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*1966 Three years after closure of the north end of the line, boilers and other equipment for [[Ironbridge power station]] were moved by rail from Sutton Bridge Junction to [[Buildwas]].<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Magner (1997)]] p. 35.</ref>
*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1967 | 1967]] [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443|'Mickey Mouse' 46443]] arrived on the SVR.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
*1988 [[Locomotives named after the Severn Valley Railway#Locomotives named in honour of the Severn Valley Railway|BR Class 31 Diesel No 31413 was named Severn Valley Railway]] in a ceremony at Bewdley.<ref>SVR News 88</ref>*1991 Former General Manager [[Bill Gillett]] died.*2014 [[BR Class 52 D1015 Western Champion|D1015 Western Champion]] hauled [[BR Class 52 D1062 Western Courier|D1062 Western Courier]] from Kidderminster to Tyseley for tyre turning, providing a maroon Western hauling another on the mainline, a scene not seen for decades.<ref>Express Points Web Round-Up, May 2014</ref> *2016 The [[The 82045 Steam Locomotive Trust#Special_trains|The 82045 Steam Locomotive Trust]] ran a special train in aid of 'The Motion Appeal'. The Eardington Explorer ran between [[Bridgnorth]] and [[Hampton Loade]], calling specially at disused [[Eardington]]<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3507 SVR-Online Forum]</ref>.
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