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Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989

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Correction and additional information, thanks to Duncan Chandler
'''September 1987''':
The guest locomotive at the Autumn Steam Gala was No 53809, a former Somerset & Dorset Railway engine then based at the Midland-Railway Centre at Butterleywas booked as the guest engine, but failed to attend. [[SR 34027 Taw Valley|Taw Valley]] also appeared at the gala hauled a ten coach staff special on Saturday evening as its first train following restoration.
'''December 1987''': [[Kidderminster signal box]] was commissioned, together with the loop between [[Kidderminster Footbridge]] and [[Hoo Road Bridge]]. Working over the section to [[Bewdley]] was by [[Acceptance Lever]] rather than by [[ Single line working using tokens | Electric Token]] in part due to the distance from the signal box to the end of the loop. The loop also saw the SVR’s first use of an electric points machine, rather than direct connection to the signal box using rods.

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