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*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Before construction: 1845-1858 | 1855]] [[Robert Nicholson]], the Engineer responsible for the first plans for the Severn Valley Railway, died. He was succeeded by [[John Fowler]].
*1903 [[GWR 3717 City of Truro]] was timed at a speed in excess of 100 miles per hour.