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*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1973|1973]] The [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Guarantee Company]] AGM approved the transfer of the LRO for the Northern section of the railway to [[SVR(H)]], in preparation for the granting of the LRO for the Southern section to [[Foley Park]] in 1974.<ref>SVR News 29</ref> | *[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1973|1973]] The [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Guarantee Company]] AGM approved the transfer of the LRO for the Northern section of the railway to [[SVR(H)]], in preparation for the granting of the LRO for the Southern section to [[Foley Park]] in 1974.<ref>SVR News 29</ref> | ||
*1998 HE 686 visited the former Huslet Works in Leeds, where she was built 100 years earlier<ref>SVR News 129</ref>. | *1998 HE 686 visited the former Huslet Works in Leeds, where she was built 100 years earlier<ref>SVR News 129</ref>. | ||
| + | *2013 The 'Blue Bell Explorer' rail tour hauled by 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' ran from Bridgnorth to the Bluebell Railway in Sussex,<ref>[http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/10s/131102rt.htm Six Bells Junction]</ref> becoming the first rail tour to use the newly re-signalled [[Connection to Network Rail|main line connection at Kidderminster]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150521020833/http://www.svr-association.org.uk/railtours1.html SVRA website via Internet Archive Wayback Machine]</ref>. | ||
| + | *2017 The [[Northern Belle]] was sold.<ref>[http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/huddersfield-businessman-bought-train-13889254 Huddersfield Examiner, 12 November 2017]</ref> The new owners invoked the early termination clause in the contract with SVR to service the train. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:03, 28 October 2019
Two BRBritish Rail or British Railways DMUs passing at Hartlebury on 2 November 1962. From the Sellick Collection
- 1891 Construction of Bridgnorth Castle Hill Railway began.[1]
- 1962 By the 1960s, many local passenger services were worked by DMU. Railway photographer R.J. Sellick filmed two passing at Hartlebury.
- 1973 The Guarantee Company AGM approved the transfer of the LROLight Railway Order for the Northern section of the railway to SVR(H), in preparation for the granting of the LROLight Railway Order for the Southern section to Foley Park in 1974.[2]
- 1998 HE 686 visited the former Huslet Works in Leeds, where she was built 100 years earlier[3].
- 2013 The 'Blue Bell Explorer' rail tour hauled by 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' ran from Bridgnorth to the Bluebell Railway in Sussex,[4] becoming the first rail tour to use the newly re-signalled main line connection at Kidderminster[5].
- 2017 The Northern Belle was sold.[6] The new owners invoked the early termination clause in the contract with SVRSevern Valley Railway to service the train.
See also
On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history
References
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 166
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 29
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 129
- ↑ Six Bells Junction
- ↑ SVRA website via Internet Archive Wayback Machine
- ↑ Huddersfield Examiner, 12 November 2017
