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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_9F BR Standard Class 9F]''': In the final years of the Branch, heavy coal trains to the Ironbridge and Stourport power stations were occasional worked by a BR Standard 9F.<ref name=Nabarro/>. Two 9Fs, [[BR Standard 9F 92212|92212]] and [[BR Standard 9F 92214|92214]], have spent periods on hire to the SVR in preservation.
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Stanier_Class_8F LMS Standard Class 8F]''': Ex-LMS Stanier 8Fs similar to the SVR's [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|48773]] were also used on occasion in the last years of the Branch. Classmate 48531, then based at Wolverhampton's Oxley MPD, was photographed working a southbound coal train at Bewdley on 3 and 29 June 1966<ref>[http://www.8fsociety.co.uk/page33.html Siviter, Roger, image on 8F Society website] (Retrieved 7 November 2022)</ref><ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (2017)]] p. 55.</ref>.
==Diesels==
*'''[[Alveley Colliery]]''' workings continued until closure in 1969. However steam haulage at the southern end of the line ended with the closure of Stourbridge shed in 1966. After that time BR Diesels were used, mainly the '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_25 Sulzer Type 2 (BR Class 25)]''' and occasionally the '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_20 E.E. Type 1 (BR Class 20)]'''. Examples of both types have been [[Former Residents#Diesel locomotives|formerly resident on the SVR in preservation]].
*Steam remained diagrammed on [[Ironbridge power station|Buildwas coal trains]] as late as Easter 1967 before also being replaced by diesels.<ref name = Smith/> Examples of both types have been Images show BR Class 56, 58 and 66 used. Charter passenger trains also used BR Class 20 and 37<ref>[[Former Residents#Diesel locomotives|formerly resident on the SVR in preservation]http://www.geoffspages.co.uk/raildiary/ironbridge.htm Geoff's Rail Diaries webpage](Retrieved 30 July 2022)</ref>.
*'''British Sugar Corporation''' factory at Foley Park, Kidderminster. This utilised [[Diesel Locomotives|Ruston and Hornsby 165hp diesel shunters]] with incoming beet trains usually tripped from Kidderminster by a Class 08 shunter.
*Until 1988, a stub of the Severn Valley line remained in use from [[Sutton Bridge Junction Signal Box]], providing via a reverse move access to the site of Shrewsbury Abbey station (Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway), which remained in use as a fuel terminalwith incoming oil trains usually tripped by a Class 08 shunter.
*The section of the SV branch between Berrington and Shrewsbury continued in use for testing Sentinel diesels until finally being closed by BR on 21 January 1968.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell & Smith (2007)]] p. 35.</ref>It featured [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_Waggon_Works several types of Sentinel locomotives].
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