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...reservation#Organisation | SVR(H)]] or [[The SVR Trust | The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust]], most of the locomotives, goods wagons and the remainder ...[[:Category:Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] for a full list.

|image = Longmoor Military Railway Gordon Severn Valley Railway.jpg ...n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_the_Big_Engine 'Gordon the Big Engine'] in The Railway Series books by Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry.

...Colliery]]. The other major museum on the railway, [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]], is run by an independent charitable organisation. ...ncluding attracting external funding, the project morphed into the visitor museum and education centre that stands today, whilst still achieving the original

Significant events in the history of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation between 1970 and 1979 are set out below. ...Stourport]] and [[Foley Park Halt|Foley Park]]. The original Severn Valley Railway remained open for coal traffic between Hartlebury and [[Stourport Power Sta

...g a second GWR set (GW1) which will consist of early (1910 to early 1930s) stock in older liveries. ...Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)|Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)]] such as Full Brakes and carriages adapted for use as Post Office

...7) and Queen’s Saloon (No 799, Diagram 2055, Lot 1168) were the heaviest railway carriages to run in Britain, weighing 56 tons apiece, while the Brake and P ...he LMS Royal Saloons saloons were then presented to the [[National Railway Museum | NRM]].

...er_Railway_Museum_20170618.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Kidderminster Railway Museum building]] ...ndent charitable trust formed by a group of SVR members in the 1980s. The Museum, which opened in 1990, is housed in the 1878 constructed two-storey former

Significant events in the history of the [[Severn Valley Railway]] in preservation between 1980 and 1989 are set out below. ...w BR providing a DMU service from [[Kidderminster]] to the [[Severn Valley Railway|SVR]] at [[Bewdley]] on summer Saturdays and Bank Holidays.

...troduced ATC gear. It entered service at the [[Wolverhampton#Wolverhampton Railway Works | Wolverhampton Stafford Road Depot]]. As well as Wolverhampton’s ...The Great Marquess]] had been described as being capable or running on the railway, although it clearly was not, while [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia|7

Significant events in the history of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation between 2000 and 2009 are set out below. 2000 saw the railway hit by a ‘boiler crisis’.

...ent form in 1936. It has been on loan to the SVR from the National Railway Museum since 1981. Articulation involves two carriages sharing a single bogie. For a railway regularly using fixed formation sets, this yields potential benefits in ter

Significant events in the history of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation between 2010 and the present date are set out below. ...ious year, but the locomotive was returned to service after the Strathspey Railway kindly loaned the axles from the tender of 46512 which was not in service a

.../ref> The following year the Society merged with the Great Western Rolling Stock Fund to become the [[Great Western (SVR) Association]]. By spring 1974 vol ...ef>SVR News 63</ref> and a further raffle organised by the [[Severn Valley Railway Association#SVRA_branches|SVRA Stourbridge Branch]] was held in spring 1988

...operates the Railway Heritage Designation Advisory Board (until 2013, the Railway Heritage Committee) that selects important items for collection, and purcha It is the home of the national collection of historically significant railway vehicles, some of which have visited the SVR for a period, including locomo

93045 moved to the National Waterways Museum in Gloucester in July 1990, having been acquired for preservation by Mr Chr ...displayed around the quayside along with 93045. In 2008 the Friends of the Museum decided to open up the space around the quayside and their four vans were m

|status = National Collection exhibit |events1 = Selected for the National Collection following withdrawal

|construc = Cornish Railway (rebuilt by GWR) ...601 1Ton 10cwt Hand Crane''' is on static display at Kidderminster Railway Museum.

...)]] p. 259.</ref><ref>[http://www.srpsmuseum.org.uk/10029.htm The Scottish Railway Preservation Society website] (Retrieved 30 August 2021)</ref>. In November 1943 the LNER renumbered its LNER-built carriage stock and 643 became 9131. At Nationalisation in 1947 BR initially allocated a 'r

|construc = Metro Cammell<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> ...Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)|Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)]], ‘brown vehicles’ of this type being fitted for use in passen

...e National Collection and is normally on display at the [[National Railway Museum | NRM]] in York or Shildon. Severn Valley Railway Stock Book, seventh edition.

...s based on the stopwatch timings by Charles Rous-Marten (who wrote for The Railway Magazine) and William Kennedy (a postal worker). ...t. She was withdrawn for a second time in 1961, and taken to Swindon's GWR Museum in 1962.

The Midland Railway 1000 Class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive was designed by S.W. Johnson for passe ...ge of 2007]]. The loan period ended in 2011. No. 1000 remains part of the National Collection and is loaned to other railways from time to time.

...e GWS at Didcot to establish a representative collection of GWR coaches in museum condition there.<ref>SVR News 35</ref> || [http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/Car ...r Brake || 1981 || 2005 || Long Marston || Privately owned. Housed a model railway at Bewdley<ref>SVR News 62</ref> || [http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageI

...ill:Alfred John Hill, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Eastern Railway 1912-1922 ...strong, Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the Great Western Railway 1864-1877

}}'''LMS Brake Third Corridor (BTK) 26921''' is an example of the port-hole stock designed by Stanier before the War but implemented by his successors C E Fa ...valcades at the [[Rocket 150]] celebrations at Rainhill in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1980 | May 1980]].

Articulation involves two carriages sharing a single bogie. For a railway regularly using fixed formation sets, this yields potential benefits in ter ...t to approximately the 57ft length of the equivalent 1920s non-articulated stock by splicing in extra frame lengths and adding new body sections<ref name=Ha

...d || BR Green || Support coach, 2015 Autumn Steam Gala<br> [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2019|Delivery of Mark 3 coaches]] for temporary storage ...5468]] || Brake Corridor Second || 1963 || Wolverton || [[National Railway Museum | NRM]] || BR Maroon || Support coach for Flying Scotsman, September 2016

'''Bridgnorth Loco Works''' is the home to [[Severn Valley Railway Engineering Services]] and is the SVR's main steam locomotive maintenance, ...</ref> However when construction of the loco shed began in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1976 | March 1976]], it was done using parts of the form

...mation in 1965, the Severn Valley Railway has won many awards from various railway, heritage, tourism or other organisations. *[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1969|1969]] Tyseley Cup winner: Best exhibit at the open

...n attempt to compile a list of all web sites relating to the Severn Valley Railway. *[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk svrtrust.org.uk] Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust. Updated periodically.

...oach 35468 was built as a Brake Corridor Second at Wolverton in 1963.<ref> Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey </ref> It carried the later number 99953 ...p://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1922 35468 on Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey]<br>

! Year !! Locomotive !! data-sort-type="date" | Dates !! Railway !! Event !! Reference !! Notes ...205|3205]] || data-sort-value="27/9/1969" | 27 Sep 1969 || B’ham Railway Museum, Tyseley ||Open day|| <ref name=SVR14>SVR News 14</ref>|| With [[Railcar 22

...www.national-preservation.com/threads/rolling-stock-movements.7891/page-21 National Preservation Forum]</ref> *[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]]

*[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1965|1965]] The [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] held a public meeting in Bridgnorth, generating publicity and sup *[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1965-1969#1968|1968]] A three day gala began at [[Bridgnorth]], wi

! Year !! Locomotive !! data-sort-type="date" | Dates !! Railway !! Event !! Reference !! Notes ! Year !! Locomotive !! data-sort-type="date" | Dates !! Railway !! Event !! Reference !! Notes

Significant events in the history of the Severn Valley Railway in preservation between 2020 and the present date are set out below. ...rrent events on the SVR can be found [[Current events on the Severn Valley Railway | '''here''']].

The railway reopened in February 2020 as planned, operating between [[Bridgnorth]] and ...would close. It also launched an emergency appeal for funding to help the railway survive. By 24 March this had raised £50,000.

...to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825. ...otives on 31 August from Shildon to Heighington.<ref>Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825: 1975 : Rail 150 Exhibition and Steam Cavalcade : souvenir guide, ISB

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