September 7
From SVR Wiki
- 1963 The final day of through passenger services between Hartlebury and Shrewsbury. BRBritish Rail or British Railways Standard 2-6-4T No 80102 hauled the final 4.10pm northbound service from Hartlebury. The final southbound service was strengthened to four carriages and carried around 200 passengers.[1] Local passenger services ended the following day.
Gallery
Photos taken on 7 September:
1962: Bridgnorth, southbound GWRGreat Western Railway Railcar and northbound steam-hauled passenger service (Sellick Collection)
1962: Bridgnorth, view south from Platform 2 with a northbound ex-LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway steam-hauled passenger service (Sellick Collection)
See also
On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history
References
- ↑ Magner (1997) p. 12.
