June 28
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On June 28 in SVR history.
- 1964 Arley signal box closed under BR ownership.[1]
- 1980: A "Ten Year Celebrations" event was held on 28-29 June to re-create the opening of the SVR a decade earlier. As 46443 and 8233 had been withdrawn for major overhaul, 3205 and 43106 were supplemented by 6960 Raveningham Hall, 7819 Hinton Manor, 7812 Erlestoke Manor and 5164.[2]
- 1980: The 'Severn Valley Invader' railtour from Newcastle to Bewdley was worked between Birmingham New Street and Bewdley and return by BR Type 2s 25308 and 25305. 'Peak' 46025 brought the train from Newcastle. 3205 and 7812 took the train on to Bridgnorth.[3][4]
- 2003 Arley Station was in course of being re-roofed, the work being funded by the Guarantee Company through subscriptions and donations[5].
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Photos taken on 20 June:
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2025: The Railway 200 exhibition train at Kidderminster
See also[edit | edit source]
On this day in SVR history
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Mitchell and Smith (2007) fig. 43.
- ↑ SVR News 56, pp. 28-30.
- ↑ Alexander, Colin, 'North East to South West by Rail in the 1980s', Amberley Publishing Limited (2017)
- ↑ Derby Sulzers website (Retrieved 2 August 2022)
- ↑ SVR News 144