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*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1985 | 1985]] [[75069|BR Standard 75069]]'s first main line outing in preservation appropriately featured a rail tour to Swindon, as the locomotive had been built there 30 years earlier<ref>SVR News 76</ref>. | *[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1985 | 1985]] [[75069|BR Standard 75069]]'s first main line outing in preservation appropriately featured a rail tour to Swindon, as the locomotive had been built there 30 years earlier<ref>SVR News 76</ref>. | ||
*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2013|2013]] [[Kidderminster Station signal box (1987 onwards)#2013 fire| Kidderminster signal box]] suffered a small fire in the roof, with services terminating at Bewdley for most of the day.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2775&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= SVR Forum]</ref>. | *[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2013|2013]] [[Kidderminster Station signal box (1987 onwards)#2013 fire| Kidderminster signal box]] suffered a small fire in the roof, with services terminating at Bewdley for most of the day.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2775&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= SVR Forum]</ref>. | ||
| − | + | ==Gallery== | |
| + | Photos taken on 2 March: | ||
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | Cound-Halt-1963-03-02.jpg| 1963: [[Cound Halt]], View of LMS Ivatt 2MT 41240 on passenger ([[Sellick Collection]]) | ||
| + | Cressage-5153-1963-03-02.jpg| 1963: [[Cressage]], View West of Eastbound GWR Large Prairie 5153 on goods ([[Sellick Collection]]) | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 16:37, 16 July 2019
On March 2 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.
- 1974 Highley signal box was commissioned.[1]
- 1985 BR Standard 75069's first main line outing in preservation appropriately featured a rail tour to Swindon, as the locomotive had been built there 30 years earlier[2].
- 2013 Kidderminster signal box suffered a small fire in the roof, with services terminating at Bewdley for most of the day.[3].
Gallery
Photos taken on 2 March:
1963: Cound Halt, View of LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway IvattHenry George Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1946-1948. CME of BR (London Midland Region) 1948-1951 2MTThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. 41240 on passenger (Sellick Collection)
1963: Cressage, View West of Eastbound GWRGreat Western Railway Large PrairieLocomotive with a 2-6-2 wheel configuration 5153 on goods (Sellick Collection)
See also
On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history
