September 23
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On September 23 in SVR history.
- 1966: The Severn Valley Railway Society paid a deposit of £1,150 to the British Railways Estates Department for use of the Bridgnorth station site.[1]
- 1990 During the Autumn Steam Gala on 22 and 23 September, customers could buy a bacon butty "fried on the fireman's shovel" of LNER 4472 Flying Scotsman, with the locomotive carring a tongue-in-cheek "Frying Scotsman" headboard.
- 1994 Lady Lucinda Lambton christened the new Kidderminster Turntable and also officiated at a ceremony to mark the laying of the corbels for the 'porte cochere' canopy at Kidderminster Town station[2].
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Photos taken on 23 September:
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1990: LNER 4472 Flying Scotsman at Highley with "Frying Scotsman" headboard
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2011: On-hire BR Standard 9F 92212
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2011: Gala guest 60163 Tornado
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2011: 2857 at Highley
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2016: 'Pacific Power' Gala guest 60163 Tornado
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2016: 'Pacific Power' Gala guest 60103 Flying Scotsman
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2017: Sentinel 9387 Vertical Boiler Tank engine, now named 'Marjorie', at Sandford Station Railway Heritage Centre in Somerset.
See also[edit | edit source]
On this day in SVR history
← September 22 - September 24 →
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Magner (1997) p. 48.
- ↑ SVR News 112