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1987 Sprinter
*1861 The last girder forming the river arch of [[Victoria Bridge]] was fixed in place.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Geens (1985)]] p. 7.</ref>
*1903 [[GWR 3717 City of Truro]] was hand-timed at a speed claimed to be in excess of 100 miles per hour.<ref>Wikipedia</ref>
*1975 [[Richard Dunn|'Dickie' Dunn]] was not re-elected as a director of SVR(H) and accordingly ceased to be its Deputy Chairman.<ref>SVR News 70</ref>*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1981|1981]] The [[Highley#Water tower|water column at Highley]] was lifted into place using [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1091|30 ton steam crane RS 1091]].<ref>SVR News 61</ref>*1987 A visiting newly introduced Sprinter DMU worked between Bewdley and Highley, the first time a BR train had run on that route since the 1960s.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002487/19870502/055/0007 Sandwell Evening Mail - Saturday 2 May 1987 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref> *1993 An episode of [[The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries]], 'Death at the Bar' was first broadcast. The railway scenes filmed on the SVR featured [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]] and GWR carriages and at [[Kidderminster]].*2009 [[BR Class 50 50044 Exeter|50044 Exeter]] took Spitfire railtours' 'The Cambrian Mountaineer' bewtween Bristol and Aberystwyth.
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