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*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1965|1965]] The [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] and BR met, agreeing the Society access to the Bridgnorth Station site and BR suggesting a purchase price for the line to Milepost 144½ at [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley Colliery]].<ref name=Cleaver>SVR News 189/190, “The Early Days of the Severn Valley Railway”, A.G. Cleaver</ref>.
*1968 [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|48773]] worked the LCGB ‘Farewell to Steam’ railtour, double heading with [[LMS Stanier 5MT 44871|44871]] from Blackburn to Carnforth.<ref>[https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/680804lc.html Six Bells Junction] (Retrieved 22 July 2019)</ref>
*1979 As an experiment, BR ran a weekend DMU service from Kidderminster to Bewdley crewed by BR staff, for which Bewdley station was decked out in flags.
*2003 The [[Stanier 8F Locomotive Society]] staged an reunion event to mark 35 years since the end of steam on BR, attended by former enginemen from Rose Grove, Lostock Hall and Bolton.<ref>SVR News 144</ref>
*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2018|2018]]: The SVR staged a special event to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of steam on BR, attended by former enginemen from Rose Grove and Lostock Hall and members of the 'Master Neverers Association'. [[45110]] and [[48773]] were on display at Kidderminster.
