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Revision as of 09:58, 14 March 2019
Severn Valley Railway News is the quarterly magazine of the Severn Valley Railway Company Limited provided free to its members, and on sale for £3 as of 2018[update] at SVR shops. The first edition was produced in 1965, the year of the Cooper’s Arms meeting.
Format
Editions 1-10 were A4 sheets produced on a hand-operated duplicator, the current A5 booklet format was adopted from issue 11. Since issue 11 the format has remained consistent, although increasing in size from 20 pages + covers to 60 pages + covers by issue no 198 (Summer 2017).
Typical contents
- Details of the Officers of the current SVR organisations and departmental structures
- An editorial and summary of the content
- Diary of events
- General Manager's Notes
- Notes from various railway departments
- News items
- Letters to the Editor
- Obituaries
- Branch meetings
- Small ads
Although a magazine of the Guarantee Company, it frequently includes material relating to the other SVRSevern Valley Railway organisations.
Editors
- The first 2 issues were produced by Paul Wyers.
- David Williams took over as editor for issue 3 in July 1966, and remarkably is still the editor as of the latest issue having held the role for over 50 years.
See also
Links
SVR S&T website with a library of S&TSignals & Telegraph notes from edition 151 onwards
