January 3

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On January 3 in SVR history.

  • 1861 Construction of the Tenbury & Bewdley Railway began.[1]
  • 2000 A reunion of former BR staff was staged to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the end of BR services. Special DMU shuttles ran between Kidderminster and Bewdley.[2]
  • 2010 Alun Rees drove 43106 on the dining train; his last turn before retiring as a driver. His son Gwyn acted as fireman[3].

See also

On this day in SVR history

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References

  1. Beddoes & Smith (1995) p. 17.
  2. SVR News 131, 132
  3. SVR News 169