March 2
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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
