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This page gives details of miscellaneous items of rolling stock that have visited the SVR. Listing is incomplete.
==1999==
*'''[[BR 1853 Restaurant Miniature Buffet#Preservation|GTRM Autoballaster]]''' comprising 9 KPA bogie hopper wagons plus a KOA 'Piggyback' lorry transporter wagon, with EWS Class 66 '''66074'''<ref>[http://www.hatspics.co.uk/type_years_photos.php?type=SVR&year=1999 Alan Thwaites' images] (Retrieved 6 June 2024)</ref>.
==2002==
*In November recommissioned Class 43 power cars visited the TMD, 43306 & 43320 heading for export, hauling 43307 & 43316. Also, TXM Plant brought a Road Railer with flail attachment as part of a training course for new operators.
*December saw eight Rail Adventure Class 43s on site with a further four continental wagons and six wagons to complement the four barrier vehicles: subsequent frequent moves saw some depart the railway for export and to move rolling stock. Two Class 20s arrived from Peak Forest, one going into the Carriage Works for the contract repaint. The six wagons were for storage.
==2024==
*Three Network Rail/Bayer weedkilling trains operated by Envu and GB Railfreight underwent contract maintenance and testing between Bewdley and Kidderminster.<ref>SVR News 225, pp. 6 and 51</ref> On 12 February 66720 moved a weedkilling train from Kidderminster SVR.<ref>RAIL Magazine Issue 1003, 21 February 2024, p.28</ref>
*On 5 March further Class 43 power cars 43423 and 43467 operated on test working Kidderminster SVR to Leamington Spa and return.
*During March and April 2024, Colas Rail's new Plasser & Theurer Unimat 09-4x4/4S Dynamic Tampers DR75016 and DR75017 arrived, to undergo commissioning.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blapr24 Branch Lines April 2024]</ref>
*On 25 April Romic Consultancy's former Cross Country Mark 3s 42097, 42376, 44012 and 45003 moved to the SVR hauled by Class 43s 43301 and 43303 for initial storage, then use at the [[Diesel gala]], before planned test running of Midland Main Line electrification and hoped for similar operations<ref>Rail Express, June 2024, p.8</ref>.
==See also==
