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'''From March 2020 the SVR is closed until at least the end of July due to the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]: all public services are suspended from 31 December 2020 until further notice. The SVR has launched a Fight Back Fund to help the Railway through this emergency; details may be found [https://www.svr.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?a=921 here]'''. The King and Castle pub at Kidderminster and the Railwayman's Arms pub at Bridgnorth will reopen on 4 July.
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[[<!--IMAGE FILE-->File:GWR_65620_20160504GWR 40554 Chaired Sleeper Wagon.jpg |thumb|centre|300px|link=<!--PAGE TO LINK TO-->GWR 65620 'Vanfit' Covered Goods Van40554 Chaired Sleeper Wagon| GWR 65620 40554 is a vacuum-braked covered goods wagon or 'Merchandise Van' with a capacity of 12 tons. This special type of well wagon had the telegraph code 'VANFIT'intended for moving chaired sleepers. 65620 It was one of 700 such vans built between July 1945 preserved on the SVR in 1973 and May 1947, at appeared on the end of main line in the GWR150 demonstration freight train which ran to Newport behind [[2857|GWR 2857]] in 1985. It required a major overhaul in 2011-12 after being "'s existence as a separate company'probably the most abused historic wagon on the SVR''". [[<!--PAGE TO LINK TO-->GWR 65620 'Vanfit' Covered Goods Van40554 Chaired Sleeper Wagon| (Full article...)]]]]
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*[[Station Truck | The Severn Valley Railway Station Truck]]
*[[Engineer's Line References]]
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