October 31

The 1992 sponsored walk of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal passed under Falling Sands Viaduct.

On October 31 in SVR history.

• 1860 A Special General Meeting of the Severn Valley Railway Company approved the 999 year lease of the line to the West Midland Railway.
• 1971 Work began on installing a rail-level water column on Platform 1 at Bridgnorth. It was replaced some years later by the present platform-level column.
• 1992 The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund staged a sponsored walk from Kidderminster to Bewdley via the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal and the River Severn.
• 1998 The SVR was visited by a Great Western HST which worked a Cheshire Railtours trip from Exeter to Bridgnorth.
• 2017 The 2016 share offer closed with the target of £2.5m achieved

Gallery

Photos taken on 31 October:

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  2009: MW 2047 "Warwickshire" on static display at Kidderminster

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  7812 Erlestoke Manor at Highley

See also

On this day in SVR history

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