May 12
On May 12 in SVR history.
- 1887 The GWR authorised a number of improvements at Bridgnorth, including raising both platforms, lengthening the Down platform and adding a platform shelter and footbridge.[1]
- 1989 SR 34027 Taw Valley undertook a loaded main line test run between Derby and Sheffield and return, prior to her first main line expoits.[2]
- 1990 D1013 Western Ranger attended the Special Mid Line Promotion Day on static display at Birmingham Snow Hill.[3]
- 1999 The award of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £1.757m towards the construction of Kidderminster Carriage Shed was announced.[4]
- 2003 BR Class 08 0-6-0DE D3937 'Gladys' arrived on open-ended loan from Dean Forest Diesel Association.[5]
- 2009 The Great Western (SVR) Association ran a special train to celebrate “the 50th Anniversary of the Association on the Severn Valley Railway”[6].
Gallery
Photos taken on 12 May:
2012: HE 686 The Lady Armaghdale" in The Engine House
2012: D1062 Western Courier at Bridgnorth
See also
References
- ↑ Marshall (1989) p. 104.
- ↑ SVR News 93, p. 19
- ↑ Western Locomotive Association website (Retrieved 26 October 2018)
- ↑ SVR News 130
- ↑ Dean Forest Diesel Association - Stock Summary, (Retrieved 17 June 2016)
- ↑ Leaflet circulated to members, January 2019