October 7
On October 7 in SVR history.
- 1894 Stourbridge Enginemen, Samuel Rollings and Richard Joinson, were reported for "Quarrelling & fighting in loco shed & generally falling short of Company's standards" which resulted in 1 month's notice to Rollings, and Joinson being suspended for 2 weeks and fined £1.[1]
- 1972 The SVR Civil Engineering Department visited the Wednesbury-Darlaston mineral line to collect a 2,000 gallon water tank for use as a header for a parachute tank at Bewdley.[2]
- 2000 SR 34027 Taw Valley took the Southern Scot railtour between Crewe and Glasgow Central.[3]
- 2013 Former boxer Richie Woodhall presented an item on BBC's Inside Out West Midlands on the SVR's need for new apprentices.[4]
- 2017 50049 Defiance operated Pathfinder's 'The Caledonian' between Crewe and Glasgow with 50007 Hercules[5].
Gallery
Photos taken on 7 October:
1959: Alveley Sidings, southbound ex-GWR 43xx 6388 with a coal train
1959: Bewdley , a northbound ex-GWR Prairie on a passenger service
1959: Hampton Loade, a northbound ex-GWR Railcar
1959: Highley, southbound ex-GWR Pannier 3601 with a passenger service
All pictures from the (Sellick Collection)
See also
On this day in SVR history
References
- ↑ GWR Staffing Records held by National Archives, via Ancestry UK
- ↑ SVR News 26
- ↑ Six Bells Junction
- ↑ BBC programme guide
- ↑ YouTube (Retrieved 21 January 2018)