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On {{PAGENAME}} in SVR history. | On {{PAGENAME}} in SVR history. | ||
| − | *1921 [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Billingsley Colliery|Billingsley Colliery]] closed, although the [[Kinlet and Billingsley Sidings signal box|colliery railway]] continued in use to serve a landsale yard on the Bridgnorth to Cleobury Mortimer road<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 98.</ref>. | + | *[[Tales from the Severn Valley#George_Thorpe.2C_licensee_of_The_Railwayman.27s_Arms|1879]] Leviathan Thorpe, an expectant mother, was arrested for fortune-telling. She was sentenced to six months hard labour. Some years later she gave birth to George Thorpe, who in time became a licensee of [[Bridgnorth#The_Railwayman.27s_Arms|The Railwayman's Arms]]. |
| + | *1921 [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Billingsley Colliery|Billingsley Colliery]] closed, although the [[Kinlet and Billingsley Sidings signal box|colliery railway]] continued in use to serve a landsale yard on the Bridgnorth to Cleobury Mortimer road.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 98.</ref> | ||
| + | *1940 [[Railcar 22]] entered service from Newport shed. | ||
| + | *1967 [[GWR 1399 Milk Brake]] arrived on the SVR from [[Worcester]]. | ||
| + | *1986 [[GWR 41277 4 plank Open Goods Wagon]] arrived at the SVR from Sharpness Docks, havong been condemned there by the GWR 51 years previously. | ||
| + | *[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1999|1999]] The railway saw an unusual visitor with a through Bridgnorth - Paignton excursion using a BR HST | ||
| + | *2018 [[GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco]] reached 100,000 miles in preservation. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:48, 5 September 2019
On September 18 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.
- 1879 Leviathan Thorpe, an expectant mother, was arrested for fortune-telling. She was sentenced to six months hard labour. Some years later she gave birth to George Thorpe, who in time became a licensee of The Railwayman's Arms.
- 1921 Billingsley Colliery closed, although the colliery railway continued in use to serve a landsale yard on the Bridgnorth to Cleobury Mortimer road.[1]
- 1940 Railcar 22 entered service from Newport shed.
- 1967 GWR 1399 Milk Brake arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Worcester.
- 1986 GWR 41277 4 plank Open Goods Wagon arrived at the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Sharpness Docks, havong been condemned there by the GWRGreat Western Railway 51 years previously.
- 1999 The railway saw an unusual visitor with a through Bridgnorth - Paignton excursion using a BRBritish Rail or British Railways HST
- 2018 GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco reached 100,000 miles in preservation.
See also
On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history
← September 17 - September 19 →
References
- ↑ Marshall (1989) p. 98.
