Trustworthy, administrator
300
edits
Changes
→1993: Added internal links and some typo corrections
==1993==
1993 marked 25 years since the end of BR steam in 1968, and also 30 years since the last train from [[Bridgnorth]]. The recession continued to bite; the membership briefly dropped below 15,000 and the management began to review the ‘large engine’ policy.
'''April 1993''': The Spring Steam Gala saw a return visit from 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley, standing in at short notice for Flying Scotsman which had failed prior to the event.
'''Summer 1993''':
:Summer 1993 saw 5 SVR engines on hire to other railways. [[GWR Pannier 5764 |5764]] went to the South DevonRailway, [[LMS Jinty 47383 |47383]] to the North NorfolkRailway, [[BR Riddles 4MT 80079 |80079]] to the LlangollenRailway, [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521|46521 ]] to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway and [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|48773 ]] to the West SomersetRailway.
:Black 5 44767 George Stephenson paid a short visit to the SVR prior to beginning main line running
'''September 1993''':
:On 4 September the SVR was visited by Prince and Princess Michael of Kent aboard a charter consisting of 10 coaches of the VSOE ‘Orient Express’. [[LMR 600 Gordon |600 Gordon]] provided the motive power for a [[Kidderminster ]] – Bridgnorth return, being the only SVR locomotive equipped to work with air braked stock.
:A special train ran to mark the 30th anniversary of the last BR passenger service to leave Bridgnorth.
'''December 1993''':
:The SVR found out ‘by chance’ that landlords BR were planning to auction the 7.6 acre site on which the SVR’s Kidderminster station was built (in 1984 the SVR had bought the line to KiderminsterKidderminster, but could only afford to lease the land for the station itself). Contact was hastily made with BR, who agreed to an offer of £450k to secure the site without an auction. The purchase (plus £80k of recoverable VAT) was initially funded by a bridging loan, and inevitably triggered another share prospectus.
:The contract for construction of the New Road footbridge was signed just in time to qualify for a grant from the European Regional Development Fund..
Locomotives hired out to other railways during the year were as follows:
*[[GWR Pannier 5764|5764]]: Summer hire to South Devon*[[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521|46521]]: Summer hire to GWSR*[[LMS Jinty 47383|47383]]: Summer hire to North Norfolk*[[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|48773]]: Summer Hire to West Somerset*[[BR Riddles 4MT 80079|80079]]: Summer hire to Llangollen
==1994==
