User:Graham Phillips 110
Truck mechanic from Bewdley. Volunteer at Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Works.
Testing stuff
- On this day in SVR history Today template
- On May 1 22 40 58 in SVR history Today page
Welcome to the Severn Valley Railway Wiki
 D4100 Dick Hardy is a Class 09 0-6-0 diesel electric shunting locomotive. The Class 09 is similar to the Class 08, of which the SVRSevern Valley Railway has a number of examples, but with different gearing giving an increased top speed at the expense of a lower tractive effort. In 1988 the locomotive was named in honour of Richard 'Dick' Hardy, the railwayman, enthusiast and author. (Full article...) |
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For 101 years between 1862 and 1963, the Severn Valley Railway formed part of the national railway network, running for 40 miles between Hartlebury and Shrewsbury. Established as a separate company, it was mainly operated by the Great Western Railway (GWRGreat Western Railway) and later by British Railways (BRBritish Rail or British Railways).
The present day Severn Valley Railway (SVRSevern Valley Railway) was established in 1965 to preserve part of the line as a heritage railway. Today it has six stations and two halts and runs for 16 miles along the Severn Valley between Bridgnorth in Shropshire and Kidderminster in Worcestershire, following the course of the River Severn for much of its route. Train services are hauled predominantly by steam locomotives, regularly supplemented by a diesel multiple unit and diesel locomotive hauled trains.
This unofficial website is a project aimed to collect information and record events relating to the SVRSevern Valley Railway, both past and present.
For timetables, fare information, and news about special events, please visit the SVR Official Website. Other news and information of interest to members, shareholders and enthusiasts can be found on SVRLive.
2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: all public services are suspended from 31 December 2020 until further notice. The SVRSevern Valley Railway has launched a Fight Back Fund to help the Railway through this emergency; details may be found here.
Categories of article
- The history of the Severn Valley Railway from the earliest proposals around 1835 to the last BR trains in 1982
- The history of the SVR in preservation from 1965 to the present day
- Miscellaneous articles; Paintings, models, films etc.
- What's nearby (Requires GPS enabled device)
Query Corner
Unsurprisingly, there are a large number of questions about the SVRSevern Valley Railway, both in pre-preservation days and for a number of historical items since then. Take a visit down to Query Corner to see if you have a recollection relating to some long forgotten event, or know of a reliable source (maybe an early edition of the SVR News?) that might have the information we need!
Adding to this Wiki
This site, or "wiki", is a collaborative effort, and anyone who has any knowledge relating to the SVRSevern Valley Railway should feel free to contribute. Once you have created a user account and logged in, you can modify any page by clicking the "Edit" button in the top right hand corner. For some tips on how to format pages, and some guidelines on how to make this wiki accessible can be found on Tips for contributing to the SVR Wiki.
Alternatively, if you don't feel confident editing this Wiki (although there is no reason you shouldn't!!), each article also has a "Discussion" page, which can be accessed by clicking the relevant button in the top left hand corner. This allows you to make additions, suggestions, or corrections to a page without making any change to the article itself.
Main Page test
May 1 22 40 58
Wed, 01 May 2024 22:40:58 +0000
This section creates a link to the immediately preceding and following On This Day pages. To do this, it converts the current page name to a date, then checks the previous day's date for a corresponding page name. If it finds one, it creates the text & link. If not, it goes to the next previous day, and so on for ten days. It then does the same for the following ten days. It will only create one link in each direction, the first one it comes to, and if there are no pages within ten days of the start page, it returns a blank. There's probably a far more elegant and efficient way to do it, but hey ho, this is how bus mechanics write computer code.
I'll start creating On This Day pages (anyone else is welcome to create or add to them as well, of course). When there's enough that most have got another one within ten days, we can go live with a link on the Main Page. Click on Edit above to see it.
On Graham Phillips 110 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.
See also
And this one was an attempt to get version 1.27.1 to recognise mobile phones and give directions to lineside features. Various problems, including not being able to get MobileFrontend working, uncertainty over whether svrwiki would be able to ask users for their location without paying for an SSL certificate, and poor phone reception in many areas, means I am now starting to look at creating a From The Window app, but that's a whole 'nother project.
