March 8
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On March 8 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.
- 1969 GWR Banana Van 82554 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Worcester.[1]
- 1991 BR 891054 Cattle Van arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Sheffield.
- 1994 Michael Draper ceased to be a SVR(H) Director.
- 1997 Stanier Mogul 42968 hauled the MogulLocomotive with a 2-6-0 wheel configuration Mountaineer rail tour from Crewe to York including a climb of Copy Pit.[2]
- 2019 Ron Gardner died aged 84. He was a former Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway Association and SVRSevern Valley Railway(H) Director.
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On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history