*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1970 | 1970]] The Light Railway Order granted to BR was published. This enabled the SVR to apply for their own Order to take over and operate the newly created Light Railway.<ref>SVR News 15</ref>
*1971 [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|GWR Hawksworth First Sleeper 9082]] arrived on the SVR from Didcot.<ref>SVR Stock Book, ninth edition</ref> It departed in 2005.
==Gallery==
Photos taken on 5 January: