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Revision as of 20:13, 19 June 2015
The Great Western Railway introduced Diesel Railcar units in the 1930s as an more economic replacement to steam traction on smaller branch lines. They continued in use until the 1960s, and were used from time to time on the Severn Valley Railway.
Railcar 22 is owned by the Great Western Society at Didcot. The Society’s Railcar arrived on loan to the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 13th May 1967[1], and remained for much of the 1970s. During that time it was used on the inaugural services to Highley and Bewdley in 1974.
See also
The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership
Sources
Wikipedia article Retrieved 22 Jan 2015
Past editions of SVRSevern Valley Railway News.
- ↑ A G Cleaver, "The Early Days Of The 'Severn Valley'", SVRSevern Valley Railway News 190 (2015) p24.
