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| − | + | The archive room holds a vast collection of information dating back to the earliest days of the SVR’s preservation. It includes every copy of SVR News, every timetable and promotional booklet, plus many old SVR posters and timetables and a large collection of press cuttings from 1965 onwards.<ref>Express Points February 2019</ref> | |
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| + | The SVR Archive has an informal agreement with [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] that any documents donated to either organisation relating to the SVR in the preservation era will go to Highley, while any relating to the railway pre-preservation, go to Kidderminster. | ||
==Sample posters from the archive== | ==Sample posters from the archive== | ||
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[[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] | [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] | ||
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Revision as of 10:44, 15 May 2020
The SVRSevern Valley Railway archives are held at The Engine House in an upstairs room shared with the catering stores, set up in 2009.
The archive room holds a vast collection of information dating back to the earliest days of the SVRSevern Valley Railway’s preservation. It includes every copy of SVRSevern Valley Railway News, every timetable and promotional booklet, plus many old SVRSevern Valley Railway posters and timetables and a large collection of press cuttings from 1965 onwards.[1]
The SVRSevern Valley Railway Archive has an informal agreement with Kidderminster Railway Museum that any documents donated to either organisation relating to the SVRSevern Valley Railway in the preservation era will go to Highley, while any relating to the railway pre-preservation, go to Kidderminster.
Sample posters from the archive
See also
The Engine House
Kidderminster Railway Museum
References
- ↑ Express Points February 2019
