August 16
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On August 16 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.
- 1953 Ex-LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 'Crab' 42897 hauled a through excursion from Burton-on-Trent and Walsall to Bewdley and Stourport.[1]
- 1970 Work began to reinstate the locomotive watering facilities at Bridgnorth which had been removed by BRBritish Rail or British Railways after closure.[2]
- 1979 LNWRLondon & North Western Railway 3020 Cornwall arrived at the SVRSevern Valley Railway on loan from the NRMThe Railway Museum, formerly the National Railway Museum, having travelled from Crewe to Bewdley behind ex-works Brush 47536.[3]
- 2004 Ivatt Class 2 46443 was involved in a collision with a van at Fishermen's Crossing.[4] The SVRSevern Valley Railway was later cleared of any blame for the collision.
- 2008 Sir Nigel GresleySir Nigel Gresley, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London & North Eastern Railway 1923-1941's grandson Tim Godfrey recommissioned newly restored GNRGreat Northern Railway 2701 and presented the SVRSevern Valley Railway with Sir Nigel's top hat on loan for display in The Engine House.[5]
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