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*1974 Refurbishment of the [[Underbridge on Station Road, Highley]] continued as the deck timbers were replaced and ash troughs fitted.<ref>SVR News 32</ref>
 
*1974 Refurbishment of the [[Underbridge on Station Road, Highley]] continued as the deck timbers were replaced and ash troughs fitted.<ref>SVR News 32</ref>
 
*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1996 | 1996]] [[5764]] was photographed taking water at [[Highley]]. The water at Highley is not treated, so this facility is not used in normal operations.<ref>SVR News 124 p. 15</ref>
 
*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1996 | 1996]] [[5764]] was photographed taking water at [[Highley]]. The water at Highley is not treated, so this facility is not used in normal operations.<ref>SVR News 124 p. 15</ref>
*2010 [[Diesel Locomotives hired by the SVR|Hired E6005 (73005)]] left the SVR by road. It had suffered an axle bearing fault and seized turbo around 2005<ref>Express Points Web Round-Up, May 2010</ref>.
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*2010 [[Diesel Locomotives hired by the SVR|Hired locomotives]] E6005 (73005) and D3937 Gladys left the SVR by road to return to the Dean Forest Railway. Both required repairs, the 73 suffering an axle bearing fault and seized turbo around 2005, and the 08 requiring vacuum brake and exhauster repairs<ref>Express Points Web Round-Up, May 2010</ref>.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Latest revision as of 11:14, 8 April 2020

On April 21 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.

  • 1974 Refurbishment of the Underbridge on Station Road, Highley continued as the deck timbers were replaced and ash troughs fitted.[1]
  • 1996 5764 was photographed taking water at Highley. The water at Highley is not treated, so this facility is not used in normal operations.[2]
  • 2010 Hired locomotives E6005 (73005) and D3937 Gladys left the SVRSevern Valley Railway by road to return to the DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 Forest Railway. Both required repairs, the 73 suffering an axle bearing fault and seized turbo around 2005, and the 08 requiring vacuum brake and exhauster repairs[3].

See also

On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history

← April 20 - April 22 →

References

  1. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 32
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 124 p. 15
  3. Express Points Web Round-UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR), May 2010