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==Early preservation history==
In the earliest days of preservation the boundary of the SVR's section of the railway was at [[Alveley Sidings]], where a length of rail was normally removed to ensure no unauthorised movements took place. When [[Railcar 22]] was delivered in 1967, for example, platelayers had to temporarily replace the missing rail before it could be propelled onto the SVR's section.<ref> A G Cleaver, "The Early Days Of The 'Severn Valley'", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015) p24.</ref><ref name=SVR6>SVR News 6</ref>
In addition, although BR passenger services to [[Bewdley]] continued to 1970, the SVR had a presence in [[Bewdley Down Yard]] from at least 1968. A video of [[BR Riddles 4MT 80079|80079]] being delivered in 1971 by a BR locomotive to Bewdley from [[Barry Scrapyard]] is available on [https://youtu.be/ckKvZhxPvuE YouTube] (external link).
In the 1973-1984 period prior to the extension to Kidderminster, the BR/SVR boundary was the [[Ground Frames at Foley Park|trap points at Foley Park]]. When the SVR initially [[The development of Kidderminster Town Station | took possession of the former BR Kidderminster goods yard]] in 1984 there were four connections to BR at various points. Three redundant connections were soon recovered, retaining only the exchange line connection.
