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[[File:7812 20170422.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Erlestoke Manor]]On {{PAGENAME}} in SVR history.
  
*1947 The first of two fatal [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Accidents|accidents during the BR era]] occurred at the [[Level crossing at Hill Farm, Northwood Lane|level crossing in Northwood Lane]].
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*[[Tales from the Severn Valley#George_Thorpe.2C_licensee_of_The_Railwayman.27s_Arms|1898]] George Thorpe, a licensee of The Railwayman's Arms, was born at Gedney, Lincolnshire to a travelling Gypsy family
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*1947 The first of two fatal [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Accidents|accidents during the BR era]] occurred at the [[Level crossing at Hill Farm, Northwood Lane|level crossing in Northwood Lane]].<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Smith (1968)]] p. 57.</ref>
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*1999 A BR Class 175 unit was tested on the SVR.<ref>SVR News 131</ref>
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*2016 [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106|43106]] returned to traffic after an intermediate overhaul
 
*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2016|2016]] [[7812| 7812 Erlestoke Manor]] reached 100,000 miles in preservation.
 
*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2016|2016]] [[7812| 7812 Erlestoke Manor]] reached 100,000 miles in preservation.
 
   
 
   
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==Gallery==
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Photos taken on 26 August:
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Tenbury Wells Station, with ex-Great Western Diesel railcar geograph-2389817-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg| 1949: an ex-GWR railcar arrives at [[Wyre Forest Line#Tenbury Wells | Tenbury Wells]] from [[Wyre Forest Line#Woofferton | Woofferton]] (Ben Brooksbank, Wikimedia Commons)
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==See also==
 
==See also==
  
 
{{On this day see also}}
 
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==References==
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[[Category:On this day in August]] 
 
[[Category:On this day in August]] 

Latest revision as of 18:54, 15 August 2019

Erlestoke Manor
On August 26 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.

Gallery

Photos taken on 26 August:


See also

On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history

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References

  1. Smith (1968) p. 57.
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 131