Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1996
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This page details events on the Severn Valley Railway during 1996.
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1996 timetable
April 1996[edit | edit source]
Country Park Halt opened on 4 April.
The Spring Gala featured GWR Collett 7800 Manor class no 7822 Foxcote Manor from Llangollen, and GWR Churchward 4200 class 2-8-0T no 4277. The latter, owned by Peter Best, had been at the SVR for completion of restoration as a contract job. The gala was intended to feature 8 GWR locomotives; in the event 46521 (an honorary GWR engine being Swindon-built) had to substitute for a failed 4566.
May 1996[edit | edit source]
Filming of the first series of Oh Doctor Beeching! took place at Arley.
7325 returned to steam following a major cylinder repair including welding and ‘stitching’, and took part in ‘Steam on the Met’.
Summer 1996[edit | edit source]
Planning permission was received to extend the sidings at Bewdley. The new siding area would be filled with a pile of spoil which had been left at Kidderminster following construction of the new station; a spin-off being that removal of the pile would create space for the proposed ‘diesel depot’ near the Kidderminster turntable.
August 1996[edit | edit source]
The SVR staged its first 1960s event.
September 1996[edit | edit source]
The Autumn Steam Gala featured repeat visits from guests 5029 Nunney Castle and 6024 King Edward I, the latter having been shortened in height during a recent overhaul to improve gauge clearance.
October 1996[edit | edit source]
The diesel gala included four hired in milk tankers, hired in to recreate WR scenes of the past.
Late 1996[edit | edit source]
6960 Raveningham Hall left the Railway, following a change of ownership. The locomotive is now one of a number owned by Jeremy Hosking.
A project was announced to build a new Carriage Shed, seeking financial assistance from National Lottery funding.
Steam locomotives used[edit | edit source]
A table of steam locomotives used and their mileages (where published) can be found on the Steam Locomotive Mileages page.
See also[edit | edit source]
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