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[[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]: 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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[[<!--IMAGE FILE--> File:BBC Rainhill_LMS_5000Country Lorry Service.jpg |thumb|centre|300px|link=<!--PAGE TO LINK TO--> Rocket 150 Country Lorry Service and Cartage Service |'''Rocket 150''' As well as transporting goods between stations by rail, the GWR was an event organised by BR's London Midland Region also able to collect and deliver goods and held at Rainhill in May 1980 parcels to celebrate and from local addresses. After the 150th anniversary of First World War they introduced the opening of "Country Lorry" service, allowing agricultural and other goods to be transported beyond the Liverpool normal collection and Manchester Railway delivery radius which was usually limited to urban areas and the original Rainhill trials the year beforetheir immediate fringes. Each of The Country Lorry service on the three days featured a 'Grand Cavalcade' of locomotives Severn Valley Branch began at Bewdley in 1927 and rolling stock Bridgnorth in which a number of SVR locomotives and carriages took part1928. [[<!--PAGE TO LINK TO--> Rocket 150 Country Lorry Service and Cartage Service | (Full article...)]]]]
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