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*'''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.
*'''Mark 3 sleepers and other carriages''': In November 2019 a number of [[Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper#Locomotive Services Limited ('LSL') Mk 3 coaching stock|Mark 3 Sleepers]] and other Mark 3 carriages arrived on the SVR as part of a storage contract with Locomotive Services Limited. They are generally stored alongside Kidderminster Carriage Shed (as pictured on 23 April 2021) but from time to time have been moved to other sidings on the Railway, including at Highley and Arley, for operational reasons. {{As of|2021|0712}} the 12 vehicles at Kidderminster were ex-Caledonian Sleepers Nos. 10504, 10513, 10648, 10650, 10675 and 10683 and ex-First Great Western carriages Nos 40106, 40808, 41149, 42319, 42583 and 46012.
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LSL_Mark_3_Sleepers_20210423.jpg| Sleepers and other carriages stored alongside Kidderminster Carriage Shed, April 2021
File:PPM_20210417.jpg | 'PPM 139000' at Highley
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*'''Bayer Environmental Science's Smart Weed System Train1''' with GBRf 66709 'Sorrento' and 66771 'Amanda' for testing in June and July 2021<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljul21 Branch Lines July 2021]</ref>. It revisited in November and December 2021, delivered by a pair of Class 20s.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bldec21 Branch Lines December 2021]</ref>
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Class_66_66709_20210630.jpg | 66709 'Sorrento' at Kidderminster
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*'''PSL 193 'Plimsoll' ''': revisited during the Vintage Transport Extravaganza on 7 and 8 August.
*'''YRP 38t Rectank 909069''' (ADB909069, internal user 060973) adapted to carry class 50 power unit. On loan to the [[Class 50 Alliance Limited]] from Devon Diesel Society/South Devon Railway.
==2022==
*'''Bayer Environmental Science's Smart Weed System Trains 2 and 3''' were delivered on 4 February by 66779 ‘Evening Star’, for testing.
*'''Tamping machine 99709 908014-2 T204''' hired from Trackwork of Doncaster, arrived 15 March.
*'''HYA bogie hopper wagons 371098 and 371112''' visited in March with locomotives 69002 'Sir Bob Tiller CM&EE' and 66796 'The Green Progressor' for GBRf and Network Rail corporate days.
*'''Liebherr 0960 Road Rail Vehicle 99709 940617-2''' hired from Story in August 2022 for cropping scrap rail<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blaug22 Branch Lines August 2022]</ref>.
*'''PSL 193 'Plimsoll' ''': Mark Saville’s 1957 Series 1 2-litre petrol Land Rover made a return visit on 3 September for the 'Purple Weekend'
==See also==
