December 31

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On December 31 in SVR history.

  • 1858 The Board of the Severn Valley Railway agreed to pay an additional £20,000 to build the Railway to double track width.[1]
  • 1968 Future resident 42968 was withdrawn from service by BR.[2]
  • 1977 The frame of 3205 was lowered onto the wheels using the 30 ton steam crane.[3]
  • 1988 The total number of passengers carried in a single year exceeded 200,000 for the first time.[4]

See also

On this day in SVR history

← December 30 - January 1 →

References

  1. Marshall (1989) p. 40.
  2. SVR News 21
  3. SVR News 47
  4. SVR News 91