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.
- 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.
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