April 3
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On April 3 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.
- 1895 The GWRGreat Western Railway agreed to provide a siding connection at Highley, to be paid for by the Highley Colliery Company.[1]
- 1971 Manning Wardle 0-6-0PT 2047 was named "Warwickshire" by Mr H A Vigar, the former manager of Rugby Portland Cement's New Bilton Works where the locomotive spent its working life.[2]
- 2004 Bridgnorth Station Footbridge returned into use, having been dismantled and moved off site for refurbishment two months earlier[3].
Gallery
Photos taken on 3 April:
2016: 34053 Sir Keith Park carried a "Merchant Venturer" headboard.
2016: 7812 Erlestoke Manor with a "Merchant Venturer" headboard.
References
- ↑ Marshall (1989) p. 97.
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 19
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 146-7
See also
On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history