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  • ...rcial service|services on the Severn Valley line in BR days]]. Unlike many of the current new build projects which are recreating larger main-line types, ...irst time. Membership is by annual subscription: it has built up a nucleus of over 500 members.<ref>[http://www.82045.org.uk/82045_project-history.html 8
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  • ...ed organisation (CIO) on 16 June 2023, charity number 1203594. The objects of the CIO are: ...icles on a suitable heritage railway or railways" ''<ref>[https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5215218
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  • ...with the objective of raising funds to contribute towards the restoration of Ex-[[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall]].<ref>SVR News 137</ref><ref>SVR News 207, pp. 2 ...Museum contacted the SVR to ask if the locomotive could be placed on loan as a static exhibit at the Designer Shopping Complex (sited on the former GWR
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  • ...33 (8233) (8062220835).jpg |thumb|300px|right|48773 at Bridgnorth, running as LMS 8233]] ...was firmed at the end of steam on British Railways in 1968 to preserve one of the Stanier 8F 2-8-0 locomotives. It became The Stanier 8F Locomotive Socie
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  • ...ed charity (No 1078718). It exists primarily to preserve and restore items of rolling stock for service on the SVR, in particular GWR carriages from the ...acquire rolling stock needed to come from individuals and groups. Members of the C&W Department, which had just been established in the newly leased [[B
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  • ...ons and halts within the area occupied by the present day SVR. For a list of all the stations and halts on the original Severn Valley Line, see the [[Ma ...(in line with GWR custom of including “Town” in the name of the closer of two stations to a town, the SVR station being around 50 yards closer to Kid
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  • ...]]-[[Kidderminster]] staff. The 6-lever ground frame was built using parts of the lever frame from the old [[Stourport]] signal box<ref>SVR News 70</ref> The points at the far end of Platform 1 were controlled independently of the ground frame, while the frame itself controlled the points to Platform
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  • ...Map 1888-1913 series; the letters SB (for Signal Box) showing the location of the ground frames at each end. The sidings were linked to Highley Colliery ...d at the point where Kinlet traffic was already dealt with. The extension of the [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Billingsley Colliery |
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  • |status = Out of service }}686 is an inside cylindered 0-6-0 side tank locomotive, built at the end of the 19th century for use on the Manchester Ship Canal railway system.
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  • ...haritable Trust]], most of the locomotives, goods wagons and the remainder of the carriages are owned by various other groups. ...R) Association]] || [[GWR Mogul 7325]] || [[Carriages|20 GWR carriages]] (of which 3 owned by members), [[GWR 1257 Siphon G Bogie Milk Van|Siphon G 1257
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  • ...Pan Pudding Hill, an area beyond and adjacent to the Boiler Shop, or south of the station beyond the advanced starting signal.<ref>SVR News 122, “Bridg ...bles at Bristol (Bath Road) depot<ref>SVR News 56</ref>. Following the end of steam in 1960 the depot retained one turntable which was later used to turn
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  • ...[[GWR Large Prairie 4150 | 4150]] from [[Barry Scrapyard]], for the price of £2,750. ...and BR mess van TDE 320700) which arrived at Bewdley in 1977 and was used as a mess van.<ref>SVR Stock Book 7th Edition</ref> Ownership was later transf
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  • ...d in most restored LNER carriages on SVR, but unfortunately no photographs of it have come to light. ...same time the [[The LNER Carriage Group | LNER Carriage Group]] was formed as a department within the Trust, having common volunteers with the Fund<ref>C
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  • |caption = 34027 Taw Valley as 21C127 at Bridgnorth, April 2023 ...they could be used on a wide variety of routes including in the south-west of England and the Kent coast. They were a mixed-traffic design, being used fo
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  • ...Locomotives|Locomotives]], [[Carriages]] and [[Goods Wagons]], other items of rolling stock may be found on the SVR. These include the following: ...n Hertfordshire between 1948 and 1990, these trolleys were used in service as railway engineering personnel carriers, transporting PW working parties and
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  • RS 1087 is a 30-ton breakdown steam crane built by Cowans Sheldon of Carlisle in 1960. ...ads up to 30 tons, using hydraulically powered control gear. 1,000 gallons of water were carried. The crane could be towed at up to 60 mph when travellin
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  • ...ne, similar to those used in motorcycles or Morgan three wheel sports cars of that era. ...ey>Highley Station website</ref> This type of trolley was used in service as railway engineering personnel carriers, transporting PW working parties and
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  • ...Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 36, 442.</ref> The van had a capacity of 10 tons. ...en used for storage<ref>SVR News 19, Spring 1971</ref>, but after a period of disuse it was acquired by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] in 1991.<ref na
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  • ...e [[Sir Gerald Nabarro|'Nabarro' era]] and following the controversial AGM of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Guarantee Company]] eight days ...1972]] Working members at [[Arley]] staged a bonfire and fireworks display as a break from restoring the station.<ref name=SVR25/>
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  • ...rs]] took place at [[Hampton Loade]] with [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773 | 48773 (as LMS 8233)]]. An image can be found [http://www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk/Sho
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