[[File:SVR News 158.jpg |thumb|200px|right| How SVR News reported the flood damage]]
A freak thunderstorm hit the Severn Valley Railway on the evening of Tuesday 19 June 2007, causing massive damage to the Railway’s infrastructure. Embankments collapsed, cuttings were filled with debris, and much other destruction took place.
==Sources==
Phil Sowden: ‘Severn Valley Recollections, The Story of the Big Flood’<br>
SVR News issue 158
==See also==
[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009]]