June 14
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On June 14 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.
- 1860 an Act of Parliament confirmed a 999 year lease of the Severn Valley Railway Company to the Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway who agreed to run the line.[1]
- 1879 Henry Orlando Bridgeman, SVRSevern Valley Railway engineer, died.
- 1893 The GWRGreat Western Railway authorised improvements at Berrington and Cressage including construction of down platforms and passing loops and the extension of the up platforms.[2]
- 1894 The above-mentioned improvements at Berrington were approved by the Board of Trade inspector, Major York.
- 1977 Newly preserved BR Class 52 D1013 Western Ranger joined sister D1062 Western Courier on the Torbay Steam Railway at Kingswear.[3]
- 2017 The Worcester Raceday raised £23,000 for the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust[4].
Gallery
Photos taken on 14 June:
2015: DMU DMCL 52064
2015: DMU DMBS 50933
2015: Bewdley MPD
2015: Eardington Bank Summit
2015: Bridgnorth MPD
2015: Bridgnorth Boiler Shop
See also
On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history
References
- ↑ Article in SVRSevern Valley Railway News 69
- ↑ Marshall (1989) pp. 111-2.
- ↑ Western Locomotive Associaation
- ↑ Charitable Trust retrieved 4 June 2018