October 7

On October 7 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.

• 1972 The SVRSevern Valley Railway 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.
• 2000 SR 34027 Taw Valley took the Southern Scot railtour between Crewe and Glasgow Central.
• 2013 Former boxer Richie Woodhall presented an item on BBC's Inside Out West Midlands on the SVRSevern Valley Railway's need for new apprentices.
• 2017 50049 Defiance operated Pathfinder's 'The Caledonian' between Crewe and Glasgow with 50007 Hercules.

Gallery

Photos taken on 7 October:

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  1959: Alveley Sidings, southbound ex-GWRGreat Western Railway 43xx 6388 with a coal train

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  1959: Bewdley , a northbound ex-GWRGreat Western Railway PrairieLocomotive with a 2-6-2 wheel configuration on a passenger service

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  1959: Hampton Loade, a northbound ex-GWRGreat Western Railway Railcar

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  1959: Highley, southbound ex-GWRGreat Western Railway Pannier 3601 with a passenger service

All pictures from the (Sellick Collection)

See also

On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history

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