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*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Before construction: 1845-1858|1856]] [[Peto, Brassey and Betts|Morton Peto]] addressed a public meeting at Bewdley to rally support for construction of the Severn Valley Railway.
 
*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Before construction: 1845-1858|1856]] [[Peto, Brassey and Betts|Morton Peto]] addressed a public meeting at Bewdley to rally support for construction of the Severn Valley Railway.
 
*1977 [[Hartlebury Junction|Hartlebury Junction signal box]] was taken out of use by BR.  
 
*1977 [[Hartlebury Junction|Hartlebury Junction signal box]] was taken out of use by BR.  
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*2004 [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank|813]] commenced a summer's hire to the Dean Forest Railway, with 14 days on service trains<ref>[http://www.gwr813.org/GrandTDiary.html GWR 813 Diary of Visits & Steamings 2000-2010] (Retrieved 1 April 2020)</ref>.
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==Gallery==
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Photos taken on 15 April:
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<gallery>
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BR_989098_20150415.jpg | 2015: [[BR 989098 'Mermaid' Ballast Wagon]] at Eardington
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Hay_Bridge_20150415.jpg | 2015: View of [[Hay Bridge]] 
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Hay_Bridge_2_20150415.jpg | 2015: [[Hay Bridge]] detail 
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Worcestershire_20170415.jpg | 2017: Worcestershire boundary marker
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Shropshire_20170415.jpg | 2017: Shropshire boundary marker
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</gallery>
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
  

Latest revision as of 10:21, 1 April 2020

On April 15 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.

  • 1856 Morton Peto addressed a public meeting at Bewdley to rally support for construction of the Severn Valley Railway.
  • 1977 Hartlebury Junction signal box was taken out of use by BRBritish Rail or British Railways.
  • 2004 813 commenced a summer's hire to the DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 Forest Railway, with 14 days on service trains[1].

Gallery

Photos taken on 15 April:

See also

On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history

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  1. GWR 813 Diary of Visits & Steamings 2000-2010 (Retrieved 1 April 2020)