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*1860 A Special General Meeting of the Severn Valley Railway Company approved the 999 year lease of the line to the [[West Midland Railway]].<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Nabarro (1971)]] p.42.</ref>
*1969 [[LMR 600 Gordon]] worked the final train on the Longmoor Military Railway before closure, from Oakhanger to Longmoor.<ref>The Railway Magazine, October 2019. pp. 40-46</ref>
*1971 Work began on installing a rail-level water column on Platform 1 at [[Bridgnorth]]. It was replaced some years later by the present platform-level column.<ref>SVR News 22</ref>
*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1992 | 1992]] [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] staged a sponsored walk from Kidderminster to Bewdley via the [[Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal]] and the [[River Severn]].<ref>SVR News 105</ref>
*1996 [[GWR 60562 Ballast Wagon]] arrived on the SVR from the Avon Valley Railway at Bitton, near Bristol.
*1998 The SVR was visited by a Great Western HST which worked a Cheshire Railtours trip from Exeter to [[Bridgnorth]].<ref>SVR News 128</ref>
*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2017|2017]] The [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#sHARE OFFERS|2016 share offer ]] closed with the target of £2.5m achieved*1998 [[LMS Stanier Class 5 45110|45110]] and [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|48773]] took the Stannary Staniers railtour from Ealing Broadway-Penzance. ==Gallery==Photos taken on 31 October:<gallery>MW2047_20091031.jpg | 2009: [[2047|MW 2047 "Warwickshire"]] on static display at Kidderminster7812_20091031.jpg | 2009: [[7812|7812 Erlestoke Manor]] at Highley</gallery>
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