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==1987==
'''March 1987''': 3203 left the SVR, 20 years to the day since she arrived as the first locomotive.
'''April 1987''': 45699 Galatea arrived by low loader from Carnforth. Galatea was regarded as a source of spares for 45690 Leander.
'''May 1987''': The May Diesel Extravaganza saw visits from a ‘Deltic’ and a Class 44 ‘Peak’. Operation of the latter was interesting; “If you don’t get up enough speed, it overheats, and if you get up too much speed, it blows up!”
'''Summer 1987''':
:SVR locomotives 7819 Hinton Manor, 75069 and 46443 provided the motive power for BR’s Cardigan Bay Express summer season. Pannier tank 7760 from Tyseley and 0-6-2T 5619 from Telford spent summer at the SVR as cover for their absence, participating in the Summer Steam Gala before departing in August and September respectively.
:Bridgnorth District Council announced plans for a country park at Alveley. The SVR sold an area of surplus land for incorporation into the park.
'''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 Butterley. Taw Valley also appeared at the gala 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.
