Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1999
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This page details events on the Severn Valley Railway during 1999.
May 1999[edit | edit source]
On 12 May the award of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £1.757m towards the construction of Kidderminster Carriage Shed was announced.[1].
June 1999[edit | edit source]
Planning permission for the construction of Kidderminster Carriage Shed was granted on 22 June[1].
July 1999[edit | edit source]
On 24 July the Railway saw an incoming railtour from Preston to Arley using Black 5 45407.
On 28 July the 'first sod' was cut on the site of the new Kidderminster Carriage Shed[1].
August 1999[edit | edit source]
From 1 August line speeds were increased to allow commissioning of new 'Coradia 1000' Class 175 diesel multiple units under special conditions.
September 1999[edit | edit source]
The Railway saw an unusual visitor on 4 September with a through Bridgnorth - Paignton excursion using a GWR HST.[2]
Contractors Carrillion Construction arrived on site on 20 September to begin work on the new Carriage Shed. This spurred a marathon of junk moving by the PW staff and volunteers – more than a mile of old track was recovered!
Denis Howells’ pannier 9466 and 80072 visited the Railway for the Autumn Steam Gala and October Classic Vehicle Day.
Five BR Standard 2-6-4 tanks lined up for the steam gala, guests 80080, 80098, 80104 and 80136 plus resident 80079.
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80098 at Bridgnorth on 25 September (Geograph)
November 1999[edit | edit source]
The first steelwork was installed for the new Carriage Shed.
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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