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*1960 [[GWR Small Prairie 4566]] became the last steam locomotive overhauled at Newton Abbot works.
*1973 [[Kidderminster Station signal box (c.1882-1973) | Kidderminster Station signal box]] closed.
*1975 Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft Class 64 locomotive [[DRG 64 305]] left Harwich by road on the last leg of its journey from West Germany to its new home at [[Bridgnorth]], which was completed the next day.<ref>SVR News 36</ref>
*1989 [[The Earl of Lindsay]], SVR chairman and owner of [[61994 The Great Marquess|LNER 3442 The Great Marquess]], rode on the footplate of his engine for the last time. He sadly died sixteen days later.<ref>SVR News 93</ref>
*2005 A special train carrying 350 'Harry Potter' fans to [[Arley]] arrived at midnight to collect their copies of the newly published sixth book, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'<ref>SVR News 151</ref>.
