May 16
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On May 16 in SVR history.
- 1983 Kidderminster Goods Depot was formally closed by BR.[1]
- 1970 5786, 8233 and 3205 travelled in light steam to Tyseley for a gala, hauled by a BR/Sulzer Type 2.[2]
- 1983 BR 25498 Corridor Second and BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open arrived on the SVR from Heaton.
- 1992 A charity train ran in memory of David Williams, a former SVR TTI and treasurer of the Junior Club.
- 1993 Steam returned to the Central Wales Line for the first time since 1965, when 80079 hauled The LlanDod Local railtour.[3]
- 1994 ICI 19052 Bogie Steel Hopper Wagon arrived on the SVR.
- 1998 The 'Stanier Hind' railtour was hauled by the SVR's 50031 Hood (Paddington to Bristol) and 48773 (Bristol to Plymouth.[4] The same day, 42968 operated Steam on the Met shuttles between Amersham and Watford.
- Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_2010#May 2010 LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 hauled the SVR's 40th anniversary special.
- 2015 SR 34027 Taw Valley Re-entered service after a heavy overhaul.
- 2017 The rear wheel set on the tender of GWR 2857 derailed at slow speed whilst travelling light engine and swapping sets at Kidderminster.
- 2017 Brian Shaw, who in 1998 helped start the Coalyard Miniature Railway, died.
- 2025: Friday of the Spring Diesel Festival which included an assortment of guest locomotives along with members of the home fleet. Services ran between Kidderminster and Hampton Loade due to the embankment collapse at Mor Brook earlier in the year.
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Photos taken on 16 May:
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2015: 50049 Defiance at Kidderminster -
2015: EE Electro-diesel 73952 at Kidderminster during testing and crew training
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On this day in SVR history