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*[[The_Severn_Valley_Railway_under_GWR/BR_ownership#British_Railways_Western_Region:_1948-1982 | 1963]] The final day of through passenger services between [[Hartlebury ]] and [[Shrewsbury]]. BR Standard 2-6-4T No 80102 hauled the final 4.10pm northbound service from Hartlebury. The final southbound service was strengthened to four carriages and carried around 200 passengers.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Magner (1997)]] p. 12.</ref> [https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p1005521121/hdcf826df#hdcf826df 41207 also operated]. Local passenger services ended the following day.*1968 work began to dismantle the box at Pensnett which over the following months would be reassembled at [[Bridgnorth signal box]].<ref>SVR News 11</ref>*1978 [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia|70000 Britannia]] undertook a test run to [[Hampton Loade]], prior to her first service runs in preservation.*1986 [[GWR 4786 Full Third]] arrived from the Coleham Depot at Shrewsbury*2014 The SVR recreated the SLS special of 19 September 1965 to [[Alveley Colliery]]. Locomotives Nos. [[1450]] and [[4566]] stood in for former classmates 1420 and 4555. ==Gallery==Photos taken on 7 September:<gallery>Bridgnorth-Railcar-1962-09-07.jpg| 1962: [[Bridgnorth]], southbound GWR Railcar and northbound steam-hauled passenger service ([[Sellick Collection]])Bridgnorth-SB-82xxx-1962-09-07.jpg| 1962: [[Bridgnorth]], view south from Platform 2 with a northbound Standard Class 3 tank steam-hauled passenger service ([[Sellick Collection]])</gallery>
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