May 20

On May 20 in SVR history.

• 1970 A Light Railway Order was granted, allowing the SVR to begin running public services.
• 1974 GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco was purchased from Barry Scrapyard by The 2857 Society.
• 1978 BR Standard Class 7 70000 was renamed Britannia by R A Riddles.
• 2016 GBRf Class 66 no 66763 was named "Severn Valley Railway" while visiting the SVR.

Severn Valley Railway

Robert Arthur "Robin" Riddles, Member of the Railway Executive for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering responsible for the design of the British Rail Standard Class locomotives