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This page gives details of miscellaneous items of rolling stock that have visited the SVR. Listing is incomplete.
==2002==
*'''Parry People Mover''': original PPM 50 prototype for testing.
==2007==
*'''Track Gopher''': Provided on loan by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to help recover from the [[2007 Storm Damage|2007 storm damage]]<ref>Picture in SVR News 159, Autumn 2007</ref>.
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==2014==
*'''DR 73309''' Plasser & Theurer 07-275 Switch & Crossing Tamper. Seen leaving Kidderminster by low loader in [http://youtu.be/YhOIcvEcPJU this video]
==2017==
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File: Land_Rover_Highley_20170812.jpg | 'Plimsoll' at Highley
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*'''Loram CRG(01) Corrective Rail Grinder''': This Network Rail rail grinder arrived on the SVR on 23 October 2017. The 4 vehicles making up the unit are sequentially numbered DR 79301, DR 79302, DR 79303 and DR 79304. Pictured at Highley, DR 79304 nearest the camera.
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File:Rail_Grinder_20171025.jpg| Rail grinder at Highley
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==2018==
*'''DR 73309''' Plasser & Theurer 07-275 Switch & Crossing Tamper. Used in winter 2017-18 infrastructure work at [[Accommodation bridge near Severn Lodge|County Boundary]] and elsewhere. Also visited in 2014.
*'''"Cavell Van"''' SE&CR 132: This van was used in 1919 to bring back the body of nurse Edith Cavell from Belgium where she helped 200 Prisoners of War escape before being caught and executed. It was displayed at Arley to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War 1.
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Cavell van restored.JPG|The Cavell Van (Wikimedia Commons)
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*'''GBRf IIA hoppers''': Three GBRf IIA hoppers took part in the 2018 Goods Gala in June 2018. The hoppers, which are used to transport Silica sand for the glass industry,<ref>[http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/gb-railfreight-picks-up-41-new-iia-hoppers railtechnologymagazine.com] (retrieved 2 June 2018)</ref> were numbers 8170 0659 032-4, 8170 0659 028-2 and 8170 0659 030-8 (pictured).
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GBRf_IIA_Hopper_20180602.jpg| IIA hopper at Highley
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*'''PSL 193 'Plimsoll' ''': Mark Saville’s 1957 Series 1 Land Rover which first visited in 2017 made another return trip between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster on 12 August.
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File: Land_Rover_Arley_20180811.jpg | 'Plimsoll' leaving Arley
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==2019==
*'''Loram Rail Grinder''' on 2 April for training and also improving rail conditions in the process.<ref>Severn Valley Diesels (Official Group) Facebook</ref> The 4 vehicles are sequentially numbered DR 79401, DR 79402, DR 79403 and DR 79404 (nearest the camera). A similar unit visited in October 2017 as listed above.
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File:Rail_Grinder_20190407.jpg | Rail grinder at Highley on 7 April 2019
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*'''GBRf IIA hoppers''': Three further GBRf IIA hoppers, as described in 2018 above, visited in June 2019 for a charter event. On this occasion the hoppers were numbers 8070 0659 011-8, 8070 0659 032-4 and 8070 0659 013-4.
*'''Osprey flat wagons''': 18 wagons, with '''Sibelco sand hoppers''', visited the SVR in June 2019, used to deliver a large quantity of rail.<ref>SVR News 207, pp. 10-11</ref>
*'''PSL 193 'Plimsoll' ''': Mark Saville’s 1957 Series 1 Land Rover which visited in 2017 and 2018 made another return trip between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster during the Classic Vehicle Day on 31 August.
==2020==
*'''Parry People Mover''': In April 2019 Parry People Movers announced plans to upgrade the original PPM 50 prototype and seek approval for its entry into passenger service as ‘No 139000’.<ref>[http://friendlycreatives.co.uk/ppm/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PN76-March-2019-pdf-version-3.pdf Parry News Issue 76, April 2019, p. 6.]</ref> It was delivered to the SVR in February 2020 for testing.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4311 SVR-Online Forum]</ref>
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File:PPM_20200229.jpg | 'PPM 139000' at Bewdley
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