Paul Fathers was born in June 1954 and is a volunteer and one of the SVR's former Chairmen.
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Officerships on the SVR
- He was a member of the SVR(H) Board until 30 June 1995 and between 25 July 1997 and 12 July 2003. He was appointed Chairman 1999-2002.
- He was Director of the then-SVR Rolling Stock Trust between 17 December 2001 and 4 May 2012. He became a Trustee of Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd in April 2019.
The Ironbridge Railway Trust is independent from the SVR. Its charitable objects include to develop, construct, preserve, operate the railway between Buildwas and Bridgnorth via Ironbridge, connecting to the existing Severn Valley Railway.[1] Paul Fathers was a Director between 2007 and 2008, before being reapponted on 3 October 2009.
Other notable involvement
In December 2010 he was a leading proponent of an attempt to build a two-road shed for the storage of up to 50 wagons on the course of the trackbed of the Stourport Branch. This failed when the HLF turned down an application for funding.[2]
He was a member of the Bewdley Turntable Fund’s Committee that was instrumental in instigating the turntable at Kidderminster.
On 13 April 2015 he drove 7812 Erlestoke Manor on a special train to celebrate 50 years of the SVR.
See also
References
- ↑ Charity Commission (retrieved 4 January 2017)
- ↑ Fathers, P., SVR Forum 10 December 2010 (Retrieved 4 January 2018