May 3
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On May 3 in SVR history.
- 1852 Hartlebury station opened.[1]
- 1854 Sir Samuel Morton Peto was elected to the board of the Severn Valley Railway.[2]
- 1967: Railcar 22 was moved from storage at Swindon to Gloucester in a parcels train, en route to the SVR.[3]
- 1970 Stourport North, Bewdley South, Bewdley North and Highley signal boxes all closed under BR ownership.[4]
- 1976 A busy day at Bewdley MPD saw the lifting of 5 boilers and 2 frames in a single day.[5]
- 1998 Standard 4 tank 80079 became the first standard gauge steam locomotive to reach Blaenau Ffestiniog in more than thirty years.[6]
- 2017 A ceremony marked the start of bricklaying for the new station building at Bridgnorth[7].
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Photos taken on 3 May:
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2015: The Diesel Depot under construction
See also[edit | edit source]
On this day in SVR history
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Boynton (2002) p. 22.
- ↑ Nabarro (1971) p. 29.
- ↑ SVR News 6
- ↑ Mitchell and Smith (2007) fig. 8.
- ↑ SVR News 40
- ↑ SVR News 127
- ↑ SVR News 198