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[[<!--IMAGE FILE--> File:LMS 2300 20150322Gareth Price 20.7.17.jpg |thumb|centre|300px|link=<!--PAGE TO LINK TO--> LMS Corridor Third 2300 BR 991124 'Tunny' Ballast Wagon | LMS Corridor Third 2300 was a Stanier designIn the first years after nationalisation, although H G Ivatt had become CME by BR continued to build Civil Engineers wagons based on designs of the time it was built in 1946GWR and other pre-nationalisation companies while they developed their own standard designs. After withdrawal by BR in 1966, 2300 was internally stripped and used for 'Tunny' Ballast Wagon DB991124 is identical to the final design of GWR 20 ton all-steel ballast wagon; the next 11 years GWR did not allocate telegraph code names to Civil Engineers wagons but those of BR were commonly given 'fish' [[Telegraph codes|telegraph codes]] such as a store room by Bass Charrington in Plymouth. Its restoration between 1978 'Tunny' and 1984, as well as being one of the most comprehensive rebuilds undertaken at the time, was largely responsible for establishing the Bridgnorth C&W team'Starfish' . [[<!--PAGE TO LINK TO--> LMS Corridor Third 2300 BR 991124 'Tunny' Ballast Wagon | (Full article...)]]]]
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[[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]: '''Following the government announcement on Saturday 31 October about new national Covid-19 restrictions, the Severn Valley Railway will close from Thursday 5 November up to and including 2 December. The railway's pubs, cafes and shops will also shut'''. Further details may be found [https://www.svr.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?a=947 here]. 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].
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