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[[File:Tenbury Wells railway station.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Tenbury station was renamed Tenbury Wells stationon 4 November 1912]]On {{PAGENAME}} in SVR history.
*[[Railway Navvies of the SVR#Court_appearances_and_other|1859]] John Owen, a labourer engaged in constructing the Severn Valley Railway, appeared at Condover petty sessions charged with stealing a spade from Thomas Jones, a fellow workman.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000401/18591104/031/0004 Shrewsbury Chronicle - Friday 4 November 1859, on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*1912 Tenbury station was renamed [[Wyre Forest Line#Tenbury Wells|Tenbury Wells]] by the GWR.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Beddoes & Smith (1995)]] p.81.</ref>
*1972 More than 5,700 people attended a bonfire night event at [[Bridgnorth]].<ref>SVR News 26</ref>
*1976 [[BR Class 52 D1062 Western Courier|D1062 Western Courier]] was bought from BR by the [[Western Locomotive Association]], becoming the first class 52 ‘Western’ to be preserved.*[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#The_SVR_GWR_set|1978]] The final railtour using Severn Valley coaches on the main line ran from Bridgnorth-Pwllheli.<ref>SVR News 50</ref>*1987 [[BR 81013 Brake Gangwayed|BR Mark 1 Full Brake E81013]] arrived on the SVR from Thornton Fields via Ely, having been acquired by [[SVR(H)]] in response to a request from [[Arley]] for two BGs to be converted for use as [[Santa's Grotto|Santa's Grottos]].<ref>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref><ref>SVR News 87/88</ref> *2017 [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules|50007 Hercules]] became the first locomotive to use the newly installed lifting jacks in the Diesel Depot when it was lifted for maintenance.
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