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The SVR Wolverhampton Branch was formed in operated from 1967 to 2024 and provides provided support to the SVR through its activities, in particular the marketing of the railway at shows and exhibitions. As with other branches it was part of The [[Severn Valley Railway Association]], which was merged into the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Guarantee Company]] in October 2015.<ref>SVRA website</ref>At the 15 January 2024 General meeting it was decided to wind up the Branch.
It owns owned [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Notable_shareholdings| several thousand shares]] in SVR(H).
==Branch meetings==
The branch holds held public meetings open to all, usually second Monday of the month from September to May. Subjects cover covered local transport history and railway subjects from Britain and abroad. In addition, it organises organised trips and outings of railway and non-railway interest.
==Rolling stock==
*The Branch was the major shareholder in the [[Hinton Manor Fund]], the first owner of [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]] in preservation.<ref>[http://www.svr-wolverhampton.org.uk/7819/egm.html SVR Wolverhampton Branch EGM]</ref> During Member's Day 2004 at [[Kidderminster]] the Branch , on behalf of the Fund, handed over custody of [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]] to [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | The SVR Charitable Trust]] (then called the SVR Rolling Stock Trust)in exchange for a token payment of £1.<ref>[http://www.svr-wolverhampton.org.uk/7819/2004-handover-gallery. html SVR Wolverhampton Branch Handover]</ref>
*The Branch owned former Gangwayed Brake [[BR 80776 Brake Gangwayed | BR 80776]] which was converted for the conveyance of disabled passengers, for which it won the Association of Railway Preservation Societies' “Coach of the Year” award in 1995. In 2016 it was sold to the Charitable Trust for safekeeping and further conversion to a "Wheelchair Diner" providing much needed access to the SVR's Dining Services.
*It is also co-owner with the Charitable Trust of Tourist Standard Open [[BR 4690 Tourist Standard Open | BR 4690]] which has been similarly converted.
==Fundraising==
===SVRA Raffles===
The branch organised a number of [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA raffles]] on behalf of the SVRA.
===Models===
*It commissioned a finescale limited edition of only 100 working models of [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]] with a Bachmann body, Comet loco chassis, Mainly Trains tender chassis and Markits detailing accessories.
*During 2007, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Branch, it commissioned from Dapol a limited edition 12 ton vent LMS vanwith van with a white body.
*In 2010 it arranged the production of a OO scale model by Bachmann of a BR(W) 20 ton Toad brake van.
===Publication and print===
*In 2010 it published 'Wolverhampton's Railways in Colour'written by Simon Dewey, a full colour album of photographs of Wolverhampton railway scenes, locations and locomotives. *In 2018 the Branch published a companion volume, titled 'Wolverhampton’s Railways Revisited'. The book, again in hardback and written by Dewey, follows a similar format to the earlier book but has been increased to 88 pages with over 100 photographs, again in full colour and each accompanied by an informative caption. <ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/wrr SVRLive, 1 October 2018]</ref>*It produced a limited edition of 500 prints of the watercolour “In Cambrian Country” portraying [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]] on Talerdigg bank circa 1960, by Frederick Lea GRA.
==LinksSee also==[http://www.svr-wolverhampton.org.uk/ SVR Wolverhampton Branch web site[List of preservation groups]]<br>[[Models of the Severn Valley Railway]]
==References==
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==See alsoLinks==*[http://www.svr-wolverhampton.org.uk/ SVR Wolverhampton Branch web site]*[List https://web.archive.org/web/20240112130013/http://www.svr-wolverhampton.org.uk/ Archive of preservation groupsBranch website at 12 January 2024]]<br>, immediately prior to the decision to wind up the Branch [[Models of the Severn Valley RailwayCategory:SVR fundraising lotteries]]
