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The SVR archives were set up in 2009 and are held in an upstairs room at [[The Engine House]] in an upstairs . The archive room shared with holds a vast collection of information dating back to the catering storesearliest days of the SVR’s preservation.<br>As well as a full set It includes every copy of SVR News from Issue 1 to the present, the archive holds every timetable and promotional booklet, plus many old SVR posters and timetables, and a large collection of press cuttingsfrom 1965 onwards.<brref>Express Points February 2019</ref> The ​The SVR Archive has an informal agreement with [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] that any documents donated to either organisation relating to the SVR in the preservation era will go to Highley, while any relating to the railway pre-preservation, go to Kidderminster.
==Sample posters from the archive==
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[[File:Archive poster 12.jpg]][[File:Archive poster 11.jpg]][[File:Archive poster 2.jpg]][[File:Archive poster 7.jpg]]
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The Archive also holds a large collection of photos, mainly of the SVR in the preservation era.
 
{{As of|2022}} work is progressing on cataloguing these photos with the intention of making them more widely available. The images below link to a selection of pages of thumbnail images with descriptions to give a preview of what will be available when the work is complete.
 
Any enquiries about these or other items held at the Archive should be addressed to [mailto:archive@svrlive.com archive@svrlive.com]
 
 
[https://postimg.cc/tZJzymdb<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/LXBQtcnJ/Archive-photos-000001-000096-compressed-1.png" width=10%>]
[https://postimg.cc/2bt75FTZ<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/sxj6wThw/Archive-photos-000001-000096-compressed-2.png" width=10%>]
[https://postimg.cc/GBqjW1yz<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/DZKYbvyV/Archive-photos-000001-000096-compressed-3.png" width=10%>]
[https://postimg.cc/DW2gpz88<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/fbdrLtsj/Archive-photos-000001-000096-compressed-4.png" width=10%>]
[https://postimg.cc/TKvQm0xj<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/VkdhxZHh/Archive-photos-000001-000096-compressed-5.png" width=10%>]
[https://postimg.cc/QKWkK9nn<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/rsfhb5Gc/Archive-photos-000001-000096-compressed-6.png" width=10%>]
[https://postimg.cc/cv7hc31p<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/FH86NbMH/Archive-photos-000001-000096-compressed-7.png" width=10%>]
[https://postimg.cc/3dvnd6sJ<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/RVP8bxGf/Archive-photos-000001-000096-compressed-8.png" width=10%>]
 
==See also==
*[[The Engine House]]<br>*[[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] ==References==<references /> ==Links==
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