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| − | On {{PAGENAME}} in SVR history. | + | [[File:GWR 99965 Open 'C' Goods Wagon.jpg |thumb|300px|right|GWR 99965]]On {{PAGENAME}} in SVR history. |
| − | *[[The_Severn_Valley_Railway_under_GWR/BR_ownership#Construction:_1858-1861 | 1861]] The first steam working on the still incomplete line took place between [[Stourport]] and [[Bewdley]]. | + | *[[The_Severn_Valley_Railway_under_GWR/BR_ownership#Construction:_1858-1861 | 1861]] The first steam working on the still incomplete line took place between [[Stourport]] and [[Bewdley]].<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Smith (1968)]] p. 16.</ref> |
| − | *1998 [[GWR 99965 Open 'C' Goods Wagon]] arrived on the SVR. | + | *1979 A Monmouthshire Railway Society special from Cardiff became the first BR through excursion onto SVR metals. BR Sulzer Type 2 No. 25107 brought the train onto the SVR.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/71592768@N08/10795945276 David Rostance's image] (Retrieved 27 November 2022)</ref> [[7819|7819 Hinton Manor]] and [[D1062|D1062 Western Courier]] provided motive power to and from Bridgnorth.<ref>SVR News 52</ref> |
| + | *1982 [[600|LMR 600 Gordon]] was used to haul a load of 1,800 concrete sleepers which had arrived at Foley Park in a freight train consisting of 19 'rail freight' O.C.A. low sided open wagons.<ref>SVR News 64</ref> | ||
| + | *1982 [[GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor]] took the Welsh Marches Express between Hereford and Chester.<ref>SVR News 66, page 9</ref> | ||
| + | *1998 [[GWR 99965 Open 'C' Goods Wagon]] arrived on the SVR<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>. | ||
| + | *2018 [[BR Class 08 D3586]] hauled a passenger train from Bridgnorth to Highley following the failures of visiting 6023 King Edward II and first choice replacement [[BR Class 14 D9551]]. | ||
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| + | ==Gallery== | ||
| + | Photos taken on 5 May: | ||
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | File:D3586LiamMarsh050502018.jpg | 2018: D3586 hauling the passenger train | ||
| + | File:D3586_20180505.jpg | 2018: D3586 on arrival at Highley with [[50049]] waiting to take over. | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| − | + | ==References== | |
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| − | [[Category:On this day in May]] | + | [[Category:On this day in May|May 05]] |
Latest revision as of 16:34, 27 November 2022
On May 5 in SVR history.
- 1861 The first steam working on the still incomplete line took place between Stourport and Bewdley.[1]
- 1979 A Monmouthshire Railway Society special from Cardiff became the first BR through excursion onto SVR metals. BR Sulzer Type 2 No. 25107 brought the train onto the SVR.[2] 7819 Hinton Manor and D1062 Western Courier provided motive power to and from Bridgnorth.[3]
- 1982 LMR 600 Gordon was used to haul a load of 1,800 concrete sleepers which had arrived at Foley Park in a freight train consisting of 19 'rail freight' O.C.A. low sided open wagons.[4]
- 1982 GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor took the Welsh Marches Express between Hereford and Chester.[5]
- 1998 GWR 99965 Open 'C' Goods Wagon arrived on the SVR[6].
- 2018 BR Class 08 D3586 hauled a passenger train from Bridgnorth to Highley following the failures of visiting 6023 King Edward II and first choice replacement BR Class 14 D9551.
Gallery
Photos taken on 5 May:
2018: D3586 hauling the passenger train
2018: D3586 on arrival at Highley with 50049 waiting to take over.
See also
References
- ↑ Smith (1968) p. 16.
- ↑ David Rostance's image (Retrieved 27 November 2022)
- ↑ SVR News 52
- ↑ SVR News 64
- ↑ SVR News 66, page 9
- ↑ SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition