On November 5 in SVR history.
- 1973 Pannier 5764 was in use for filming 'Carrie's War', making several trips between Highley and Hampton Loade and a series of run pasts at Alveley Sidings.[1]
- 1988 The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund held a sponsored walk along the SVR from Kidderminster to Falling Sands Viaduct, then via the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal to the Stewponey. Around a hundred people took part.[2]
- 2000 Torrential rain caused a major landslip at the Bridgnorth end of Knowlesands Tunnel with 3 lengths of track left hanging in space and the embankment spread across the field below[3].
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Photos taken on 5 November:
2016: GWR 813 at Highley
See also
On this day in SVR history