March 26

7714 near Bewdley Tunnel, 26 March 2017

On March 26 in SVR history.

• 1967: On Easter Sunday the SVR's newly-arrived first locomotive, 3205 with two coaches gave rides at Bridgnorth as far as Oldbury Viaduct.
• 1972 Water was run for the first time through the newly installed water column on platform 1 at Bridgnorth.
• 1983 43106 and 80079 took the Welsh Marches Pullman between Hereford and Newport.
• 1990 BR Class 11 12099 arrived on the SVR.
• 1994 50007, then named named Sir Edward Elgar, was withdrawn from BR service.
• 2017 Footplate experiences and charters can be seen regularly on the SVR, such as this one involving 7714.

Gallery

Photos taken on 26 March:

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  2017: Gala guest 34081 92 Squadron near Bewdley Tunnel.
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  2017: Gala guest 9F 92214 at Bewdley

See also

On this day in SVR history

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Severn Valley Railway

British Rail or British Railways

The British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.