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==1979==
==1979==
*March 1979: Major work is required to stabilise the line at Sterns, an area of the line prone to subsidence.
*May 1979: BR has agreed to allow through excursions onto the SVR. The first such excursion, oganised by the Monmouthshire Railway Society, arrives at Bewdley from Cardiff.
*June 1979: 2857 is steamed for the first time since restoration; the first Churchward 2-8-0 to do so.
*July 1979: The Didcot Great Western Society's veteran Wantage Tramway locomotive "Shannon" is used for filming scenes of the BBC children's drama television series "God's Wonderful Railway" on the SVR, but is not steamed while here.
*August 1979:
**LNWR 3020 Cornwall arrives on 16 August. The locomotive is being lent to the SVR by the NRM for a 5 year period including restoration.
**As an experiment, BR runs a weekend DMU serice from Kidderminster to Bewdley.
*September 1979: 7812 is officially re-named "Erlestoke Manor" in a ceremony on 1 September.
*December 1979: Christmas running takes place between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade.
7802 Bradley Manor arrived from Barry during 1979.