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* 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'.
It should be noted that GWR 6901 Arley Hall was named after Arley Hall in Cheshire, not Arley in Worcestershire.