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[[Kidderminster|Kidderminster Town ]] won the 1987 “Best "Best Preserved Station” Station" award, not bad considering it was less than 3 years old at the time!

'''March 1987''': 3203 [[GWR 2251 Class 3205|3205]] left the SVR, 20 years to the day since she arrived as the first locomotive.

'''April 1987''': [[LMS Stanier Jubilee 45699 Galatea |45699 Galatea]] arrived by low loader from Carnforth. Galatea was regarded as a source of spares for [[LMS Stanier Jubilee 45690 Leander|45690 Leander]].

:SVR locomotives [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor|7819 Hinton Manor]], [[BR Riddles 4MT 75069 |75069]] and [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443 |46443]] provided the motive power for BR’s Cardigan Bay Express summer season. Pannier tank [[GWR 5700 Class 7760 |7760]] from Tyseley and 0-6-2T [[GWR 5600 Class 5619|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 [[AlveleyColliery|Alveley]]. The SVR sold an area of surplus land for incorporation into the park.

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. [[SR 34027 Taw Valley |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.