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...ion building is constructed to the same standard as others on the line but of stone, probably quarried locally, rather than brick.
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...crossing at Hill Farm, Northwood Lane]]. The platform is on the East side of the railway with a small pagoda shelter and a view across the River Severn
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...Severn Beach and Gelli Las (Mid Glamorgan)<ref>SVR News 100, "Twenty years of Severn Valley signalling", John Phillips</ref>. The box superstructure was
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...ay be found in the spring housing on the catch handle drop rods, which are of a much plainer hood design than previously used by the GWR/BR(W).
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...Wilson, West Midlands Railway engineer, and was completed in 1877 as part of the [[Kidderminster Loop Line]].<ref name="CT">[https://www.fallingsandsvia
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...nster Loop Line| Loop Line]] opened in 1878. This page sets out a history of the Severn Valley Railway, including the Loop, from planning to closure.
...px|right| Article from Herapath's Journal in 1852 announcing the formation of the Severn Valley Railway Company]]
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...closed within a year. In August 1882 the GWR Board approved the provision of additional sidings and the signal box, which were commissioned on 25 June 1
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...than 40 years since regular timetabled trains ceased. A dedicated 'Friends of Eardington Station' team under Station Master Steve Downs looks after this
...termediate stopping point and watering place and was sometimes referred to as Eardington Halt. For the seasons 1970 to 1973 inclusive all trains were adv
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[[File:BS Frame.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Interior of Bewdley South signal box]]
...he Back Road (platform 3), with the [[Rock Siding]] and Down Yard operated as through sidings. Operation to Kidderminster is via [[Acceptance Lever]].
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...le: Bewdley_North_20161204.jpg |thumb|300px|right|Bewdley North signal box as seen from the station approach road]]
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...eel cab ends. Typically they were operated in 2, 3, or 4 car sets. A total of 333 cars were built, comprising<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_
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...2900, 4000, 4900, 6800 and 6959 classes. During World War II some classes of locomotives were permitted to haul loads heavier than those specified in th
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...y Manor]] and [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]]. A description of the class is shown on the [[7819]] page.
...the Bristol/Bath area, working passenger and freight trains to places such as Salisbury, Weymouth, Weston Super Mare and Cardiff. Post-War, 7812 was base
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...R wagons. Most are preserved for historical interest, although others such as ballast or rail wagons perform a useful function on the railway.
...ference to current location is potentially inaccurate or out of date. Most of the wagons used in the [[Demonstration Goods Train]] are stored at [[Bewdle
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...complete listing of cranes, Wickham trolleys and other miscellaneous items of rolling stock formerly resident on the SVR.
...Not recorded||4 cyl Ford ‘Popular’||Ex Worcester 3 Apr 1971|| ||Listed as an unpowered trailer in 2006.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopi
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...dswell Clarke for the Port Talbot Railway Company, which later became part of the GWR. It subsequently saw service at Backworth Colliery in Northumberlan
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...iginally Port Talbot Railway No 26), together with an extensive collection of wagons and other rolling stock.
...5 November 1967.<ref name=SVR103>SVR News 103, "''813, An Unfortunate Case of How Not to Restore a Loco''", Simon Marshall</ref>
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...Underbridge on 28 September 2011]]'''The 2857 Society''' was first founded as the 28xx Society in 1971.
...tps://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/01046274/filing-history Full list of shareholders at 24 June 2016]</ref>
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...el crossing | Alveley Halt]], which was located at the south (Highley) end of the sidings, was used by miners travelling to the colliery by railway.
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...Sidings (North) ground frame]] allowed similar movements at the north end of the sidings.
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...d [[Bewdley]]. It opened in January 1905 and remained in use until the end of passenger services in January 1970.
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...ide when the sidings opened. The sidings remained in use after the closure of the [[Kidderminster]]-[[Bewdley]] line on 6 January 1970, finally closing o
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...for the British Sugar Corporation’s factory]] were situated to the south of the line between [[Falling Sands Viaduct]] and the [[Stourport Road Bridge]
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...ecollections and of potential sources of information, such as old editions of the SVR News, articles published in newspapers or magazines, or photographs
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...of a page is saved, allowing any accidents to be undone with a few clicks of a button!
...nformation about the railway. The policy is fairly open, and a vast amount of internal information about the railway has already been made public by the
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...rcial service|services on the Severn Valley line in BR days]]. Unlike many of the current new build projects which are recreating larger main-line types,
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...ed organisation (CIO) on 16 June 2023, charity number 1203594. The objects of the CIO are:
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...with the objective of raising funds to contribute towards the restoration of Ex-[[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall]].<ref>SVR News 137</ref><ref>SVR News 207, pp. 2
...Museum contacted the SVR to ask if the locomotive could be placed on loan as a static exhibit at the Designer Shopping Complex (sited on the former GWR
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...33 (8233) (8062220835).jpg |thumb|300px|right|48773 at Bridgnorth, running as LMS 8233]]
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...ed charity (No 1078718). It exists primarily to preserve and restore items of rolling stock for service on the SVR, in particular GWR carriages from the
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...ons and halts within the area occupied by the present day SVR. For a list of all the stations and halts on the original Severn Valley Line, see the [[Ma
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...]]-[[Kidderminster]] staff. The 6-lever ground frame was built using parts of the lever frame from the old [[Stourport]] signal box<ref>SVR News 70</ref>
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...Map 1888-1913 series; the letters SB (for Signal Box) showing the location of the ground frames at each end. The sidings were linked to Highley Colliery
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...Pan Pudding Hill, an area beyond and adjacent to the Boiler Shop, or south of the station beyond the advanced starting signal.<ref>SVR News 122, “Bridg
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...d in most restored LNER carriages on SVR, but unfortunately no photographs of it have come to light.
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...Locomotives|Locomotives]], [[Carriages]] and [[Goods Wagons]], other items of rolling stock may be found on the SVR. These include the following:
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...Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 36, 442.</ref> The van had a capacity of 10 tons.
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...s' meetings in Hereford and Worcester and regular organised trips to sites of railway interest.
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...evithick 200 was formed in 2007 with the purpose of constructing a replica of the original locomotive, which is now in progress at [[Bridgnorth]].
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...directions being named "Up" and "Down", with "Up" generally being defined as the line leading towards the principal terminus, normally London. The Absol
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...ied Hall Class of which 71 were built between 1944 and 1950. A description of the Class can be found on the [[GWR 6960 Raveningham Hall|6960 Raveningham
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[[Bewdley]] Goods Shed is one of the original brick built station buildings of 1862.
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{{As of|2022}}, the [[Rolling stock currently under restoration|current projects]]
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An incomplete listing of notable events and vehicles used is below.
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==Method of operation==
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...egulations. This system ensures that only one train can enter each section of track at any given time.
...firm train movements was by means of a single needle telegraph. This form of working was used when the Severn Valley Railway first opened in 1862.
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...isation.<ref name = StockBook>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref> The class, of which only 10 were built, used the 'Standard 10' GWR boiler. Unlike the SV
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...sterDieselDepot D7029 Interior 30012016.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The interior of the Diesel Depot in January 2016 (Jeff Atkins)]]
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...e Manor]] and [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]]. A description of the class is shown on the [[7819]] page.
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...bridge, which is owned and managed by Network Rail, carries a public right of way between Hoo Road (near Kidderminster Harriers Football Club) and Cheste
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...of this Lot included gangway adaptors for coupling to buckeye stock fitted as standard, better lighting in the vestibules and an external access door in
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...milar productions filmed on the railway. It is a comprehensive list as far as possible, particularly with regard to the Film and TV Drama/Comedy sections
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...at around 2 mph, taking a day and a half to complete the journey. At times of peak demand the supply is supplemented by water from nearby [[Trimpley Rese
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...n Wikipedia</ref> Companies also renumbered for other operational reasons, as happened to [[7325 | GWR 9303]] (renumbered to 7325 when rebuilt). Followin
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...lthough neither produced any new carriage designs, they did implement some of Stanier's style changes. Among those was the port-hole stock, echoing that
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...idge are named, is a large sandstone outcrop on the heathland to the right of the line when travelling towards Bewdley.
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...uire a more modern Fowler Jinty, the LMS standard shunting tank locomotive of 1924 design instead.<ref name=SVR10>SVR News 10, October 1968, ''About the
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...he main protagonist is a boy in his early to mid-teens, who then reappears as an adult in the following story.
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...lines as they diverge to the southeast of Bewdley. The ground in the area of the triangle was excavated to rail level in 1986 to provide filling for the
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...on this extract from the 1903 OS map, was created in 1878 with the opening of the Loop (bottom left).
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...on of the SVR’s [[Kidderminster|Kidderminster Town Station]] on the site of the former BR goods yard.
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...water capacity, but restricting the weight and route restrictions to that of the Standard Class 5.
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The 15XX Pannier Tank Fund was formed in 1969 by members of the [[Warwickshire Railway Society]] and the [[Guarantee Company|Severn Val
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...ng skills and to safeguard the long-term future and operational capability of the Railway. 2022 marks the Charitable Trust's 10th anniversary.
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...ne in which the bridge is located was purchased by the SVR in 1973 as part of the 'southern section' between [[Alveley Sidings]] and [[Foley Park]]. The
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...eviated to '''SVR(H)'''. A Severn Valley Railway shareholder owns a share of this Company and is entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting. Issued s
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The Halt was filmed by Central TV as Series 5, Episode 13 of ‘Dramarama’, a British children's anthology series broadcast on ITV bet
[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]]
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...on Wikipedia] (retrieved 7 January 2017)</ref> Mrs. McGillicuddy, a friend of Miss Marple's, sees a woman being strangled in a train running parallel to
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[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]]
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...Hannay, Karen Dotrice as Alex, John Mills as Colonel Scudder, and a number of other well-known British actors in supporting roles.
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[[File:Dowles Bridge.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Bridge piers of the Wyre Forest Line in the River Severn]]
==Early history of the Tenbury Railway==
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*'''37426 Vale of Rheidol''': E.E. Class 37 Co-Co
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...ssing''' is situated north of milepost 145¾, a short distance north of [[Hampton Loade|Hampton Loade station]]. It provides access for a private r
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...R 3442).<ref>SVR News 123</ref> {{As of|2022}} he remains a Vice-President of SVR(H).
...g the Railway together. At the [[SVR(H)]] AGM in May 1976 he stepped down as Chairman for business reasons, being succeeded by [[Bill Broadbent]].<ref>S
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...light of the SVR year, involving overnight running and having the presence of visiting locomotives.
...art-line services. One popular operation in previous years was the running of a "Breakfast train" using the [[Severn Valley Venturer]] stock.
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...ter and Wolverhampton Railway]]. He had also been appointed Chief Engineer of London’s first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, in 1853.
...of Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1859, meant that the day to day construction of the Severn Valley Railway was overseen by Resident Engineer [[Henry Orlando
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...ing Nicholas Clay as psychology lecturer Dr John Cornelius and Kim Thomson as his partner, Samantha Valentine. Only 6 episodes were completed before the
..."victim", a stuntman who leaped out of the way just in time, to the relief of the footplate crew! [[LMS Stanier Mogul 42968|42968]] and [[Former Residen
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...ng that as it was fitted with vacuum brakes, it was allowed to run as part of a passenger train.
...<ref> GWR 813 Preservation Fund</ref> It subsequently saw Departmental use as an S&T store at Reading, numbered KDB97529.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Editio
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...eard & Tourret (2013)]] p. 173.</ref> This late example had a plywood body as a post-War economy measure, although earlier examples had planked construct
...ting road vehicles and agricultural equipment, but by the 1930s the growth of private car ownership saw the GWR introduce covered vans for transporting c
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...red goods wagon or 'Merchandise Van' with a capacity of 12 tons. This type of wagon had the telegraph code 'VANFIT'.
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...ventilation. The tare weight was 6 tons 10 cwt, with an internal capacity of 880 cu ft<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013
...when condemned in December 1960, but was then transferred for further use as a service vehicle by BR (North Eastern Region) in March 1971<ref name=813Ne
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...2, 93045 was one of 2,260 10-ton MINK A goods vans built to that diagram. As built, Diagram V16 was non-vac fitted, with DCIII brakes, GWR self-containe
...axlebox oil pads checked in 1960. During the latter part of its life, one of its four original doors was replaced with a plywood fitting and it was also
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...February 2014 it was acquired by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] as part of a three-way exchange by which the RRM acquired the [[The 2857 Society]]’s
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...ody frames. Between 1886 and 1901 they were built of iron and became known as an 'IRON MINK'. After that time the GWR reverted to wooden body constructio
...s from 8in by 4in to 9in by 5½in.<ref group="note">The ends (or journals) of the axles rotate in bearings inside the axleboxes. The journal length and d
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...C at 21ft in length and MINK D at 28ft 6in in length, although almost all of these had the same 10 or 12-ton capacity.<ref group="note">The first 6 MINK
...radius.<ref name=Atkins/>They were used to transport consolidated batches of loads from goods depots on overnight shuttles<ref name=SB9/>.
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...city.</ref> Both types had ventilation provided by two bonnets at each end of the van.<ref name=Atkins/>
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...Iron Mink and open wagons, and is iron-framed, pre-dating the introduction of steel chassis wagons in 1895. The 1ft 9in high steel sides have a central 5
...service as No 068863<ref>RHR Wagon Survey. SVR Stock Book gives the number as 068683</ref> at Cardiff Docks (Associated British Ports).
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...hions allow the load to be stacked quite high. This results in a capacity of 18 tons, equivalent to 160 chaired sleepers.
...material movement and storage, for which it was fitted with a false floor of wooden sleepers.
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...he only surviving example<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> of ten iron-bodied Tool Vans built for the GWR’s Signal Department, these be
.... A G Atkins, W Beard, D J Hyde, R Tourret. 1986. ISBN 0-7153-8725-1</ref> As a Departmental wagon, it carried the number DW 80982.
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The '''Severn Valley Venturer''' is a [[Carriages#Set_VV|pair of vehicles]] forming a dining set that accommodates 42 passengers providing a
A history of the Venturer featured in SVR News issue 207, pp. 26-27.
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43989 was built at Swindon, the first of 51 four-wheel tank wagons constructed between 1895 and 1911 to Diagam DD3,
...ld be permanently preserved. English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd disposed of 43989 to [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] on 26 September 1997.<ref>GWR813
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...takes at the ends of each bolster to prevent the load sliding off the side of the wagon. The MACAW B was fitted with two bogies, each with 4 wheels.
...as the same length as the as the original 40 ton GANE. A modified version of the MACAW B was built for military use in World War 1 (Diagram J17) with a
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..., also referred to as Bewdley North Viaduct, is situated immediately north of [[Bewdley]] station where it can be seen from the platforms. It is listed
...into the sandstone rock and stands firmly on it, the viaducts at each end of the station are off the rock and stand on softer alluvial deposits. Wet wea
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...f ''Hi-de-Hi!'' and ''You Rang, M'Lord?'') and Stephen Lewis, better known as ‘Blakey’ from ''On the Buses''. It was written by David Croft and Richa
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...pen wagon, built for use by the GWR Signal Dept. Wagons used for this type of purpose were not allocated a telegraphic code. It has an 18ft wheelbase wi
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...lt in 1902 by Renshaws of Stoke-On-Trent as B&MR number 197. The body only of BMR coach no. 111 (originally a Midland Railway vehicle) also survives.<ref
...th 'OK' oil axle boxes and buffers by the GWR at the 1923 grouping and one of only three to survive beyond the 1930s, eventually being condemned and appa
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...rogressively increased the number of planks, with 4-plank open wagons such as [[GWR 41277 4 plank Open Goods Wagon |41277]] appearing in 1887.
...gons were not vacuum fitted, the presence of the sheet support and absence of vacuum brakes being signified by the type '''OPEN A'''
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...16ft over the headstocks and were fitted with DCIII brakes. They were all of type OPEN A, signifying that they were provided with a sheet support to all
...ce with the GWR, BR(W) and subsequently with the Port of Bristol Authority as number PBA 58206.
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...n over the headstocks while retaining a 9ft wheelbase. The internal height of 1ft 10in gave a nominal 8 cubic yard capacity. Diagram P18 retained these
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...last wagons (and a further 11 CME sand wagons) were built to this diagram, of which the SVR is home to three preserved examples.
...odes to Departmental wagons of this type, although it was later classified as a STARFISH by BR.
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...5-1969#1965|meeting at the Coopers Arms ]] which resulted in the formation of the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]]. The most recent edition, issue 225,
...s factory in Lye.<ref name=SVR40>SVR News 40, David Williams, ''Ten years of editing''</ref> Issue 2 (February 1966) was produced in the same manner but
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...al Wales. 120 were built between 1930 and 1948. They saw use on most parts of the former GWR system, working short haul main line trains and branch passe
...Shrewsbury although No. 2207 was housed at [[Kidderminster Shed]]. As well as freight duties, they worked occasional summer Sunday passenger trains<ref n
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...s 5 45110 | 45110]]. 5000 entered service in March 1935, being renumbered as 45000 by BR in 1949. Its working life was mostly based around Crewe, until
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...n as '[[GWR 57976 Covered Goods Van (body only)|Iron Minks]]', but the use of wooden bodies became the norm in the early 20th century. 104621 was built a
...repainted in GWR livery shortly after arrival, but then used at Bridgnorth as a stores van for [[61994 The Great Marquess]] during that locomotive’s re
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...ed the clay to be tipped, but side doors were also fitted to allow barrels of clay to be loaded if required. They were originally fitted with DCII brakes
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}}'''GWR 97398''' is a 5-plank open goods wagon of type 'OPEN A', signifying a 10-ton capacity open merchandise wagon with a s
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...n" the brake. This type of brake can also be fully applied without the use of a brake stick.<ref name=SVR82>SVR News 82</ref>
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...foot 4-wheel 4-plank open wagon with a 15 ft wheelbase. It had a capacity of 14 tons and was designed to carry steel pipes. It originally had the telegr
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...ilt by the GWR’s Locomotive Department rather than the Wagon Department, as the former had the experience in building large iron barrel shapes.<ref nam
...n Swansea, where it carried the Internal User number I/U 070847 and served as a waste oil storage tank. It arrived on the SVR on 22 November 1995.<ref n
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...en containers, which were secured using chains kept in pockets on the side of the wagon.
...nmongery and a toolbox associated with its use by BR, partial re-timbering of the floor, new chain pockets, lids and securing hooks. The non-GWR buffing
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...n Goods Wagon''', also referred to as an open merchandise wagon. It is one of two '''OPEN B'''s on the SVR, the other being [[GWR 108085 5 plank Open Goo
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...n Goods Wagon''', also referred to as an open merchandise wagon. It is one of two '''OPEN B'''s on the SVR, the other being [[GWR 102691 5 plank Open Goo
...d War Two a scarcity of wide planks resulted in a modified 6-plank Diagram of the same effective height but with the top 11in plank replaced by a 7in and
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...ricultural implement wagons' intended for moving other large vehicles such as agricultural machinery and similar.<ref name=ABT>[[Bibliography#Other Refer
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...y#Other References|Atkins, Beard & Tourret (2013)]] pp. 18, 150.</ref> and as a "Lowmac WR" by BR post-nationalisation.
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...It was one of 378 20 ton non-vacuum braked 16' wheelbase Brake Vans built as Lot 932 to Diagram AA15.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref><r
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...p Line]]". A research project completed during 2012 and 2014, paid for out of public and HLF funds, includes a section on the Rifle Range (see 'Links' be
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...dvertised service back to Alveley Halt. Both trips were for the conveyance of colliers to work."''<ref>[https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/blog/author-guest
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...ossing''', is located between [[Arley]] and [[Highley]], immediately north of [[Borle Viaduct]].<ref name=SVR154>SVR News 154</ref>
...ntified as Coombys Farm Crossing on road signs, it is commonly referred to as Fishermen's Crossing, likely named for its use by fishermen to access the n
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...ssing.<ref>SVR News 110</ref> An inquest on 18 May 1994 recorded a verdict of 'accidental death' with no blame attached to the Railway.<ref>SVR News 111<
...spectorate found no fault with the locomotive/train braking or the signing of the crossing, and no blame for the collision was attached to the Railway<re
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...dia]</ref> with the cranes being handed over to the GWR at Saltash in June of that year.
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...eckett 1738''' was resident on the SVR between 1968 and 1995, and returned as a Gala visitor in October 2000.
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'''Ivatt 2MT No 46521''' is a classmate of the SVR's [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443 | 46443]] and was resident on the SVR b
...y and branch line duties. Locomotives of this class were often referred to as a "Mickey Mouse". It is a 2-6-0 'Mogul', rated 2MT by BR following national
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...52. Britannia was withdrawn from service by BR in May 1966, after 15 years of service.<ref name=SVR19>SVR News 19</ref>
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...being MP for Shropshire South, a government minister, and Lord Lieutenant of the county.
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...SVR for several years in the 2000s, leaving the railway in 2014. A summary of the Class 37 can be found on the [[BR Class 37 37308|37308]] page.
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...CCS)|Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)]], ‘brown vehicles’ of this type being fitted for use in passenger services. They were intended ma
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...hops to trial new designs, evaluate public opinion and test the durability of new fittings.
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...VR between 1980 and 1981 for a contract overhaul and between 1983 and 1994 as an SVR-owned locomotive. She was also a visitor to the 2010 [[Autumn Steam
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...ndition throughout the SVR’s ownership. 45699 Galatea is a sister engine of former resident [[LMS Stanier Jubilee 45690 Leander | 45690 Leander]].
...alatea was moved to the SVR, still being regarded as no more than a source of parts.
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The Midland Railway 1000 Class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive was designed by S.W. Johnson for passenger work. The
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...nual newsletter 'The Barry Octopus'. The Trust is "working towards the aim of becoming a Charity and have made several steps towards this goal."
...slowed. Consequently, with restoration work needing to be re-done as well as the ongoing restoration still to progress, limited potential usage on the S
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...comotive was built by Andrew Barclay & Sons of Kilmarnock as Works No 2220 of 1946. It was ordered for use in the Far East and was fitted with a “hot
...hs of it working there are rare as the dockyard's locomotives were classed as 'official secrets'. The locomotive was last steamed at the Navy Open Day in
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...ly ran with its original number and livery as '''LNER 3442'''. It returned as a Gala visitor in spring 2010.
The Great Marquess is the only surviving example of six LNER K4 class 3-cylinder 2-6-0 Mogul locomotives which were designed by
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...otives were built by BR's Swindon Works between 1964 and 1965. Locomotives of the class were given the nickname "Teddy Bears", after a comment by Swindon
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...ecause of the distinctive engine beat under load which resembles the sound of a helicopter.
...built by the English Electric Company’s Vulcan Foundry as Works No 3669 of 1966. It was allocated to Nottingham Division, entering service in Januar
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...e SVR's only 0-6-0 Class 11 350hp diesel electric shunting locomotive. 120 of these locomotives were built by the LMS and BR between 1945 and 1952.
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...d BR general-purpose diesel shunter, the Class 08 became the most numerous of any British locomotive class with 996 built between 1952 and 1962.
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...one of the 26 locomotives originally built as a Class 09; later classified as Class 09/0 to distinguish them from other Class 09s which were rebuilt from
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...l-purpose diesel shunter, the Class 08 or 'gronk' became the most numerous of any British locomotive class with 996 built between 1952 and 1962<ref>Wikip
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...d BR general-purpose diesel shunter, the Class 08 became the most numerous of any British locomotive class with 996 built between 1952 and 1962.
...Crewe Works and entered BR service in November 1958 in plain green livery as D3586 (the locomotive never received a number in the 13xxx range). D3586 wa
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...n and Hornsby 165 h.p. 0-4-0DM''' diesel shunting locomotive which is used as Kidderminster Carriage Works shunter.
...was built by Ruston and Hornsby ("R&H") of Lincoln as works number 281269 of 1950. Its first ownership and use from 1950 on has not been traced.
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...of 165 h.p. Ruston and Hornsby diesel shunters acquired by the SVR, and is of the diesel-mechanical variety.
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...ugh the Group refers to shares in a locomotive, there is a single register of shareholders.
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...Western region, including being used in multiple (up to three locomotives) as bankers on the notorious Lickey Incline. That use did include the Severn Va
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...s. The class was nicknamed “Hoovers” because of the distinctive sound of the inertial air-filters with which the locomotives were originally fitted.
...often entailed ‘Multiple Working’, with two locomotives under control of a single driver.
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...73 and 1988, although restoration was never completed. A brief description of the 5101 Class is included in [[GWR Large Prairie 5164]].
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...2-6-2 ([[Whyte notation]]). This locomotive was built by the German firm of Krupp in 1934 for the German state railway Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
...rzburg shed, initially on passenger work and later on freight. At the end of World War Two it came under the “Deutsches Bundesbahn” (DB) West German
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...rriage Survey as being on the SVR, but have not yet been added to the list of carriages, pending confirmation that they are still present or have left.
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...an | GWR89]]. They were vacuum-braked to permit fast running to the scene of accidents and breakdowns on the railway.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</
...Preservation Fund | GWR 813 Preservation Fund]], and initially put to use as a tool van by the P.Way Department<ref>SVR News 78</ref>.
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...and tool vans.<ref name=Atkins/> 40362 is thought to be the only survivor of this variant and therefore unique.<ref name = RHRWS/>
...2010 although it has been repainted since that date. It remains on display as a cosmetically restored exhibit outside Kidderminster Railway Museum.
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...C8, lot 718 for use at [[Wolverhampton|Wolverhampton Stafford Road]] works as a Tool and Packing van (a similar one-off to Diagram CC6 was built for Swin
...hangers. Other modifications to the standard MINK D included the addition of an end door, three skylights and oil lamps<ref>[[Bibliography#Other Referen
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42343 was built at Swindon in 1944 and is one of 35 of type 'Loriot N' built to Diagram G40. It has a 20 ton capacity with a 25ft
...e of the three that failed the inspection, having been found to be in need of brake repairs. These were completed later the same year.<ref>SVR News 78</r
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...st examples being completed by BR who continued their construction as late as 1958.
...ch, they were allocated numbers in the coach series and classed as classed as "[[:Category:Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS) | Non Passenger
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...uilt by BR at Swindon in 1955, some 8 years after nationalisation, as part of Lot 1780 to Diagram Y14, a GWR design. In service it was piped for steam h
...ocomotive Fund]] (of which he was Treasurer) who supported the restoration of [[GWR Large Prairie 4141]]. When the partially restored locomotive left the
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...20 ton 'Toad' Brake Van 17410 was built at Swindon in 1940, one of a batch of 100 financed by the War Department but taken straight into GWR stock. The d
...allast. It is believed that the additional adhesion weight would have been of more use to a fitted brake van. Many other preserved vac. fitted Toads have
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...odes to Departmental wagons of this type, although it was later classified as a STARFISH by BR.
...to Diagram P15, Lot 1215, seeing service with the GWR and later with BR(W) as number DW 80603. 80603 and a similar 'Starfish' [[GWR 80225 Ballast Wagon|
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...n No 223162 was built by the LNER at Darlington in 1938. It had a capacity of 12 tons<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>.
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...t has a narrow body profile for use on SR lines with restricted gauge such as that to Hastings, and was based on a 1921 South East and Chatham Railway de
...> After leaving revenue-earning service it was renumbered DS70004 and used as a Departmental tool and mess van for point-heater fitters, before being wit
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}}80300 was the first of 96 Post Office sorting vans built between 1959 and 1977 for use in travelli
...d with a net and apparatus to allow the high speed collection and dropping of mailbags at 34 locations along the route.<ref>Information displayed in the
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...demolished shortly before reopening in April 1974.The train used consisted of [[GWR Pannier 5764]] (facing north) and five GWR coaches - [[Carriages form
...ving the 'right away' in Episode 5.<ref name=SVR203>Jordan, P., 'My Moment of Glory', SVR News 203</ref>
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...of each journey. The combination of locomotive and autocoach(es) is known as an auto-train or, historically, a railmotor train, and they were mainly use
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...fter 1930 was re-applied instead to ‘goods’ fruit vans. The 200 wagons of Lot 1270 were introduced for the Guernsey tomato traffic which at the time
...replacement.<ref>SVR News 92/95</ref> By 1998 134290 was in the ownership of the 4566 Group.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It received a furthe
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...of an all-steel unventilated covered van mounted on an older 4-wheel frame of unknown origin.
...constructed utilising old 10ft 6in wagon chassis, such as old tank wagons. As such they were unbraked and were restricted to internal use<ref>[https://st
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...n LMS 20 ton Brake Van. It is 24ft long with a 16ft wheelbase, and is one of 2,653 similar vehicles built between 1933 and 1947. It is not fitted with
730866 was built at Derby in 1940 as Lot 1278 to Diagram D2036.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>
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...iority given to wagons. A report in March 1950 recommended the replacement of 253,500 grease-lubricated mineral wagons. Diagram 1/108 became the standard
...mned as an MCO in 1978 and subsequently transferred to Internal User stock as number 041451 in 1980. In that role it was allocated to Immingham TMD where
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...BR Goods Van was built at Ashford in 1969. It has a 29 ton capacity and is of type COV AB (later VAA).<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>
...t]] at Kidderminster, where by the end of the month it had received a coat of red paint.
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...hem for several years after nationalisation. In 1962 it reduced the number of stations open for livestock from over two and a half thousand to just over
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...er indicating the BR Region and the following letter(s) the specific type. As the only wagon built to Diagram 732 and allocated this suffix, 900760 is un
...in 1993.<ref>SVR News 107, 111</ref> Since then it has continued to serve as a boiler carrier and was photographed at Bridgnorth in 2015 holding two boi
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...om the formation.<ref>SVR News 107</ref> It has subsequently served mainly as a boiler carrier at Bridgnorth, in which role it was photographed in 2015 a
...y Heritage Register Wagon Survey suggests that 901010 is the only survivor of the 9 Weltrol MVs built to Diagram 731 and therefore unique in preservation
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...ventilated 10 ton Goods Van to diagram 67. A brief description and history of the type is shown on the [[Caledonian Railway Covered Goods Van 302080|3020
...304543, as seen in the photograph at [[Hampton Loade]] where it was in use as a store.
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...orry state, it was put to use housing boilers, the first of which was that of [[LMS Stanier Jubilee 45690 Leander|5690 Leander]] during the locomotive’
...brake cylinders were not connected. The overhaul also included the fitting of replacement axlebox covers and repairs to a cracked axlebox.<ref Name=SVR11
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...0 arrived on the SVR from the RNAD on 10 July 1990. After arrival a number of parts were replaced including several side and roof planks, one verandah en
...hired by the SVR|Class 08 "Gladys"]], [[Esso Oil Tank Wagon 2686]] acting as a water bowser, and a flat wagon with pump equipment.<ref>Floodline No 16,
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...four were donated in May 1971, although by 1990 all but 4 had been cut up as beyond economical repair.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
...in July 1969 to be restored, for which it was given the fictitious livery of Highley Mining Co No 136.<ref>SVR Stock Book Seventh Edition</ref>
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}}'''LMS Brake Third Corridor (BTK) 26921''' is an example of the port-hole stock designed by Stanier before the War but implemented by h
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...example of a brake coach from GWR 'excursion stock'. It arrived on the SVR as a grounded body in 1990 and finally entered service in 2015 after a lengthy
...ntenary stock' on the prestige 'Cornish Riviera Express' service, restyled as the 'Cornish Riviera Limited'. The Centenary stock adopted a similarly mode
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...as a ''coupé'') and 24 in four third class compartments. It is the oldest of the 'Gresley Teaks' on the SVR, being the only one built before the LNER ca
...rden Cities and Cambridge Buffet' expresses.<ref>SVR News 163, ''The story of GNR No. 2701'', Richard Gunning and Richard Hill</ref><ref name=Longworth17
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}}[[File:43600_showing_LED_lights_RH.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Upgraded interior of 43600]]
...NER parlance provided seating for 64 at tables with two toilets at one end of the carriage<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref><ref>[[Bibl
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...[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2018)]] p.476.</ref> It was used as an office until condemned in 1977.
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...First Sleeper 9085''' was built by BR(W) at Swindon, one of a small batch of four first class sleeping cars (SLF) destined for the London to Milford Hav
...dining saloons, these were the only carriages of GWR origin with any form of air conditioning).<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Harris (1966)]] p. 1
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...ually, the wagon has two spoked wheels of 1922 vintage and two disk wheels of the correct 1937 design.
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...s, the Buffet Restaurant carriage included a full kitchen facility as well as a buffet counter. In regular service they were normally paired with an [[:C
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...estibule. The next four tables are replaced by the bar counter on one side of the coach and a circulating area with bench seating opposite. Beyond the cr
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...fer a dining service using the two carriages. This led to the introduction of the [[Severn Valley Venturer]] in 1989.
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...bles, with three cross-vestibules to enable speedier loading and unloading of passengers.
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...er used.</ref> but by the time 16267 was built BR had rebranded the latter as second class, later to become standard class.
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...of the coach and two toilets in the vestibule at the other end. Only 276 of this type were built; they were often used on overnight sleeper trains.<ref
...being re-numbered NE21254 in July 1966. However the change was short-lived as the North Eastern Region was amalgamated into the Eastern Region in 1968, a
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...ules and a cross vestibule at the centre; two toilets were provided in one of the two end vestibules. Those in the Western and Southern regions seated ei
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...Roberts & Co of Wakefield in 1960. It has a 15ft wheelbase and a capacity of 22 tons.<ref name=RHRWS>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref> It is
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...lineside between stations. The train is then seen crossing [[Hay Bridge]] as the car approaches on the road below.
...the adjacent road. The scene was filmed from the [[Overbridge at north end of Eardington siding | Eardington Road Bridge]].
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...s at Bewdley that winter,<ref>SVR News 35</ref> followed by the completion of [[Arley|Arley loop]] in spring 1975.<ref>SVR News 36</ref> It soon became "
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...t social conventions, codes of conduct, and personal relationships in turn-of-the-century England.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howards_End Howards
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...f this class began in 1938, but the Second Word War delayed the production of later batches.
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...modifications saw the introduction of an all-welded roof and the provision of four external doors rather than two on the corridor side<ref>SVR Stock Book
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...by Litchurch Lane Carriage Works,<ref>SVR News 29</ref>, otherwise serving as a temporary bar car until 1976, when the then owner started much needed pan
...er the carriage was moved to Bridgnorth and stored under a tarpaulin north of station where the new owner wished to restore it once [[LMS Brake Third Cor
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...sgow, for which it carried the number M86523. It had a TOPS classification of NJV, 'V' indicating that it was vacuum braked and 'J' fitted for electrical
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...1), Lot 30095. It entered service in the London Midland region in May 1955 as M34562. In June 1971 it was reallocated to the Scottish region and renumber
...R Stock Book Eighth Edition, February 1990</ref> Unusually it was still in as-built condition externally, with the pressed-in edges to the windows, never
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...of the first 25 built to Lot 232. Class 08 locomotives could have a number of different design features; this particular example is unusual in having two
...red D3022, and in the early 1970s it was transferred to the Eastern Region of British Rail, allocated to Stratford Depot. Renumbered 08015, it moved nort
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...only one with Diesel Electric transmission, producing a sound reminiscent of a tram in operation<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>.
...uilt by Ruston and Hornsby ("R&H") of Lincoln as works number '''418596''' of 1957, and was delivered new to ICI Limited at Winnington, Cheshire,<ref nam
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...d eight compartments with a central cross-vestibule and two toilets in one of the two end vestibules. Those in the Western and Southern regions seated ei
...(2013)]] p.142.</ref> It also included cast aluminium exterior doors, one of few examples on the SVR to be so fitted.<ref name=SVR75>SVR News 75</ref>
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...re refurbished during service, the improvements including the installation of fluorescent lighting.
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...e other compartments were removed to create kitchen and living areas. Many of these camping coaches were removed in the 1960s, and 2426 was then used by
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...located at the south end of the [[Rock Siding]] at [[Bewdley]], consisting of a pit and some light repair facilities. The pit was enlarged in [[Severn Va
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...1958 as Lot 30417 to Diagram 811. It entered service in the Western Region as W86192 in December 1958, becoming E86192 in the Eastern Region by 1972.<ref
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...the longest all-welded steel wagon. As delivered it was fitted with a pair of 2-ton hoists<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>.
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...agon Survey </ref> based on a GWR design. The Fruit D vans were classified as Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS).
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...agon Survey </ref> based on a GWR design. The fruit D vans were classified as Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS).
...oke Manor Fund]] and is situated in [[Bewdley Down Yard]] where it is used as a stores van for their locomotives.
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...were given two-word names beginning "Western", hence the type became known as Westerns. Other nicknames included D1000s or 'thousands', and 'wizzers'.
...for their locomotives and the Western Division continued the GWR tradition of being different by opting instead for diesel-hydraulic transmission ("DH"),
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...museum exhibits and to advance the education of the public in the history of the said locomotives." Its locomotives moved to the SVR in 1978, and 2018 m
...ce (formerly MTU and Maybach) and Voith in Germany, original manufacturers of the engine and transmission types respectively.
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...ble Sleeper carriages which are used as temporary accommodation. They are of two varieties, the Sleeper Either class (SLE) and the Sleeper Either class
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...ed in 1945 as part of Lot 1665, Frederick Hawksworth had succeeded Collett as Chief Mechanical Engineer.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Harris (1966
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...th Edition</ref> and is situated in [[Bewdley Down Yard]] where it is used as a store by [[The 4150 Fund]].
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...Office Maroon livery, and is normally stored at Kidderminster. It was used as [[Santa's Grotto]] at [[Arley]] during December until 2018, with alternativ
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...The 'NB' signified a Gangwayed Brake used for BRUTE purposes. The majority of BR Mark 1 coaches had underframes 63ft 5in in length but a smaller number w
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...enger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)]]. The original Siphon G milk vans, of which the SVR’s [[GWR 1257 Siphon G Bogie Milk Van|1257]] is an example,
...29)</ref> CasEvac is a military term for the emergency patient evacuation of casualties from a combat zone using non-specialised vehicles which may or m
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...and cooking while on site.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> As Engineers' vehicles, they were not allocated a telegraphic code.
...rch 2002]</ref> In February 2020 Bob Marrows offered to transfer ownership of the van to [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] for a nominal sum, on condition the
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...6 Breakdown Tool Van | GWR 66]]. End doors were provided at the inner ends of the pair to allow for communication between the two vehicles.
...trains travelling to emergencies and carrying a breakdown crew were rated as fast passenger trains.<ref name=ABT>[[Bibliography#Other References|Atkins,
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...ooden-framed, but this 4-wheel 5-plank example had steel chassis members. As a result it had a long working life, passing to the SR at Grouping in 1923,
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...wagons were intensively used and are believed to have accumulated mileages of between 3 and 5 million miles during their working life.<ref name=VMoney>[h
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...to form a new track bed by tipping ballast from an adjacent line. The side of the wagon opposite the tipping direction would be clipped to the rail, and
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...tainer 49408B is shown in the photograph. The containers are commonly used as storage units.
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...eries. The class was nicknamed "Hoovers" because of the distinctive sound of the inertial air-filters with which the locomotives were originally fitted.
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...d Betts | Thomas Brassey]] would later be the contractors for construction of the Severn Valley Railway.
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...RS 1087/30 (later numbered ADM 1091/30 and ADM 1087/30 respectively). One of the two, believed to have been RS 1091, was cut up in 2010. However the sur
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|caption = Train of Rudd Ballast Wagons in use by the Permanent Way Department at Highley
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...orcester and Wolverhampton Railway]]. In 1862 it became a junction station as the southernmost station on the Severn Valley Railway, although in practice
...February 1862 with the opening of the Severn Valley Railway. Construction of a new station more appropriate to its new status was authorised on 6 April
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...shops | SVR gift shops]]. Those not in print can often be found in [[List of shops | shops and sales coaches]] run by preservation groups.
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...port Triangle]]. Damage to 955243 was the more serious, with not one piece of timber left unburned.<ref name=SVR141>SVR News 141</ref>
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...removing the need for chaining these down unlike ordinary flat wagons such as the “Conflat”. The wagons were vaccum-fitted, and were given the teleg
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...takes at the ends of each bolster to prevent the load sliding off the side of the wagon. The GANE A was fitted with two bogies, each with 4 wheels.
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...three ex-London Underground 20 ton steel Ballast Hopper Wagons. The design of these originated with the 1902 GWR Diagram P6 20 ton Ballast Hopper<ref>[ht
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}}'''DB993898''' is a '''20-ton Ballast Plough Brake''' of a type referred to as a 'Shark'.
...heavier 20-ton van became the standard from 1951 onwards. A total of 206 of these were built to Diagram 1/597, all fitted with oil bearings and automat
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...DOGFISH ballast hopper wagon'''. The SVR was formerly home to three wagons of this type, although two have now left the Railway.
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...urn he received his own private station for his castle (still in use today as a public station on the line from Inverness to Thurso). He also received th
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...engine built by Sentinel & Sons (Shrewsbury) Limited as works number 9387 of 1948. Sentinel incorporated small, vertical water-tube boilers which powere
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A level crossing giving access to Crossing Cottage near the village of [[Eardington]]. In the image, 2010 Spring Gala visitor [[61994 The Great Ma
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...ng ‘Black 5’ No 45407 is approaching the bridge as it nears the summit of [[Eardington]] Bank.
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...n - geograph.org.uk - 2321639.jpg |thumb|300px|right| DMU at the north end of Rock Siding, 9 April 2005. Rob Newman]]
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...Slip-planes exist throughout most of the valley but have resulted in areas of major instability at [[Jackfield Halt|Jackfield]] and Sterns.<ref name=Sowd
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...ent such as OTMR, TPWS or GSM-R. However it can be hauled for the purposes of [[SVR-based diesel locomotives visiting other events|visiting other railway
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...ecause of the distinctive engine beat under load which resembles the sound of a helicopter.
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...The locomotive was resident on the SVR between 2010 and 2017 as a source of spare parts for the owning group's other locomotives.
...built by the English Electric Company’s Vulcan Foundry as Works No 3648 of 1966. It was allocated to Nottingham Division, entering service in Novemb
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...Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. They were capable of delivering 1,250 horsepower, they were designed to work light mixed freight
...DEL253 of 1962. It was first allocated to Cricklewood East on 30 August of that year, working Tilbury Boat trains and Cross-London freight services. A
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...ggage compartments, the larger of which occupied more than half the length of the coach. A corridor along one side allowed passengers to pass through.
...nical Engineer' (CME).</ref> The Diagram 22 carriages held the distinction of being both the last 'Toplights' to be built at Swindon and the last such ca
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...of BR(W) by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Works in April 1949 as lot no 1720 to diagram C82. 2119 has the characteristic Hawksworth sloping
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...d Restaurant Third Open''' (RTO) carriage, originally built as part of one of the GWR's prototype articulated carriage sets.
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...e]]. It was built in 1860 and is 101 yards in length, with 10 brick arches of 25ft span on sandstone piers.
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...pan. [[Fishermen's Crossing]] lies a few yards to the north, with the site of the former [[Kinlet and Billingsley Sidings signal box|Kinlet and Billingsl
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...dily noticeable from track level (it runs beneath the barrier on the right of the first photograph). Mor Brook feeds into the River Severn near [[Sterns
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...were all freely available for non-commercial use with CC-BY-SA-3.0 as long as the original source was attributed - this could be satisfied by an attribut
...iki in accordance with the Creative Commons licence applicable at the time of download in 2015.
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...r to Salisbury, a total distance of 219 miles.<ref>Sustrans.org</ref> Part of the route follows the [[Severn Valley]] between the Ironbridge Gorge and Be
...southwards via [[Jackfield Halt]], [[Coalport]] and [[Linley]] to the edge of Bridgnorth Golf Club. From there the Route follows roads through the town,
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...name from "Christsache" (from the Saxon "ache" for oak), had a population of approximately 350 in 1861.<ref name=Vanns>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998
...ey were brought into use on 14 July 1894 after being approved by the Board of Trade inspector Major Yorke.<ref name=Marshall>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshal
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...uated at Wrangaton in Devon, in the area of the former GWR main line known as the ‘South Devon Banks’. The line from Totnes climbs Rattery Bank to th
...ignalling equipment and lever frame were removed. It was subsequently used as a mess room by the local permanent way gang<ref name=KRMPoster>KRM informat
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...ontory on the opposite bank of the [[River Severn]], is the narrowest part of the valley along the line, with the River Severn running close to the line
...ust be a great obstacle to the navigation, as the river falls over a ledge of rock which runs directly across the stream, leaving one narrow passage on t
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[[File:BritainFromAbove Buildwas.jpg|thumb|300px|right|An aerial view of Buildwas station and Ironbridge A Power Station in January 1948. The photo
...road in the foreground ran to the village."</ref> The station building was of a similar design to that at [[Bewdley]].
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[[File:Ironbridge railway station in 1963.jpg|thumb|300px|Another view of the station looking westward in 1963]]
[[File:BritainFromAbove Ironbridge.jpg|thumb|300px|right|An aerial view of Ironbridge in 1934, looking West. The station is visible on the left near t
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[[File:Coalport Postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Postcard of Coalport circa 1900]]
...station. Col. Yorke gave approval of the new works on behalf of the Board of Trade on 22 January 1896.<ref name=Marshall108/>
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...nFromAbove StourportWide 1948.jpg|thumb|300px|right|1948 aerial photograph of Stourport. The station is at top centre, the SVR passing from left (Bewdley
...ion just a short way north of the town made it perhaps the most convenient of the Severn Valley Railway’s stations relative to the town it served.<ref>
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...ebury and 18¼ miles from Shrewsbury. It was the first station north of [[Bridgnorth]], and had a single platform with no passing loop.
...l_20080216.jpg|300px|thumb|Apley Hall in 2008, seen from near the location of Linley Station]]
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...ted by the [[Coalbrookdale#The_Coalbrookdale_Company|Coalbrookdale Company of Ironbridge]].
...rence Number (PRN) 12662 on the [[Shropshire Historic Environment Record]] as ''Albert Edward Bridge (B4380) over Severn at Buildwas''.<ref>[https://www.
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...he exchange sidings are in the top left, with the coal drops in the middle of the image. Note the smoke stacks are painted in camouflage colours. Image f
After the second World War construction of Stourport 'B' station took place for the British Electricity Authority, the
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...ort Branch]] between [[Stourport]] and [[Bewdley]], roughly one mile north of [[Burlish Halt]].
...n Valley Railway and the Contractors specified a minimum width for tunnels of 24ft, Mount Pleasant tunnel was only 16ft wide at rail level and therefore
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...es#Mileages| mileage of 135m 19ch]] placing it just over half a mile north of Stourport station at 134m 52ch.
...similar to that now at [[Northwood Halt]]. It principally served the works of Steatite & Porcelain Products Ltd. which opened in 1929;<ref>The Severn Val
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[[File:Bridgnorth tunnel map.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Map of the route of the tunnel]]
...allowed the Severn Valley Railway to pass under Bridgnorth High Town north of Bridgnorth Station.
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...farmer, land agent and surveyor. While an apprentice, he assisted "Father of the Railways" George Stephenson with surveying the Liverpool and Manchester
...ociate of George Stephenson's son Robert Stephenson and worked on a number of Tyneside railway projects, including;
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...The halt is located by the kink in the river at bottom right, by the group of buildings including the Riverside Inn. Image from [http://www.britainfromab
...d Cressage, around seven miles south of Shrewsbury. It was one of a number of halts opened by the GWR in the 1930s in a bid to attract more local custom
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...above the river. Today the Jackfield Tile Museum is one of the ten museums of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.
...road though the level crossing served the area of the nearby village known as Salthouses which lay between the halt and the River Severn..<ref name = "St
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|Location of collieries near Highley (Ordnance Survey 1937-1961)
...est of Kidderminster. Coal has been mined from surface outcrops to depths of up to 900ft.
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[[File: Sutton_Bridge_Junction_OS.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Railways south of Shrewsbury (Ordnance Survey 1888-1913)]]
...Railway at Sutton Bridge Junction, a little over ½ of a mile south of Shrewsbury.
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...ide of the River Severn. Jackfield Halt was located at the left (west) end of the factory at this date. Image from [http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/im
...en referred to as Maw & Co., was a company specialising in the manufacture of decorative floor tiles, later expanding to other ceramic wares. The company
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...a Cleobury Town, Stottesdon and Burwarton to Ditton Priors. It became part of the Great Western Railway in 1922.
...months the line speed was limited to 20mph rather than the 25mph permitted as a light railway while the track bed was allowed to consolidate<ref name=Pri
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...t, with proceeds from the sale of wristbands going towards the restoration of [[4150]].
...ern Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|Charitable Trust]] was taking over as organisers from the 2017 event.<ref>[http://www.4150.org.uk/PDFs/The-4150-F
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...Viaduct]]. They took the form of a loop to the west of the line, capable of holding 35 standard wagons plus engine and brake van.
...trial Estate which can be seen from the railway, although no trace remains of the sidings.
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...ed towards Coalport, between the Jackfield sidings and the private sidings of [[Maw and Co's Siding | Maw & Co]]<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998)]]
Note: The names of the ground frames reflect the overall north / south layout of the Severn Valley Branch, with Ironbridge and Shrewsbury being to the north
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...f the railway at shows and exhibitions. As with other branches it was part of The [[Severn Valley Railway Association]], which was merged into the [[Seve
...jects from Britain and abroad. In addition, it organised trips and outings of railway and non-railway interest.
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...cal to the final design of GWR 20 ton all-steel ballast wagon (Diagram P23 of 1945), having a 20 ton capacity with 3 doors per side and fixed ends, the p
...tively. The SVR has a number of GWR-built examples of the former type such as [[GWR 80225 Ballast Wagon|80225]].
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|events4 = Re-purposed as sales coach
...Unlike [[GWR 93016 Mink 'A' Covered Goods Van|GWR 10-ton MINK goods vans]] of the same era, they had a timber rather than steel chassis, and were also fi
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...four were donated in May 1971, although by 1990 all but 4 had been cut up as beyond economical repair.
...nd works number of this wagon are not recorded, although it was registered as number 16053 in 1937 and carried the number B.S.C. 13.<ref name=SB3>SVR Sto
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...conomical repair. In 1971 the wagon was repainted in the fictitious livery of the “Lothian Coal Co., Newbattle. No 37".
...By 2015 it was no longer at that location; the current location and status of this wagon are unknown.
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In July 1969 225641 was one of 14 from there donated to the SVR, of which 11 were initially used and 3 dismantled for spare parts. It was resto
...his wagon in the storage area adjacent to Kidderminster Railway Museum. As of 2015 it was no longer at that location; the current location and status are
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}}More than 200,000 of these 4-wheeled 16 ton open steel mineral wagons were built for British Rai
...agons owned by Mr J J Smith.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>. {{As of|2018}} it is stored at the [[Stourport Triangle]].
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|wagtype = Conflat A (as built)
...graphy#Books|Rowland (1996)]] App. 4.</ref> It was later converted for use as a crane runner for [[GWR 446 6Tons 16cwt Hand Crane | Hand Crane GWR 446]],
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...tons, and was similar in appearance to the former LMS Deal truck. A total of 32 were built.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Rowland (1996)]] pp. 116, App. 4.</
...m BR by Universal Pictures and arrived on the SVR in July 1975, being used as mock carriages in the film [[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]]. The Flat ED wa
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...tons, and was similar in appearance to the former LMS Deal truck. A total of 32 were built.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Rowland (1996)]] pp. 116, App. 4.</
...m BR by Universal Pictures and arrived on the SVR in July 1975, being used as mock carriages in the film [[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]]. The Flat ED wa
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...telegraphic code 'RECTANK'. It saw service with the L&YR which became part of the LMS in 1923.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>
[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]]
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...ame and starred Christopher Plummer as Sherlock Holmes and Thorley Walters as Doctor Watson<ref>IMDB</ref>.
[[GWR Pannier 5764]] also makes a brief appearance at the end of the episode.
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...or 15 June to 13 September 1959, Section K. Reproduced by kind permission of Michael Clemens.
On Sundays a service ran at the south end of the line, reaching as far north as Bridgnorth.
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'''Kitson & Co 0-6-0ST 'Carnarvon'''', Works No. 5474 of 1934 was briefly resident on the SVR. It arrived in 1969 and was used on en
The locomotive was built by Kitson & Co of Leeds in 1934 for Stewarts and Lloyds. The locomotive was built to a Mannin
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...of which there are two examples resident on the SVR. A brief description of the 5700 Class is included in [[GWR Pannier 5764]] (the other resident bein
...lled in steam]] to the Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley for a festival of transport. It subsequently returned to the SVR, but a dispute between the o
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