September 17

50031 Hood was re-dedicated on 17 September 2016

On September 17 in SVR history.

• 1989 D1013 Western Ranger attended an open day at Gloucester.
• 1990 4472 Flying Scotsman arrived on the SVR for a month's visit. Owner Sir William McAlpine was present on the day of arrival.
• 2016 Newly overhauled BR Class 50 50031 Hood was re-dedicated in a ceremony at Kidderminster.
• 2021: In its first mainline outing since suffering a major B engine failure in 2016, D1015 Western Champion suffered a seized engine during a test run.
• 2021: The Autumn Steam Gala featured guests GWR 4953 Pitchford Hall and GWR 0-6-0PT 9466. GWR 813 suffered from leaking boiler tubes and was withdrawn on Friday 17.
• 2022: Saturday of the 4-day Autumn Steam Gala with three guest locomotives in service. The event was billed as featuring the return to service of 4930 Hagley Hall, but the locomotive was withdrawn after a number of lineside fires on the first two days.
• 2023: Sunday of the 4-day Autumn Steam Gala which featured timetabled trains stopping at Eardington for the first time in more than four decades. The guest locomotives were: 401 Vulcan, 2253 Omaha, 41312 and 61306 Mayflower.

Gallery

Photos taken on 17 September:

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  2015: Autumn Gala guest LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521
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  2015: Autumn Gala guest BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia
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  2022: Autumn Gala guest LMS Stanier 5MT 45231 The Sherwood Forester

See also

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Severn Valley Railway

Great Western Railway

London Midland & Scottish Railway

William Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944

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.