November 7

A steam bus at Bridgnorth in November 1904. (Sellick Collection)

On November 7 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.

• 1904 The GWRGreat Western Railway began a steam bus service between Bridgnorth station and Wolverhampton.
• 1970 BR(W) Hawksworth 1500 class 0-6-0PT No. 1501 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway.
• 1981 Filming of an item for 'Game for a Laugh' took place at Bridgnorth, featuring musician and entertainer Joe Brown firing 80079.
• 1982 Hartlebury Station Signal Box lost its 30 lever GWRGreat Western Railway frame from 1910, replaced a with switch panel.
• 1990 Bogie Bolster / Rail Carrier DB 996730 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Willesden.
• 1998 HE 686 The Lady Armaghdale took part in a centenary celebration at the Middleton Railway in Leeds, near the Jack Lane Works where she was built 100 years earlier.
• 2016 Contractors arrived on site to begin work on the redevelopment of Bridgnorth station.
• 2016 The Class 50 Alliance announced the purchase of 50007 Hercules, to be used primarily for mainline contract work.
• 2017 A shunt in Bewdley Down Yard allowed work to commence in earnest to convert GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 Bow-Ended Third No 5043 into GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car.

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