On May 13 in SVR history.
- 1854 Sir Samuel Morton Peto became chairman of the Severn Valley Railway.
- 1967 Railcar 22 arrived on the SVR on loan from the owners, the GWS at Didcot.
- 1978 The Rt. Rev. Eric Treacy died. A well known photographer, 'The Railway Bishop' was a Life Member of the SVR.
- 1990 The SVR unwittingly achieved a ‘full house’ by rostering GWR 4566, SR 34027 Taw Valley, LMS 46443, LNER 3442 The Great Marquess and BR Standard 75069 on the same day.