || <br />
|-<br />
| 48773 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,120 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,509 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,770 || style="text-align:right;" | 9,450 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,821 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 6,273 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,056 || <br />
|-<br />
| 60009 Union of South Africa || style="text-align:right;" | 552 || style="text-align:right;" | 213 || style="text-align:right;" | 719 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 1,538 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,177 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,673 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,426 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || Referred to as 'guest' until 1995<br />
|-<br />
| 61994 The Great Marquess || style="text-align:right;" | 6,251 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,904 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,643 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,708 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,753 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,634 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,069 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,484 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || <br />
|-<br />
| 75069 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,583 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,156 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,264 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,486 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,573 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || <br />
|-<br />
| 80079 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 4,045 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,027 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,426 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,161 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,872 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,553 || style="text-align:right;" | 9,241 || <br />
|-<br />
| 600 Gordon || style="text-align:right;" | 829 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,835 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,870 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,340 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,031 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,262 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,832 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,104 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,889 || style="text-align:right;" | 62 || <br />
|-<br />
| 686 The Lady Armaghdale || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 656 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,219 || style="text-align:right;" | 821 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,424 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,692 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,085 || <br />
|-<br />
| 6960 Raveningham Hall || style="text-align:right;" | 2,922 || style="text-align:right;" | 8,419 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,399 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,016 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | 51 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,510 || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || style="text-align:right;" | || Left SVR in 1996<br />
|-<br />
| Guests and others || style="text-align:right;" | 764 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,006 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,414 || style="text-align:right;" | 421 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,229 || style="text-align:right;" | 598 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,815 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,999 || style="text-align:right;" | 692 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,140 || <br />
|-<br />
| <b>Total</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>56,172</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>59,582</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>55,283</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>66,688</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>76,028</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>63,717</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>60,128</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>61,454</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>67,914</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>69,034</b> ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation]]<br><br />
( [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989 | 1980-1989]] ) ([[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009 | 2000-2009]] )<br />
<br />
==Sources==<br />
SVR News unless otherwise stated. Locomotive mileages from SVR News Issue 152 page 25 "SVR Steam Locomotive Mileages 1990-2004 compiled by Graham Nangreave".<br />
<references /></div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=SR_34027_Taw_Valley&diff=4713SR 34027 Taw Valley2015-06-20T20:03:40Z<p>WillSalt: Added ref to SVR News for return to steam</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:TawValley_20150406.jpg |thumb|200px|right| 34027 Taw Valley]]<br />
==34027 Taw Valley in service==<br />
The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes were designed by Oliver Bulleid, the CME of the Southern Railway (SR). Lighter in weight than their sister locomotives, the Merchant Navy class, they could be used on a wide variety of routes including in the south-west of England and the Kent coast. <br />
<br />
They were a mixed-traffic design, being used for both passenger and freight trains, and were rated 7P6F by British Railways.<br />
<br />
Originally built with innovative features including air-smoothed casings and chain-driven valve gear, many of the locomotives including 34027 were rebuilt by British Railways in the late 1950s.<br />
<br />
Taw Valley was built in 1946 at the SR’s Brighton Works. It was originally allocated to Ramsgate where it entered service as SR number [[UIC classification | 21C127]]. The locomotive was re-numbered 34027 by BR following nationalisation.<br />
<br />
In 1947 Taw Valley moved to Exmouth Junction, working mainly in Devon and Cornwall. Here the locomotive would have hauled named trains such as the ‘Atlantic Coast Express’ and ‘Devon Belle’. In 1957, after being rebuilt, Taw Valley moved to the Southeast and worked commuter services from Brighton. Following transfer to Salisbury in 1963, Taw Valley was withdrawn from service by BR in August 1964 and towed to Barry scrap yard.<br><br />
<br />
==34027 Taw Valley in preservation==<br />
After being saved from Barry, restoration began elsewhere but was completed at the SVR, where the locomotive entered service.<br />
<br />
While in service, Taw Valley ran [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | on the main line]] as well as on the SVR. It sometimes ran numbered as sister locomotive 34045 Ottery St Mary, and also appeared as the ‘Hogwarts Express’ for a time.<br />
<br />
Following a length overhaul, Taw Valley re-entered service on 16 May 2015, hauling an incoming "British Pullman" railtour consisting of 12 coaches and a Class 67 diesel from Bewdley to Bridgnorth,<ref>I. Walker, "Steam Locomotive Notes", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015) p. 28</ref> and an SVR service from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster. <br />
<br />
==Sources==<br />
Service history from fleetsteam.co.uk<br />
<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[Steam Locomotives]] <br><br />
[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_1965-1969&diff=4712Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-19692015-06-20T19:58:54Z<p>WillSalt: /* References and sources */ Put references tag in the right place</p>
<hr />
<div>Significant events in the history of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation between 1965 and 1969 are set out below.<br />
==1965==<br />
[[File: Old_boundary_20150610.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Milepost 144½, the old boundary]]<br />
The formation of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation began on 6 July 1965. Keith Beddoes, a local railway enthusiast, organised a meeting at the Cooper’s Arms in Kidderminster to discuss the feasibility of preserving a section of the former GWR Severn Valley Railway which had been closed by British Railways (BR). Around 50 people attended the meeting, and those present agreed to form the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] (“the Society”). The initial membership subscription was proposed as £1, but eventually set at 1 guinea (£1+1shilling) at the suggestion of John Garth, in order to increase funds.<br />
<br />
On Sunday 11 July the Society visited [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth Station]]. While holding up the old station name board to take a photograph, they were challenged “What the hell do you think you are doing?” by a man with a shotgun. This turned out to be George Thorpe (also known as ‘Elias’) who had continued to operate the station refreshment room after the station itself had shut. Once the Society explained their idea, they were quickly made welcome!<br />
<br />
On 25 July, the Society made a second visit to inspect the line between [[Hampton Loade]] and Bridgnorth. They discovered that since their first visit, BR had begun to take up the track from Bridgnorth Station towards [[Kidderminster]]. The Society authorised John Garth to send a telegram to British Rail asking them to stop taking up the line, which they fortunately agreed to do while negotiations took place.<br />
<br />
The Society’s initial goal was to operate services over the 4&frac12; miles between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade. However the Society would also need to take on the track between Hampton Loade and Milepost 144&frac12; near [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley]] in order to maintain a connection to the main line via the section beyond, which BR was still using for colliery traffic from [[Alveley Colliery]]. At a meeting in August, the Society proposed to lease the line from BR.<br />
<br />
BR granted the Society access to the Bridgnorth Station site in exchange for a rent of £5 per month, and regular Sunday afternoon de-weeding of the track and painting of the buildings began.<br />
<br />
In September 1965 the Stephenson Locomotive Society visited Alveley with a special train from [[Bewdley]]. This helped publicise the preservation scheme.<br />
<br />
==1966==<br />
BR proved unwilling to lease the line to the SVR, and initially quoted a price of £45,000 for the outright purchase of line between [[Bridgnorth]] and [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley Colliery]]. However following a professional valuation the [[Severn Valley Railway Society|Society]] made an offer of £25,000 for the track and buildings, which BR accepted in February 1966. BR asked for a deposit of 10% against the purchase price.<br />
<br />
The rest of 1966 was taken up with raising the deposit. Bridgnorth Station saw regular ‘open weekends’, the first being a steam-free information display as part of Bridgnorth Arts Festival, over the Whitsun bank holiday weekend.<ref>A. G. Cleaver, "The Early Days Of The 'Severn Valley'", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015), p.24</ref> Two further open weekends later in the year featured road traction engines and a miniature railway set up on Platform 2. Society membership grew to around 300 in the first year.<br />
<br />
During 1966 the Society learned that operating authority from the Ministry of Transport would be required before the Railway could be bought from BR. BR would need to apply for a Railway Order to downgrade the line from “secondary railway” to “light railway” status. Once this was granted, a new Company would need to apply for a Light Railway Order (LRO) to transfer responsibility for the line; the Society itself not being able to apply for legal reasons. [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited]], ‘the Guarantee Company’ (being a Private Company Limited by Guarantee), was incorporated on 24 May 1967 in order to make the application for the LRO at the appropriate time. However the company remained dormant for the next 2 years, with the Society continuing to conduct the negotiations with BR.<br />
<br />
==1967==<br />
<br />
[[File:3205-Bridgnorth-3-1967-03-25.jpeg|thumb|200px|right|The first train arrives at Bridgnorth on 25 March 1967 ([[Sellick Collection]])]]<br />
<br />
<br />
The Society paid the 10% deposit to BR in February 1967, with contracts for the purchase being exchanged on 1 June (the balance of the purchase price was paid shortly after the official opening in May 1970). BR allowed stock to be moved in once the 10% deposit was paid, and the preservation scheme really gained momentum with the arrival on 25 March of the first locomotive and 4 GWR coaches including [[GWR 6562 Brake Composite | GWR 6562]] which is still at the SVR. [[GWR 2251 Class 3205|GWR 0-6-0 No 3205]] had made the journey in steam from the BR shed at Stourbridge Junction, where it had been re-assembled after being hauled ‘dead’ from the West Country. Another 3 locomotives and a diesel railcar would arrive during 1967: [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443|Ivatt 2MT No 46443]] on 22 April, GWR [[railcar 22|Railcar 22]] on 13th May, [[2047 Warwickshire|Manning Wardle contractors engine no 2047]] (later named Warwickshire) on 22 October, and [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank|ex-Port Talbot Railway 0-6-0 No 813]] on 25 November.<br />
<br />
The availability of working rolling stock saw a succession of steam galas in 1967. The Railway had not yet received the Light Railway Order allowing rides to be given to the general public. However SVR members could travel, so the Railway did a brisk trade in ‘Day Member’ tickets, while full membership of the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] also benefitted, passing the 1,000 mark by the end of the year.<br />
<br />
During 1967 the Civil Engineering Department constructed a 30ft long locomotive inspection pit at [[SVR Loco Works|Bridgnorth]]. A water tower was purchased from Dudley and erected at [[Eardington]], the only source of suitably soft water on the line.<br />
<br />
The excitement of the time was tempered by the news that Shropshire County Council and several local Parish Councils were likely to oppose the formal re-opening of the Railway, as it might prejudice the proposed construction of the Bridgnorth By-pass and the carrying out of road improvements relating to bridges in the Eardington area. However BR remained supportive of the SVR, allowing continued tenancy of [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth Station]].<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:3205-Bridgnorth-1967-03-25.jpg|The first locomotive to arrive, ex-GWR 3205, approaches Bridgnorth on 25 March 1967 ([[Sellick Collection]])<br />
File:3205-Bridgnorth-2-1967-03-25.jpeg|A large crowd greets 3205 on arrival Bridgnorth on 25 March 1967 ([[Sellick Collection]])<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==1968==<br />
[[File:Bridgnorth Severn Valley Railway Locomotive Yard and Station geograph-2781621-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg | thumb|200px|right| Bridgnorth yard, September 1968 (Wikimedia Commons)]]<br />
The galas continued with the tacit approval of BR. The Easter Steam Gala featured [[GWR 2251 Class 3205|No 3205]], while the Autumn Gala saw 10,000 visitors to [[Bridgnorth]], with 3205 and [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443|46443]] making alternate trips to [[Hampton Loade]] and back. Over £1,000 was raised on that Bank Holiday alone. However BR, which was still the LRO holder, became concerned at safety at such sizeable events.<br />
<br />
The year saw the arrival of 3 more engines; [[LMS Jinty 47383|LMS 3F Jinty 0-6-0 No 47383]] on 26 May, Ex-Hams Hall Power Station [[Peckett 1738|Peckett 0-4-0ST No 1738]] on 13 July and [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106|Ivatt 4MT Mogul 43106]] on 2 August.<br />
<br />
Negotiations with Shropshire County Council and the other dissenting parties proved fruitless, and a Public Enquiry became necessary to consider the proposed Scheme for the Railway. This was held in October 1968 at County Hall in Shrewsbury. BR gave backing for the Railway, and many other witnesses were called. The plans put forward for the bypass and evidence on road usage appeared to those present to be hastily put together. On the second day of the Enquiry, the Inspector and all parties travelled from Bridgnorth to [[Bewdley]] to view the Scheme at first hand. The Minister of Transport’s decision would be based on the Inspector’s report.<br />
<br />
==1969==<br />
1969 saw the arrival of another 2 engines; [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|LMS Stanier 8F No 48773]] [LMS 8233] on 4 January and ex Manchester Ship Canal and ICI Hunslet 0-6-0T [[686 The Lady Armaghdale]] on 14 July.<br />
<br />
[[Alveley Colliery]] closed in January 1969, following which BR officially closed the adjacent section of the line from [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley]] to [[Bewdley]]. Technically the area north of Bewdley was a closed siding under BR control and therefore subject to the recently imposed BR steam ban. Early in 1969, BR banned steam operations by the SVR, a blow which made the SVR members all the more determined to re-open the line. <br />
<br />
The result of the Public Enquiry was a recommendation by the Inspector that the first LRO should be granted. However in June 1969 the Minister of Transport rejected the recommendaton, citing the potential extra cost to public funds of the [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge|Bridgnorth By-pass Bridge]] if the Railway went ahead (the objections relating to the Eardington road bridges were not sustained). The Minister invited the parties to meet and resolve the issue. In order to make progress, it became necessary for the SVR to agree formaly that they would either fund the By-pass Bridge or end the line south of the By-pass when and if it was built. Given that assurance, the County Council withdrew its objections and the Minister accordingly found in favour of the Scheme.<br />
<br />
In December 1969 the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] was merged into [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|The Guarantee Company]], with the latter now becoming the proper entity to take the Scheme forward. The AGM coincided with the announcement that the first LRO had been granted, allowing BR to work the line from [[Bridgnorth]] to Alveley as a Light Railway, although of course they had no wish to do so. However the granting of that order meant The Guarantee Company could now apply for the second LRO to transfer ownership to the SVR.<br />
<br />
==References and sources==<br />
Past editions of Severn Valley Railway News. Also early history taken from:<br />
:Severn Valley Railway Guide 1972/3, DN Cooke and DC Williams. <br />
:SVR News 151 “The fortieth anniversary, Wednesday 6 July 2005”, text of a speech by Christopher George.<br />
:Severn Valley Railway Steam, Sir Gerald Nabarro, M.P. (1971).<br />
:[http://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/news/steaming-back-in-the-seventies-preservation-1970-74 Heritage Railway Magazine article]<br />
<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
[[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation | The Severn Valley Railway in preservation]]<br><br />
( [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979 |1970-1979]] )</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_1965-1969&diff=4711Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-19692015-06-20T19:58:20Z<p>WillSalt: /* 1966 */ Added more details of first open weekend (from SVR News)</p>
<hr />
<div>Significant events in the history of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation between 1965 and 1969 are set out below.<br />
==1965==<br />
[[File: Old_boundary_20150610.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Milepost 144½, the old boundary]]<br />
The formation of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation began on 6 July 1965. Keith Beddoes, a local railway enthusiast, organised a meeting at the Cooper’s Arms in Kidderminster to discuss the feasibility of preserving a section of the former GWR Severn Valley Railway which had been closed by British Railways (BR). Around 50 people attended the meeting, and those present agreed to form the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] (“the Society”). The initial membership subscription was proposed as £1, but eventually set at 1 guinea (£1+1shilling) at the suggestion of John Garth, in order to increase funds.<br />
<br />
On Sunday 11 July the Society visited [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth Station]]. While holding up the old station name board to take a photograph, they were challenged “What the hell do you think you are doing?” by a man with a shotgun. This turned out to be George Thorpe (also known as ‘Elias’) who had continued to operate the station refreshment room after the station itself had shut. Once the Society explained their idea, they were quickly made welcome!<br />
<br />
On 25 July, the Society made a second visit to inspect the line between [[Hampton Loade]] and Bridgnorth. They discovered that since their first visit, BR had begun to take up the track from Bridgnorth Station towards [[Kidderminster]]. The Society authorised John Garth to send a telegram to British Rail asking them to stop taking up the line, which they fortunately agreed to do while negotiations took place.<br />
<br />
The Society’s initial goal was to operate services over the 4&frac12; miles between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade. However the Society would also need to take on the track between Hampton Loade and Milepost 144&frac12; near [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley]] in order to maintain a connection to the main line via the section beyond, which BR was still using for colliery traffic from [[Alveley Colliery]]. At a meeting in August, the Society proposed to lease the line from BR.<br />
<br />
BR granted the Society access to the Bridgnorth Station site in exchange for a rent of £5 per month, and regular Sunday afternoon de-weeding of the track and painting of the buildings began.<br />
<br />
In September 1965 the Stephenson Locomotive Society visited Alveley with a special train from [[Bewdley]]. This helped publicise the preservation scheme.<br />
<br />
==1966==<br />
BR proved unwilling to lease the line to the SVR, and initially quoted a price of £45,000 for the outright purchase of line between [[Bridgnorth]] and [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley Colliery]]. However following a professional valuation the [[Severn Valley Railway Society|Society]] made an offer of £25,000 for the track and buildings, which BR accepted in February 1966. BR asked for a deposit of 10% against the purchase price.<br />
<br />
The rest of 1966 was taken up with raising the deposit. Bridgnorth Station saw regular ‘open weekends’, the first being a steam-free information display as part of Bridgnorth Arts Festival, over the Whitsun bank holiday weekend.<ref>A. G. Cleaver, "The Early Days Of The 'Severn Valley'", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015), p.24</ref> Two further open weekends later in the year featured road traction engines and a miniature railway set up on Platform 2. Society membership grew to around 300 in the first year.<br />
<br />
During 1966 the Society learned that operating authority from the Ministry of Transport would be required before the Railway could be bought from BR. BR would need to apply for a Railway Order to downgrade the line from “secondary railway” to “light railway” status. Once this was granted, a new Company would need to apply for a Light Railway Order (LRO) to transfer responsibility for the line; the Society itself not being able to apply for legal reasons. [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited]], ‘the Guarantee Company’ (being a Private Company Limited by Guarantee), was incorporated on 24 May 1967 in order to make the application for the LRO at the appropriate time. However the company remained dormant for the next 2 years, with the Society continuing to conduct the negotiations with BR.<br />
<br />
==1967==<br />
<br />
[[File:3205-Bridgnorth-3-1967-03-25.jpeg|thumb|200px|right|The first train arrives at Bridgnorth on 25 March 1967 ([[Sellick Collection]])]]<br />
<br />
<br />
The Society paid the 10% deposit to BR in February 1967, with contracts for the purchase being exchanged on 1 June (the balance of the purchase price was paid shortly after the official opening in May 1970). BR allowed stock to be moved in once the 10% deposit was paid, and the preservation scheme really gained momentum with the arrival on 25 March of the first locomotive and 4 GWR coaches including [[GWR 6562 Brake Composite | GWR 6562]] which is still at the SVR. [[GWR 2251 Class 3205|GWR 0-6-0 No 3205]] had made the journey in steam from the BR shed at Stourbridge Junction, where it had been re-assembled after being hauled ‘dead’ from the West Country. Another 3 locomotives and a diesel railcar would arrive during 1967: [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443|Ivatt 2MT No 46443]] on 22 April, GWR [[railcar 22|Railcar 22]] on 13th May, [[2047 Warwickshire|Manning Wardle contractors engine no 2047]] (later named Warwickshire) on 22 October, and [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank|ex-Port Talbot Railway 0-6-0 No 813]] on 25 November.<br />
<br />
The availability of working rolling stock saw a succession of steam galas in 1967. The Railway had not yet received the Light Railway Order allowing rides to be given to the general public. However SVR members could travel, so the Railway did a brisk trade in ‘Day Member’ tickets, while full membership of the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] also benefitted, passing the 1,000 mark by the end of the year.<br />
<br />
During 1967 the Civil Engineering Department constructed a 30ft long locomotive inspection pit at [[SVR Loco Works|Bridgnorth]]. A water tower was purchased from Dudley and erected at [[Eardington]], the only source of suitably soft water on the line.<br />
<br />
The excitement of the time was tempered by the news that Shropshire County Council and several local Parish Councils were likely to oppose the formal re-opening of the Railway, as it might prejudice the proposed construction of the Bridgnorth By-pass and the carrying out of road improvements relating to bridges in the Eardington area. However BR remained supportive of the SVR, allowing continued tenancy of [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth Station]].<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:3205-Bridgnorth-1967-03-25.jpg|The first locomotive to arrive, ex-GWR 3205, approaches Bridgnorth on 25 March 1967 ([[Sellick Collection]])<br />
File:3205-Bridgnorth-2-1967-03-25.jpeg|A large crowd greets 3205 on arrival Bridgnorth on 25 March 1967 ([[Sellick Collection]])<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==1968==<br />
[[File:Bridgnorth Severn Valley Railway Locomotive Yard and Station geograph-2781621-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg | thumb|200px|right| Bridgnorth yard, September 1968 (Wikimedia Commons)]]<br />
The galas continued with the tacit approval of BR. The Easter Steam Gala featured [[GWR 2251 Class 3205|No 3205]], while the Autumn Gala saw 10,000 visitors to [[Bridgnorth]], with 3205 and [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443|46443]] making alternate trips to [[Hampton Loade]] and back. Over £1,000 was raised on that Bank Holiday alone. However BR, which was still the LRO holder, became concerned at safety at such sizeable events.<br />
<br />
The year saw the arrival of 3 more engines; [[LMS Jinty 47383|LMS 3F Jinty 0-6-0 No 47383]] on 26 May, Ex-Hams Hall Power Station [[Peckett 1738|Peckett 0-4-0ST No 1738]] on 13 July and [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106|Ivatt 4MT Mogul 43106]] on 2 August.<br />
<br />
Negotiations with Shropshire County Council and the other dissenting parties proved fruitless, and a Public Enquiry became necessary to consider the proposed Scheme for the Railway. This was held in October 1968 at County Hall in Shrewsbury. BR gave backing for the Railway, and many other witnesses were called. The plans put forward for the bypass and evidence on road usage appeared to those present to be hastily put together. On the second day of the Enquiry, the Inspector and all parties travelled from Bridgnorth to [[Bewdley]] to view the Scheme at first hand. The Minister of Transport’s decision would be based on the Inspector’s report.<br />
<br />
==1969==<br />
1969 saw the arrival of another 2 engines; [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|LMS Stanier 8F No 48773]] [LMS 8233] on 4 January and ex Manchester Ship Canal and ICI Hunslet 0-6-0T [[686 The Lady Armaghdale]] on 14 July.<br />
<br />
[[Alveley Colliery]] closed in January 1969, following which BR officially closed the adjacent section of the line from [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley]] to [[Bewdley]]. Technically the area north of Bewdley was a closed siding under BR control and therefore subject to the recently imposed BR steam ban. Early in 1969, BR banned steam operations by the SVR, a blow which made the SVR members all the more determined to re-open the line. <br />
<br />
The result of the Public Enquiry was a recommendation by the Inspector that the first LRO should be granted. However in June 1969 the Minister of Transport rejected the recommendaton, citing the potential extra cost to public funds of the [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge|Bridgnorth By-pass Bridge]] if the Railway went ahead (the objections relating to the Eardington road bridges were not sustained). The Minister invited the parties to meet and resolve the issue. In order to make progress, it became necessary for the SVR to agree formaly that they would either fund the By-pass Bridge or end the line south of the By-pass when and if it was built. Given that assurance, the County Council withdrew its objections and the Minister accordingly found in favour of the Scheme.<br />
<br />
In December 1969 the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] was merged into [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|The Guarantee Company]], with the latter now becoming the proper entity to take the Scheme forward. The AGM coincided with the announcement that the first LRO had been granted, allowing BR to work the line from [[Bridgnorth]] to Alveley as a Light Railway, although of course they had no wish to do so. However the granting of that order meant The Guarantee Company could now apply for the second LRO to transfer ownership to the SVR.<br />
<br />
==References and sources==<br />
Past editions of Severn Valley Railway News. Also early history taken from:<br />
:Severn Valley Railway Guide 1972/3, DN Cooke and DC Williams. <br />
:SVR News 151 “The fortieth anniversary, Wednesday 6 July 2005”, text of a speech by Christopher George.<br />
:Severn Valley Railway Steam, Sir Gerald Nabarro, M.P. (1971).<br />
:[http://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/news/steaming-back-in-the-seventies-preservation-1970-74 Heritage Railway Magazine article]<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation | The Severn Valley Railway in preservation]]<br><br />
( [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979 |1970-1979]] )</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_1965-1969&diff=4710Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-19692015-06-20T19:51:31Z<p>WillSalt: /* 1967 */ Added arrival of W22W</p>
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<div>Significant events in the history of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation between 1965 and 1969 are set out below.<br />
==1965==<br />
[[File: Old_boundary_20150610.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Milepost 144½, the old boundary]]<br />
The formation of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation began on 6 July 1965. Keith Beddoes, a local railway enthusiast, organised a meeting at the Cooper’s Arms in Kidderminster to discuss the feasibility of preserving a section of the former GWR Severn Valley Railway which had been closed by British Railways (BR). Around 50 people attended the meeting, and those present agreed to form the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] (“the Society”). The initial membership subscription was proposed as £1, but eventually set at 1 guinea (£1+1shilling) at the suggestion of John Garth, in order to increase funds.<br />
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On Sunday 11 July the Society visited [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth Station]]. While holding up the old station name board to take a photograph, they were challenged “What the hell do you think you are doing?” by a man with a shotgun. This turned out to be George Thorpe (also known as ‘Elias’) who had continued to operate the station refreshment room after the station itself had shut. Once the Society explained their idea, they were quickly made welcome!<br />
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On 25 July, the Society made a second visit to inspect the line between [[Hampton Loade]] and Bridgnorth. They discovered that since their first visit, BR had begun to take up the track from Bridgnorth Station towards [[Kidderminster]]. The Society authorised John Garth to send a telegram to British Rail asking them to stop taking up the line, which they fortunately agreed to do while negotiations took place.<br />
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The Society’s initial goal was to operate services over the 4&frac12; miles between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade. However the Society would also need to take on the track between Hampton Loade and Milepost 144&frac12; near [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley]] in order to maintain a connection to the main line via the section beyond, which BR was still using for colliery traffic from [[Alveley Colliery]]. At a meeting in August, the Society proposed to lease the line from BR.<br />
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BR granted the Society access to the Bridgnorth Station site in exchange for a rent of £5 per month, and regular Sunday afternoon de-weeding of the track and painting of the buildings began.<br />
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In September 1965 the Stephenson Locomotive Society visited Alveley with a special train from [[Bewdley]]. This helped publicise the preservation scheme.<br />
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==1966==<br />
BR proved unwilling to lease the line to the SVR, and initially quoted a price of £45,000 for the outright purchase of line between [[Bridgnorth]] and [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley Colliery]]. However following a professional valuation the [[Severn Valley Railway Society|Society]] made an offer of £25,000 for the track and buildings, which BR accepted in February 1966. BR asked for a deposit of 10% against the purchase price.<br />
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The rest of 1966 was taken up with raising the deposit. Bridgnorth Station saw regular ‘open weekends’, at first steam free but later featuring road traction engines and a miniature railway set up on Platform 2. Society membership grew to around 300 in the first year.<br />
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During 1966 the Society learned that operating authority from the Ministry of Transport would be required before the Railway could be bought from BR. BR would need to apply for a Railway Order to downgrade the line from “secondary railway” to “light railway” status. Once this was granted, a new Company would need to apply for a Light Railway Order (LRO) to transfer responsibility for the line; the Society itself not being able to apply for legal reasons. [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited]], ‘the Guarantee Company’ (being a Private Company Limited by Guarantee), was incorporated on 24 May 1967 in order to make the application for the LRO at the appropriate time. However the company remained dormant for the next 2 years, with the Society continuing to conduct the negotiations with BR.<br />
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==1967==<br />
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[[File:3205-Bridgnorth-3-1967-03-25.jpeg|thumb|200px|right|The first train arrives at Bridgnorth on 25 March 1967 ([[Sellick Collection]])]]<br />
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The Society paid the 10% deposit to BR in February 1967, with contracts for the purchase being exchanged on 1 June (the balance of the purchase price was paid shortly after the official opening in May 1970). BR allowed stock to be moved in once the 10% deposit was paid, and the preservation scheme really gained momentum with the arrival on 25 March of the first locomotive and 4 GWR coaches including [[GWR 6562 Brake Composite | GWR 6562]] which is still at the SVR. [[GWR 2251 Class 3205|GWR 0-6-0 No 3205]] had made the journey in steam from the BR shed at Stourbridge Junction, where it had been re-assembled after being hauled ‘dead’ from the West Country. Another 3 locomotives and a diesel railcar would arrive during 1967: [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443|Ivatt 2MT No 46443]] on 22 April, GWR [[railcar 22|Railcar 22]] on 13th May, [[2047 Warwickshire|Manning Wardle contractors engine no 2047]] (later named Warwickshire) on 22 October, and [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank|ex-Port Talbot Railway 0-6-0 No 813]] on 25 November.<br />
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The availability of working rolling stock saw a succession of steam galas in 1967. The Railway had not yet received the Light Railway Order allowing rides to be given to the general public. However SVR members could travel, so the Railway did a brisk trade in ‘Day Member’ tickets, while full membership of the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] also benefitted, passing the 1,000 mark by the end of the year.<br />
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During 1967 the Civil Engineering Department constructed a 30ft long locomotive inspection pit at [[SVR Loco Works|Bridgnorth]]. A water tower was purchased from Dudley and erected at [[Eardington]], the only source of suitably soft water on the line.<br />
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The excitement of the time was tempered by the news that Shropshire County Council and several local Parish Councils were likely to oppose the formal re-opening of the Railway, as it might prejudice the proposed construction of the Bridgnorth By-pass and the carrying out of road improvements relating to bridges in the Eardington area. However BR remained supportive of the SVR, allowing continued tenancy of [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth Station]].<br />
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File:3205-Bridgnorth-1967-03-25.jpg|The first locomotive to arrive, ex-GWR 3205, approaches Bridgnorth on 25 March 1967 ([[Sellick Collection]])<br />
File:3205-Bridgnorth-2-1967-03-25.jpeg|A large crowd greets 3205 on arrival Bridgnorth on 25 March 1967 ([[Sellick Collection]])<br />
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==1968==<br />
[[File:Bridgnorth Severn Valley Railway Locomotive Yard and Station geograph-2781621-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg | thumb|200px|right| Bridgnorth yard, September 1968 (Wikimedia Commons)]]<br />
The galas continued with the tacit approval of BR. The Easter Steam Gala featured [[GWR 2251 Class 3205|No 3205]], while the Autumn Gala saw 10,000 visitors to [[Bridgnorth]], with 3205 and [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443|46443]] making alternate trips to [[Hampton Loade]] and back. Over £1,000 was raised on that Bank Holiday alone. However BR, which was still the LRO holder, became concerned at safety at such sizeable events.<br />
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The year saw the arrival of 3 more engines; [[LMS Jinty 47383|LMS 3F Jinty 0-6-0 No 47383]] on 26 May, Ex-Hams Hall Power Station [[Peckett 1738|Peckett 0-4-0ST No 1738]] on 13 July and [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106|Ivatt 4MT Mogul 43106]] on 2 August.<br />
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Negotiations with Shropshire County Council and the other dissenting parties proved fruitless, and a Public Enquiry became necessary to consider the proposed Scheme for the Railway. This was held in October 1968 at County Hall in Shrewsbury. BR gave backing for the Railway, and many other witnesses were called. The plans put forward for the bypass and evidence on road usage appeared to those present to be hastily put together. On the second day of the Enquiry, the Inspector and all parties travelled from Bridgnorth to [[Bewdley]] to view the Scheme at first hand. The Minister of Transport’s decision would be based on the Inspector’s report.<br />
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==1969==<br />
1969 saw the arrival of another 2 engines; [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|LMS Stanier 8F No 48773]] [LMS 8233] on 4 January and ex Manchester Ship Canal and ICI Hunslet 0-6-0T [[686 The Lady Armaghdale]] on 14 July.<br />
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[[Alveley Colliery]] closed in January 1969, following which BR officially closed the adjacent section of the line from [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley]] to [[Bewdley]]. Technically the area north of Bewdley was a closed siding under BR control and therefore subject to the recently imposed BR steam ban. Early in 1969, BR banned steam operations by the SVR, a blow which made the SVR members all the more determined to re-open the line. <br />
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The result of the Public Enquiry was a recommendation by the Inspector that the first LRO should be granted. However in June 1969 the Minister of Transport rejected the recommendaton, citing the potential extra cost to public funds of the [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge|Bridgnorth By-pass Bridge]] if the Railway went ahead (the objections relating to the Eardington road bridges were not sustained). The Minister invited the parties to meet and resolve the issue. In order to make progress, it became necessary for the SVR to agree formaly that they would either fund the By-pass Bridge or end the line south of the By-pass when and if it was built. Given that assurance, the County Council withdrew its objections and the Minister accordingly found in favour of the Scheme.<br />
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In December 1969 the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] was merged into [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|The Guarantee Company]], with the latter now becoming the proper entity to take the Scheme forward. The AGM coincided with the announcement that the first LRO had been granted, allowing BR to work the line from [[Bridgnorth]] to Alveley as a Light Railway, although of course they had no wish to do so. However the granting of that order meant The Guarantee Company could now apply for the second LRO to transfer ownership to the SVR.<br />
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==References and sources==<br />
Past editions of Severn Valley Railway News. Also early history taken from:<br />
:Severn Valley Railway Guide 1972/3, DN Cooke and DC Williams. <br />
:SVR News 151 “The fortieth anniversary, Wednesday 6 July 2005”, text of a speech by Christopher George.<br />
:Severn Valley Railway Steam, Sir Gerald Nabarro, M.P. (1971).<br />
:[http://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/news/steaming-back-in-the-seventies-preservation-1970-74 Heritage Railway Magazine article]<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation | The Severn Valley Railway in preservation]]<br><br />
( [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979 |1970-1979]] )</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Burlish_Halt&diff=4709Burlish Halt2015-06-20T19:48:15Z<p>WillSalt: Tried to make clear that it's located within Stourport town.</p>
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<div>Burlish Halt was situated in the western part of Stourport, just off Bewdley Road, between [[Stourport]] and [[Bewdley]] stations and 3&frac14; miles north of [[Hartlebury]]. It opened on 31 March 1930 and had a single platform. It principally served the works of Steatite & Porcelain Products Ltd. which opened in 1929<ref>The Severn Valley Railway, John Marshall</ref>. The site is now a housing estate.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Links==<br />
Photo on RCTS website [http://www.rcts.org.uk/features/mysteryphotos/show.htm?location=Burlish%20Halt&img=Y-90-18A (Link)]<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Maps#Schematic maps of the pre-closure SVR | Pre-1963 map]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Mount_Pleasant_Tunnel&diff=4708Mount Pleasant Tunnel2015-06-20T19:44:45Z<p>WillSalt: Changed tense because it's still there, just disused. Changed distance from Burlish - measured it roughly with my fingers on an OS map</p>
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<div>Mount Pleasant Tunnel runs through a sandstone ridge between [[Stourport]] and [[Bewdley]], roughly one mile north of [[Burlish Halt]]. It is 124 yards long, with moulded stone archivolts at each end<ref>The Severn Valley Railway, John Marshall</ref>.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Links ==<br />
Photo from The Railway & Canal Historical Society trackbed walk on 9 March 2009 [http://www.rchs.org.uk/trial/images/WP_IMG363A.jpg (link)].<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Maps#Schematic maps of the pre-closure SVR | Pre-1963 map]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Railcar_22&diff=4699Railcar 222015-06-19T20:13:31Z<p>WillSalt: Changed arrival date per recent SVR News article</p>
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<div>[[File: Railcar22_20110423.jpg|thumb|200px|right| Railcar 22.]]<br />
The Great Western Railway introduced Diesel Railcar units in the 1930s as an more economic replacement to steam traction on smaller branch lines. They continued in use until the 1960s, and were used from time to time on the Severn Valley Railway.<br />
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Railcar 22 is owned by the Great Western Society at Didcot. The Society’s Railcar arrived on loan to the SVR on 13th May 1967<ref> A G Cleaver, "The Early Days Of The 'Severn Valley'", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015) p24.</ref>, and remained for much of the 1970s. During that time it was used on the inaugural services to [[Highley]] and [[Bewdley]] in [[Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_1970-1979#1974 | 1974]]. <br />
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==See also==<br />
[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR ownership | The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_railcars Wikipedia article] <small>Retrieved 22 Jan 2015</small><br><br />
Past editions of SVR News.<br />
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<references/></div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=LMS_Ivatt_Class_2_46443&diff=4696LMS Ivatt Class 2 464432015-06-19T20:08:37Z<p>WillSalt: </p>
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<div>[[File:Ivatt 46443 Kidderminster Town SVR (2).jpg|thumb|200px|right| 46443 at Kidderminster]]<br />
==46443 in service==<br />
The LMS Ivatt Class 2 was designed by H.G. (George) Ivatt for work on secondary and branch line duties. Locomotives of this class were often referred to as a "Mickey Mouse". It is a [[Whyte notation | 2-6-0 'Mogul']], rated 2MT by BR following nationalisation. The design of the BR Standard class 2 2-6-0 closely followed the Ivatt Class 2 design.<br />
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46443 was built at BR’s Crewe works in April 1950 and was based at Derby for 11 years. In 1951 46443 moved to Saltley, where duties were limited to infrequent rush hour journeys. A final move to Newton Heath (near Manchester) in 1966 was followed by withdrawal in March 1967.<br />
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==46443 in preservation==<br />
46443 was purchased from BR by Richard Willcox in 1967, and was the second engine to arrive on the Severn Valley Railway, arriving under its own steam on 22nd April that year.<ref>A G Cleaver, "The Early Days Of The 'Severn Valley'", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015) p19.</ref> The SVR bought the locomotive in 1972, but announced in 1983 that the locomotive had been sold as part of the deal that brought 45690 Leander to the SVR, and would be leaving the following year. A fund was launched to 'buy back' the locomotive, during which time it gained the nickname 'The Peoples Engine', and 46443 never left the SVR. It is now owned by The [[SVR 46443 Fund]]. A part of the successful fund-raising entailed the sale of T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase "46443 The Peoples Engine".<br />
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Although only a Class 2 locomotive, 46443 has fully earned a place in the list of SVR locomotives that have worked [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | on the main line]]. During the 1985 GWR 150 celebrations 46443 hauled a number of Bristol-Portishead shuttles. In July 1987, 46443 was asked to punch well above her weight when sent to Wales to replace Class 4MT 75069 on the BR Cardigan Bay Express service. On arrival, the BR footplate crews expressed the opinion that they would be "creeping around with three coaches at 20 mph!'. The first on-time arrival at Barmouth brought forth the comment "She steams quite well, doesn't she!". An early return to Machynlleth gave rise to "She isn't a bad little engine, is she!". Within two days, "I'd take ten to Pwllheli with her anytime!".<br />
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A regular at the SVR ever since, 46443 had covered 145,997 miles in preservation when withdrawn from service in October 2011. It is now on display in [[The Engine House]] awaiting its next overhaul.<br />
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46443 features on the pub sign of [[Bridgnorth#The Railwayman's Arms | The Railwayman's Arms]] at Bridgnorth.<br />
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==Sources==<br />
Past editions of SVR News<br><br />
Information display board in [[The Engine House]]<br />
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<references/><br />
==See also==<br />
[[Steam Locomotives | List of Locomotives on the SVR]]<br><br />
[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=LMS_Ivatt_Class_2_46443&diff=4695LMS Ivatt Class 2 464432015-06-19T20:07:42Z<p>WillSalt: /* 46443 in preservation */ Added arrival date</p>
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<div>[[File:Ivatt 46443 Kidderminster Town SVR (2).jpg|thumb|200px|right| 46443 at Kidderminster]]<br />
==46443 in service==<br />
The LMS Ivatt Class 2 was designed by H.G. (George) Ivatt for work on secondary and branch line duties. Locomotives of this class were often referred to as a "Mickey Mouse". It is a [[Whyte notation | 2-6-0 'Mogul']], rated 2MT by BR following nationalisation. The design of the BR Standard class 2 2-6-0 closely followed the Ivatt Class 2 design.<br />
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46443 was built at BR’s Crewe works in April 1950 and was based at Derby for 11 years. In 1951 46443 moved to Saltley, where duties were limited to infrequent rush hour journeys. A final move to Newton Heath (near Manchester) in 1966 was followed by withdrawal in March 1967.<br />
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==46443 in preservation==<br />
46443 was purchased from BR by Richard Willcox in 1967, and was the second engine to arrive on the Severn Valley Railway, arriving under its own steam on 22nd April that year.<ref>A G Cleaver, "The Early Days Of The 'Severn Valley'", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015) p19.</ref> The SVR bought the locomotive in 1972, but announced in 1983 that the locomotive had been sold as part of the deal that brought 45690 Leander to the SVR, and would be leaving the following year. A fund was launched to 'buy back' the locomotive, during which time it gained the nickname 'The Peoples Engine', and 46443 never left the SVR. It is now owned by The [[SVR 46443 Fund]]. A part of the successful fund-raising entailed the sale of T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase "46443 The Peoples Engine".<br />
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Although only a Class 2 locomotive, 46443 has fully earned a place in the list of SVR locomotives that have worked [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | on the main line]]. During the 1985 GWR 150 celebrations 46443 hauled a number of Bristol-Portishead shuttles. In July 1987, 46443 was asked to punch well above her weight when sent to Wales to replace Class 4MT 75069 on the BR Cardigan Bay Express service. On arrival, the BR footplate crews expressed the opinion that they would be "creeping around with three coaches at 20 mph!'. The first on-time arrival at Barmouth brought forth the comment "She steams quite well, doesn't she!". An early return to Machynlleth gave rise to "She isn't a bad little engine, is she!". Within two days, "I'd take ten to Pwllheli with her anytime!".<br />
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A regular at the SVR ever since, 46443 had covered 145,997 miles in preservation when withdrawn from service in October 2011. It is now on display in [[The Engine House]] awaiting its next overhaul.<br />
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46443 features on the pub sign of [[Bridgnorth#The Railwayman's Arms | The Railwayman's Arms]] at Bridgnorth.<br />
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==Sources==<br />
Past editions of SVR News<br><br />
Information display board in [[The Engine House]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Steam Locomotives | List of Locomotives on the SVR]]<br><br />
[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=GWR_2251_Class_3205&diff=4694GWR 2251 Class 32052015-06-19T20:02:01Z<p>WillSalt: Added details of journey from Totnes to BH</p>
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<div>[[File: 3205_20100925.jpg |thumb|200px|right| 3205 at Highley]]<br><br />
3205 was resident on the SVR between 1967 and 1987, and was a Gala visitor in 2000 and 2010. <br />
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The locomotive, a GWR Collett 2251 class 0-6-0, was built in 1946 at Swindon and intended for use on the lightly laid lines in Wales.<br />
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When 3205 was withdrawn from service in 1965, she was bought for preservation by the 2251 Fund based at the Dart Valley Railway (now the South Devon Railway). In 1967 3205 became the first locomotive on the fledgling SVR. She was hauled dead with motion disconnected from Totnes to Stourbridge on 22nd February 1967,<ref>A G Cleaver, "The Early Days Of The 'Severn Valley'", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015) p19</ref> and travelled onwards to Bridgnorth under her own steam on 25th March accompanied by 4 coaches including [[GWR 6562 Brake Composite | GWR 6562]] which is still at the SVR. The locomotive was steamed on a number of ‘Gala’ occasions between then and the official opening day in May 1970; the absence of a Light Railway Order meaning the public would purchase a ‘Day Membership’ which allowed them to travel for free!<br />
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On opening day, 23 May 1970, 3205 hauled the first service train from Bridgnorth. She continued in service until expiry of her boiler ticket in 1973. An overhaul was completed in late 1979, in time for the locomotive to take part in the grand parade at the Rocket 150 celebrations at Rainhill in May 1980. Part of that overhaul involved removal and splitting of the two halves of the cylinder block to fit new iron faces on which the slide valve operate. At that time the casting of replacement cylinders was considered all but impossible. <br>It is thought that this repair may have been the first time in standard gauge preservation that a cylinder block was split. Nowadays, of course, the fitting of replacement cylinders is becoming the norm.<br><br />
3205’s second period of SVR service ended at the end of 1984 with firebox issues, by which time the locomotive had logged 10,541 miles. <br />
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3205 left the SVR for the West Somerset Railway in 1987, before returning to the South Devon Railway in 1998.<br />
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3205 made a return visit in May 2000 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the opening of the SVR in 1970, and made another welcome return visit to the SVR as a guest at the Autumn 2010 Steam Gala, having completed a major overhaul in May that year.<br />
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==See also== <br />
[[Former Residents]]<br><br />
[[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas]]<br />
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==Links==<br />
[http://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk/locomotives/3205 SDR web page for 3205]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
<references /></div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Severn_Valley_Railway_Society&diff=4693Severn Valley Railway Society2015-06-19T19:50:27Z<p>WillSalt: Added date of founding</p>
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<div>The Severn Valley Railway Society ("the Society") was the first organisation formed to preserve the Severn Valley Railway. It arose from a meeting of railway enthusiasts at the Cooper’s Arms in Kidderminster on 6th July 1965. Structurally it was a simple society of members run by a committee.<br />
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The Society conducted the initial discussions with British Railways (BR), however it quickly became apparent that a Limited Company would be necessary to buy the line from BR and obtain a Light Railway Order to operate the railway. In May 1967 the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited]] was formed for this purpose. By 1969 it was considered that the original Society was no longer required, so it was merged into the Severn Valley Railway Company Limited on 6th December that year.<ref>"The Early Days Of The 'Severn Valley'", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015) p18.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
<references/></div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Severn_Valley_Railway_Society&diff=4692Severn Valley Railway Society2015-06-19T19:38:04Z<p>WillSalt: Added exact date of merger of Society and Company</p>
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<div>The Severn Valley Railway Society ("the Society") was the first organisation formed to preserve the Severn Valley Railway. It arose from a meeting of railway enthusiasts at the Cooper’s Arms in Kidderminster in July 1965. Structurally it was a simple society of members run by a committee.<br />
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The Society conducted the initial discussions with British Railways (BR), however it quickly became apparent that a Limited Company would be necessary to buy the line from BR and obtain a Light Railway Order to operate the railway. In May 1967 the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited]] was formed for this purpose. By 1969 it was considered that the original Society was no longer required, so it was merged into the Severn Valley Railway Company Limited on 6th December that year.<ref>"The Early Days Of The 'Severn Valley'", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015) p18.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
<references/></div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=BR_Class_20_D8059&diff=4683BR Class 20 D80592015-06-19T17:42:36Z<p>WillSalt: /* D8059 in service */ Darnall and Tinsley are different places</p>
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<div>[[File:D8059 Severn Valley Railway.jpg|400px|thumb|right|D8059 (Wikimedia Commons)]]<br />
D8059 is a BR Class 20 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive, otherwise known as an English Electric Type 1. 228 of these locomotives were built between 1957 and 1968. Weighing 73 tonnes and delivering 1,000 horsepower, they were designed to work light mixed freight traffic at up to 75 mph. Members of the class are nicknamed “Choppers” because of the distinctive engine beat under load which resembles the sound of a helicopter.<br />
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== D8059 in service ==<br />
D8059 was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd as Works No 2965/8217 of 1961. It was allocated to Sheffield Darnall on entering service in May 1961. In 1964 the loco was transferred to the newly-opened Tinsley Depot and remained there until withdrawal from service in January 1990. The locomotive was renumbered to 20059 on 1 January 1973 under TOPS.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=8059&loco=8059 BRDatabase website]</ref><br />
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== 8059 in preservation ==<br />
D8059 is owned by the Somerset & Dorset Loco Company, and as of May 2015 is operational.<ref>[http://www.svr.co.uk/MeetTheLoco.aspx?id=90 SVR "Meet The Loco" web page]</ref><br />
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== Links ==<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
[[Diesel Locomotives]]<br />
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[[Category:As of 2015-05]]</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Tips_for_contributing_to_the_SVR_Wiki&diff=4670Tips for contributing to the SVR Wiki2015-06-18T20:46:43Z<p>WillSalt: /* Linking external pages */ typo</p>
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<div>The SVR Wiki is a collaborative effort, and is open to anyone who wishes to contribute to it. After creating a user account by clicking on ... in the top right corner, and then logging in, you are then able to see the "Edit" button at the top right of any page - this allows you to modify the page's content. Edits will be saved when you hit "Save page" at the bottom of the editor. There is no need to be timid about editing, as each revision of a page is saved, allowing any accidents to be undone with a few clicks of a button!<br />
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== SVR Social Media Policy ==<br />
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As this site is run by a number of SVR volunteers, its content is bound by the railway's social media policy, even if you personally are not. In short, that translates to not making "spurious, mischievous comment and the like" that would damage the reputation of the railway, and would also include not revealing sensitive information about the railway. The policy is fairly open, and a vast amount of internal information about the railway has already been made public by the SVR (e.g. on [http://www.svrlive.com SVR Live]) - to date there haven't been any problems at all!<br />
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== Editing and Formatting ==<br />
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Below are a short selection of tips about editing this site, which are hopefully enough to get you started.<br />
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For the more advanced editor, the manual can be accessed by clicking the "Help" button at the left (fourth entry down), or by following [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents this link]. The software this site uses is Mediawiki, which can be found on many other websites, including the well-known Wikipedia. If you have a question which neither this page nor the manual seems to answer, you can probably find answers to most questions by searching online (e.g. on Google), using a query such as "Mediawiki Add Bold Text".<br />
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=== Linking between pages ===<br />
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You can create a link to another page on the wiki by placing the title of the page inside two square brackets, e.g. '''<nowiki>[[Alveley Sidings]]</nowiki>''', which shows up as [[Alveley Sidings]]. If you wish to link to a page, but display some text other than the page title, you can do this by placing a vertical bar after the page name, and then entering your text, e.g. '''<nowiki>[[Alveley Sidings|coal sidings at Alveley]]</nowiki>''', which would display as [[Alveley Sidings|coal sidings at Alveley]].<br />
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Note that you must use the same capitalisation as the title of the page you're linking to - so <nowiki>[[alveley sidings]]</nowiki> will not work.<br />
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=== Linking external pages ===<br />
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If you wish to link to a page on another website, place its address inside a single set of square brackets, e.g. '''<nowiki>[http://www.svr.co.uk]</nowiki>'''. As with internal links, you can display custom text, although the method is slightly different - simply place the text after the link, e.g. '''<nowiki>[http://www.svr.co.uk SVR Official Site]</nowiki>'''. This displays as [http://www.svr.co.uk SVR Official Site].<br />
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Please note that it is necessary to include the http:// at the start of the link - the wiki may not detect the address otherwise, and won't create the link.<br />
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=== Creating a new Page ===<br />
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To create a new page, you need to add a link to it from another page. Once you have done this, the link will show up in red, to indicate that the page does not yet exist - clicking a link like this, such as [[Nonexistent Page]], will allow you to start creating that page, identically to how you would edit any normal page.<br />
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=== Sections, Titles, and Tables of Content ===<br />
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You can add a new section by placing its title between double equals signs, e.g. '''<nowiki>== Example Title ==</nowiki>'''. You can also create sub-sections by adding titles inside three (or more) equals signs, e.g. '''<nowiki>=== Subsection Title ===</nowiki>'''. <br />
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In general, you should start a page with a short introductory paragraph, and only after that place a section - this is because the page title itself is displayed at the top already, so you would display two titles in a row! Additionally, the wiki will automatically generate a Table of Contents, listing each section, just before the first section - this is designed to go after the introductory paragraph. See the top of this page for an example!<br />
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The Table of Contents is automatically generated once a page has enough length and sections to warrant it.<br />
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=== Lists ===<br />
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You can create a simple set of bullet points by placing an asterisk at the start of each line, e.g. '''<nowiki>* List Item</nowiki>'''. This will appear as:<br />
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=== Bold and Italic Text ===<br />
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Text between two apostrophes will be displayed in italics, e.g. "<nowiki>''Italic''</nowiki>", and text between three apostropes will be bold, e.g. "<nowiki>'''Bold'''</nowiki>". These will display as ''Italic'' and '''Bold'''.<br />
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== Style Tips ==<br />
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Some attention should be paid to making your pages easy to read, and also easy to navigate. Below are some simple points which can make life much easier for readers!<br />
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=== Include the basics ===<br />
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Whilst most of us here know that [[Arley]] is between [[Bewdley]] and [[Highley]], there may well be readers of this site who don't! The introductory paragraph to each page is an ideal place to set the scene - where a location is, the date that something occurred, the owner of a piece of rolling stock, and so on. Don't be afraid to add too much information - if it comes to it, you can always add a new section or even a new page to hold the information.<br />
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=== Use links ===<br />
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Your page should include at least one link to another page - even if that's just a link from a station page to the list of stations. Without this, readers will end up in a dead end, which can be awkward.<br />
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Equally, be sure at least one other page links to yours. Without that, the only way anyone will find it is by a lucky search! The simplest way to do this is to add it to a "list" page. You might also want to edit other existing pages to link to your newly created one, such as adding a link from the Highley station page to your newly created Highley Mining Company page.<br />
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If you happen to mention Bridgnorth in your page, why not create a link to the page for [[Bridgnorth]]? This means that anyone who is interested in Bridgnorth can simply follow the link, without having to use the search function. However, there's no need to link to the Bridgnorth page each time you mention it - usually, only linking on the first mention is good enough.<br />
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You can also create links to non-existent pages that you don't intend to add. For example, you might know that the Highley Mining Company existed, but not know enough to create a page. If you leave a link to a non-existent page (which displays in red), you will be prompting knowledgeable readers to create that page, hopefully meaning the information will be added soon.<br />
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=== Pictures, Sources, and Copyright ===<br />
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Before adding any picture to the site, please be sure that the owner of the picture is happy for you to do so. Quite a few images online will have a free-use license specified (for example, all images on Wikimedia Commons and many on Flickr), and in cases where a license isn't available, the vast majority of people will respond kindly to a simple request as long as they are acknowledged as the picture's author. If you are unable to get permission for a picture you've found online (e.g. because the author's account is no longer active), an easy solution is to create a link to the page with the picture on, rather than using the image on this site - it's slightly less pretty than having the picture itself, but it does avoid copyright issues!<br />
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You should avoid copying text from a source such as a website, book, magazine, or so on, and definitely shouldn't do so without acknowledging where you got it from. If you do need to copy a section, you should make it very clear that it is a quote (e.g. by italicising it), and by crediting the source. Otherwise, you should attempt to rewrite the information in your own words - this often makes for a better quality page anyway - and mention your source. This also means that anyone wishing to research a subject in more detail then knows where to start looking, and often a source of information for one page can be used as a source for another.<br />
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Of course, not everything can be sourced, as not everything about the SVR was written down, especially in early days (both original and preserved). Whilst memory isn't always perfect, and stories change with each telling, we do still accept un-sourced material - it's preferable to have an ''almost'' correct record of an event than no record at all!<br />
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==== Files on Wikimedia Commons ====<br />
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For content on [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], it is possible to use images and other items as if they were uploaded on this Wiki. A simple "Use this file on a wiki" button is provided on each image. All content on Wikimedia Commons is freely licensed, mainly under the Creative Commons license (see below).<br />
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==== The Creative Commons License ====<br />
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The Creative Commons (CC) license is a commonly-used license for work released online, allowing free use (and possibly modification) for the material, providing the author is attributed. In the case of the CC license, and possibly others, it is not necessary to place an attribution on each use of an image. Instead, if the file page contains the attribution information, then the fact that the image will link to its file page is suitable attribution, per the [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_do_I_properly_attribute_material_offered_under_a_Creative_Commons_license.3F Creative Commons FAQ]:<br />
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:"''Additionally, you may satisfy the attribution requirement by providing a link to a place where the attribution information may be found''"<br />
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=== Dating Current Events ===<br />
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When discussing the current situation regarding an engine, project, or similar, you should mention the date at which you're writing the comment, e.g. "as of January 2014, locomotive 12345 was being overhauled...". If you use phrases such as "currently" or "at the moment", it can be hard for a reader to work out whether the information is still correct. A date may also encourage someone to add more up-to-date information at a later point in time, as they will be made aware that the page hasn't been updated for a while.</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Talk:Tips_for_contributing_to_the_SVR_Wiki&diff=4669Talk:Tips for contributing to the SVR Wiki2015-06-18T20:41:54Z<p>WillSalt: </p>
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<div>Further to the suggestion of using dates to show when things were updated, I see that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:As_of Wikipedia] mentions an 'as of' template, which apparently means you can then report all such dates to see if they need updating. Not being a template expert, can it be implemented here, and is it worth doing or is it overkill? --[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 22:26, 19 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I liked the sound of this, especially as there are so many restoration projects which could potentially need regular updating, however as far as I can tell, it's unique to Wikipedia. I can't find any mention of it as an extension for Mediawiki. It may be possible to adapt it, but if so, it's beyond me. --[[User:Graham Phillips 110|Graham Phillips 110]] ([[User talk:Graham Phillips 110|talk]]) 19:31, 21 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:Beyond me also - it should be possible to import the relevant template(s) but I can't begin to work out how. A slightly less elegant work around would be to use Category tags, eg when referring to something being current as of June 2015 then add at the bottom of the page 'Category:As of 2015-06' and so on. That would achieve the same result, and (I think!) if you add the magic HIDDENCAT word to the category page then it wouldn't display on the source page when browsing. Worth trying that way, or does anyone else want to try importing the templates first? --[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 17:44, 18 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:I've given importing it a go, and I'm going to test. {{As of|2015|06|18}} --[[User:WillSalt|WillSalt]] ([[User talk:WillSalt|talk]]) 20:19, 18 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:Right...that didn't really work. The latest version of the template available on MediaWiki depends on an extension we don't have installed - there may be versioning issues that I haven't investigated fully. I'm not going to try to unwind all of the import because of the risk I accidentally remove something that wasn't new to my import. I know it's clutter, but hopefully it won't cause any issues - let me know if you think it has. --[[User:WillSalt|WillSalt]] ([[User talk:WillSalt|talk]]) 20:41, 18 June 2015 (UTC)</div>WillSalthttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Template:Tlx&diff=4668Template:Tlx2015-06-18T20:30:40Z<p>WillSalt: 96 revisions imported: Importing As Of template and dependencies</p>
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