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==Severn Valley Railway News saves the day==
[[Severn Valley Railway News ]] (the Railway’s quarterly magazine) is not just a good read, it once rescued a railtour! While on an SVR Railtours excursion in April 1984, Class 40 no 40024 failed at Hereford. The fault was diagnosed as a loose contactor causing poor electrical connection. The offending contactor was wedged in place with a copy of SVR News, and the tour continued to Leeds after a 10 minute delay.
==April Fool!==
==Two that got away==
An article by [[David Williams ]] in Steam Railway Magazine issue 437 listed a number of locomotives which might have joined the SVR fleet, but didn’t.
The first locomotive offered to the SVR was ‘Royal Scot’ 4-6-0 No 46115 Scots Guardsman, which had been bought by a Birmingham businessman shortly after being withdrawn by BR in December 1965. The SVR’s Operating Superintendent considered the locomotive too heavy, at 138 tons with a 20.5 ton axle loading, so the offer was declined. The Scot is now owned by West Coast Railways and can be seen working on the main line. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Royal_Scot_Class_6115_Scots_Guardsman 46115 on Wikipedia]
