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*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1972|1972]] The SVR Civil Engineering Department visited the Wednesbury-Darlaston mineral line to collect a 2,000 gallon water tank for use as a header for a [[Bewdley#Water towers |parachute tank at Bewdley]].
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*1894 Stourbridge Enginemen, Samuel Rollings and Richard Joinson, were reported for "Quarrelling & fighting in loco shed & generally falling short of Company's standards" which resulted in 1 month's notice to Rollings, and Joinson being suspended for 2 weeks and fined £1.<ref>GWR Staffing Records held by National Archives, via Ancestry UK</ref>
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*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1972|1972]] The SVR Civil Engineering Department visited the Wednesbury-Darlaston mineral line to collect a 2,000 gallon water tank for use as a header for a [[Bewdley#Water towers |parachute tank at Bewdley]].<ref>SVR News 26</ref>
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*2000 [[SR 34027 Taw Valley]] took the Southern Scot railtour between Crewe and Glasgow Central.<ref>[http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/001007pt.htm Six Bells Junction]</ref>
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*[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway#TV_News_and_Documentary|2013]] Former boxer Richie Woodhall presented an item on BBC's Inside Out West Midlands on the SVR's need for new apprentices.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03c7pld BBC programme guide]</ref>
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*2017 [[BR Class 50 50049 Defiance|50049 Defiance]] operated Pathfinder's 'The Caledonian' between Crewe and Glasgow with [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules | 50007 Hercules]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKeiPbEitQU YouTube] (Retrieved 21 January 2018)</ref>.
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==Gallery==
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Photos taken on 7 October:
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<gallery>
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Alveley Sidings-1959-10-07.jpeg| 1959: [[Alveley Sidings]], southbound ex-GWR 43xx 6388 with a coal train
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PrairieBewdleyNorth-1959-10-07.jpg| 1959: [[Bewdley ]], a northbound ex-GWR Prairie on a passenger service
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Hampton-Loade-Railcar-1959-10-07.jpg| 1959: [[Hampton Loade]], a northbound ex-GWR Railcar
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Highley-3601-1959-10-07.jpg| 1959: [[Highley]], southbound ex-GWR Pannier 3601 with a passenger service
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</gallery>
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All pictures from the ([[Sellick Collection]])
 
==See also==
 
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{{On this day see also}}
 
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==References==
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[[Category:On this day in October|October 07]]
 
[[Category:On this day in October|October 07]]

Latest revision as of 21:35, 24 April 2021

On October 7 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.

  • 1894 Stourbridge Enginemen, Samuel Rollings and Richard Joinson, were reported for "Quarrelling & fighting in loco shed & generally falling short of Company's standards" which resulted in 1 month's notice to Rollings, and Joinson being suspended for 2 weeks and fined £1.[1]
  • 1972 The SVRSevern Valley Railway Civil Engineering Department visited the Wednesbury-Darlaston mineral line to collect a 2,000 gallon water tank for use as a header for a parachute tank at Bewdley.[2]
  • 2000 SR 34027 Taw Valley took the Southern Scot railtour between Crewe and Glasgow Central.[3]
  • 2013 Former boxer Richie Woodhall presented an item on BBC's Inside Out West Midlands on the SVRSevern Valley Railway's need for new apprentices.[4]
  • 2017 50049 Defiance operated Pathfinder's 'The Caledonian' between Crewe and Glasgow with 50007 Hercules[5].

Gallery

Photos taken on 7 October:

All pictures from the (Sellick Collection)

See also

On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history

← October 6 - October 8 →

References

  1. GWRGreat Western Railway Staffing Records held by National Archives, via Ancestry UK
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 26
  3. Six Bells Junction
  4. BBC programme guide
  5. YouTube (Retrieved 21 January 2018)