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Built as a Class 30 A1A-A1A by Brush Traction of Loughborough, Works Number 313. Entered service in August 1961 as number D5812. Modified and reclassified as a Class 31 in June 1967. Renumbered to 31413 on 1 January 1973.<ref name = “31413”>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=5812&loco=31413 BRDatabase 31413]</ref>
31413 hauled a special service from Birmingham New Street to Kidderminster and Bewdley on Friday 22 April 19781988. It was named “Severn Valley Railway” by Mr Sidney Newey, Director of Provincial Services for BR, at a ceremony at Bewdley.<ref>SVR News 88</ref> The nameplates were removed on 30 April 1993,<ref>[http://www.railuk.info/diesel/getloco.php?id=2101 railuk.info Class 31/1 31413]</ref> and were transferred to classmate 31233.
The locomotive was withdrawn on 1 May 1997 and scrapped at Doncaster on 29 July that year.<ref>[http://www.railuk.info/diesel/getloco.php?item=%2031413 Rail UK 31413 webpage] (Retrieved 14 April 2019)</ref>
* GWR 1026 County of Salop and 1029 County of Worcester: GWR Hawksworth 1000 County 4-6-0
* GWR 3290 Severn: GWR Dean 3252 Duke 4-4-0
* GWR 3819 County of Salop and 3820 County of Worcester: GWR Churchward 3800 County 4-4-0
* [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall]]: GWR Collett 4900 Hall 4-6-0, named after an 18th century house at Hagley, located near [[Kidderminster]].
* GWR 5009 Shrewsbury Castle: GWR Collett 4073 Castle 4-6-0, named after the imposing castle overlooking [[Shrewsbury]] station.
* GWR 7033 Hartlebury Castle: GWR Collett 4073 Castle 4-6-0, named after a fortified manor house situated between [[Hartlebury]] and [[Stourport]].
* GWR 4903 Astley Hall: GWR Collett 4903 Hall 4-6-0, named after the home of Prime Minister and GWR director, Stanley Baldwin, near [[Stourport]].<ref>[https://www.gwra.co.uk/auctions/nameplate-astley-hall-ex-gwr-collet-4-6-0-hall-cla-2018nov-0240.html Auction result on GW Railwayana Auctions web site]</ref>
* GWR 4981 Abberley Hall: GWR Collett 4981 Hall 4-6-0, named after the country house five miles from Stourport.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_hal_hall49b.htm www.greatwestern.org.uk]</ref>
===BR and post-privatisation===
* Kinlet, Andrew Barclay 782/1896. Worked at [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Kinlet Colliery | Kinlet Colliery]], now preserved at Blists Hill, Ironbridge Gorge Museum.
* [[WD 193 Shropshire]], Hunslet 3793/1953. Worked on the WD-operated Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway, named 'Shropshire' while a [[Former Residents | SVR resident]]. Now preserved at Ribble Steam Railway.
* GWR Bulldog class 3701 was named 'Stanley Baldwin' in 1909 in honour of Bewdley's most famous resident, a GWR director who went on to become three times Prime Minister. Upon Baldwin being ennobled as Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in 1937, the name was removed from 3701, and GWR Castle class 5063 was named 'Earl Baldwin'.
* GWR Saint class 2941 was named [[Wyre_Forest_Line#Easton_Court | Easton Court]], the manor house that also gave its name to the station at Little Hereford on the [[Wyre Forest Line]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_2900_Class#List_of_locomotives List of GWR Saint class locomotives on Wikipedia]</ref>
It should be noted that GWR 6901 Arley Hall was named after Arley Hall in Cheshire, not Arley in Worcestershire.
==See also==
*[[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas]]*[[Models of the Severn Valley Railway]]
==References==