Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1998
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This page details events on the Severn Valley Railway during 1998.
Spring 1998[edit | edit source]
76079 from Llangollen visited the SVR, principally for working charter trains.
LNER B12 4-6-0 8572 (BR 61572) was announced as the Autumn Steam Gala guest.
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8572 heads north from Arley on 20 September (Geograph)
A 65'3" turntable, ex-Bristol (Bath Road), arrived at Eardington, intended for installation at Bridgnorth. See Bridgnorth Turntable.
The Board authorised the re-cladding of the Bridgnorth main loco shed (ex-Portskewett) which had been damaged by storms over the winter.
The owner of no 78019 was approached by a group from the Great Central Railway at Loughborough offering to complete the restoration of the locomotive on agreement that it remained at the GCR for an undisclosed period of time. This move became permanent, leaving 4150 as the SVR’s only ex-Barry restoration still in progress.
Filming took place for TV Movie “Cider With Rosie”, featuring 5764.
September 1998[edit | edit source]
A special event took place to mark the 20th anniversary of the arrival of Western Diesels D1013 Western Ranger and D1062 Western Courier twenty years earlier.
October 1998[edit | edit source]
A Great Western 2+8 HST worked a Cheshire Railtours trip from Exeter at Bridgnorth on a filthy 31 October.[1]
November 1998[edit | edit source]
Hunslet 0-6-0 No 686 The Lady Armaghdale celebrated her 100th birthday. The locomotive had been briefly painted into her original black livery as Manchester Ship Canal No 32, before returning to Thomas duties.
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686 as MSC No 14, Buckley Wells October 1998 (David Cooke)
Steam locomotives used[edit | edit source]
A table of steam locomotives used and their mileages can be found on the Steam Locomotive Mileages page.
See also[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Images on Alan Thwaites' hatpics website (Retrieved 28 September 2022)