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→1965: SLS tour. Dave Hill noted "This was the first time I had heard of the proposal to buy & restore part of the Severn Valley line with leaflets being passed out on the train."
[[File: S3641 SLS Special at Bewdley 1965.jpg |thumb|300px|right| The SLS special at Bewdley (David Cooke)]]
[[File:SVRSposterJonathanWilcox.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Early SVRS poster]]
:On 19 September 1965 GWR locomotives 4555 and 1420 visited [[Alveley Sidings]] with the Worcester - Wolverhampton - Worcester leg of the Stephenson Locomotive Society (Midland Area) 'The Restored Engines Tour'. This helped publicise the nascent preservation scheme, with leaflets being passed out on the train. Later resident [[61994 The Great Marquess| 3442 The Great Marquess]] hauled the remainder of the tour.<ref>[https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/650919sl.html Six Bells Junction</ref>
:The first working party took place at Bridgnorth station on Sunday 26 September.<ref name=Magner43/> Regular Sunday afternoon de-weeding of the track and painting of the buildings continued throughout the 1960s as the station was gradually restored to working condition.
