On March 30 in SVR history.
- 1974 Two mobile cranes visited Bridgnorth. 46443 was re-wheeled after axle box repairs, and the boiler from 80079 was lifted.[1]
- 1977 Season 3 episode 3 'Law of the Jungle' of the TV Survivors series was first broadcast.
- 1990 Class 108 DMU vehicles M51941 and M52064 arrived on the SVR from Doncaster via Tyseley, initially on a two year loan.
- 1990 The Bridgnorth Footbridge Trust launched an appeal to raise £275,000 to build a new footbridge outside Bridgnorth Station, replacing the old bridge which had been demolished in 1976. The Trust's chairman was Sir William McAlpine, then owner of Flying Scotsman. The new footbridge was completed in 1994.[2]
- 2017 BR 993876 'Shark' Ballast Plough Brake arrived at Kidderminster by road from East Usk yard.
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Photos taken on 30 March:
2019: 5764 [L95] in The Engine House
References
See also
On this day in SVR history