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→1968: confirm locos used at gala
:[[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106|Ivatt 4MT Mogul 43106]] arrived on 2 August.
:The Autumn Gala on 31 August and 1-2 September saw 10,000 visitors to [[Bridgnorth]], with 3205 [[43106]] and [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443|46443]] making alternate trips to [[Hampton Loade]] and back. <ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell and Smith (2007]] fig. 74.</ref> The capacity issues of the Easter Gala were resolved, and over £1,000 was raised on that Bank Holiday alone. However BR, which was still the LRO holder, became concerned at safety at such sizeable events.
:On 7 September, work began to dismantle the signal box at Pensnett which over the following months would be dismantled and reassembled at Bridgnorth<ref name=SVRNews11>SVR News 11</ref>.
:On the afternoon of second day of the Enquiry, a special train consisting of 3205 and three coaches took the Inspector and all parties from Bridgnorth to [[Bewdley]] to view the Scheme at first hand. The Minister of Transport’s decision would be based on the Inspector’s report.
==1969==
