On July 17 in SVR history.
- 1971 The Severn Valley Railway Association was formed.[1]
- 1975 German locomotive DRG 64 305 arrived on the SVR[2].
- 2015 A special 50th Anniversary Dinner was arranged for founding members and early pioneers of the SVR, held at Spring Grove House, West Midland Safari Park, including a talk by Antiques Roadshow expert and railway enthusiast Paul Atterbury.