March 20

On March 20 in SVR history.

1960 Then future, and now former, resident WD 193 worked a special last train over the War Department operated Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway, organised by the Stephenson Locomotive Society.
1971: 46521 was hauled from Barry to Bewdley by a BR Type 4 diesel.^[1]
1977: Viscount Cobham, the first President of SVR(H), died.^[2]
1977: Signalling at Bewdley was fully commissoned, ready for an inspection to allow passenger working between Bewdley and Foley Park.^[3]
1997 The Revd. Wilbery Awdry, creator of the 'Thomas' books, died. He had been an SVR Member since 1980.^[4]
1982 LMS 5000 and GWR 4930 Hagley Hall took the Welsh Marches Express betwen Hereford and Newport.^[5]
2008 An inaugural special hauled by 7812 Erlsetoke Manor ran to mark the reopening of the SVR following the 2007 storm damage. The Engine House also opened for the first time^[6].
2020: The SVR launched an Emergency Appeal for £250,000 to help the SVR through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emergency, which raised £50,000 in the first four days.