Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2020-2029
Significant events in the history of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation between 2020 and the present date are set out below.
Information on current events on the SVR can be found here.
Contents
2020
2020 saw the 50th anniversary of the official opening of the SVR. A ‘must-do’ engineering project was starting, an overhaul of Falling Sands Viaduct, with trains restricted to the Bridgnorth to Bewdley section from 30 December 2019.
January 2020
- 3 January was the 50th anniversary of the final regular timetabled BR passenger services between Bewdley and Hartlebury and Kidderminster.
Steam locomotives used
A table of steam locomotives used since 2020 is shown below. Where detailed mileage records were not published in SVR News, locomotives used are marked 'X'. For locomotives hired in, the table identifies whether they were present either for the Summer (S) or Winter (W).
| Locomotive | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | Comment |
| 813 | X | ||||||||||
| 1450 | X | ||||||||||
| 1501 | X | ||||||||||
| 2857 | X | ||||||||||
| 7714 | X | ||||||||||
| 7802 Bradley Manor | |||||||||||
| 7812 Erlestoke Manor | |||||||||||
| 34027 Taw Valley | X | ||||||||||
| 13268 | |||||||||||
| 43106 | X | ||||||||||
| 6960 Raveningham Hall | X | On hire 2020 | |||||||||
| Total |
See also
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References
SVR News unless otherwise stated.