On July 31 in SVR history.
- 1848 The Sun (London) reported that the building of the SVR "although delayed, is not abandoned".[1]
- 1868 The GWR Act (ch 145) revived powers for construction of the Kidderminster Loop Line.[2]
- 1949 WR Pannier 1501 entered service at London’s Old Oak Common
- 1961 Passenger services were withdrawn on the Wyre Forest Line between Woofferton and Tenbury Wells.[3]
- 1962 Passenger services were withdrawn on the remaining section of the Wyre Forest Line between Kidderminster and Tenbury Wells.[4]
- 1971 1501 left Coventry Colliery, hauled by rail to Tyseley for wheel turning prior to a move to the SVR.[5]
- 1984 BR Standard 75069 moved under its own steam for the first time in 18 years.[6]
- 1994 Kidderminster Turntable was connected to the SVR network
- 1999 1501 took part in a three day Allied Steel and Wire photography event in Cardiff[7].
See also
On this day in SVR history
References
- ↑ "SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY.—We find that this project, although delayed, is not abandoned, the promoters having now put themselves in a position to proceed with it as soon as the proper time shall arrive; the connexion which the proposed line will give is an important one, and the districts to be accommodated by it much in want of a railway. We observe that the undertaking has the support of all the interests affected by it." Sun (London) - Monday 31 July 1848, on the British Newspaper Archive
- ↑ Article in SVR News 69
- ↑ Beddoes & Smith (1995) p. 190.
- ↑ Beddoes & Smith (1995) pp. 192-193.
- ↑ SVR News 19
- ↑ SVR News 73
- ↑ SVR News 130-31