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==Yellow Peril catches fire==
Diminutive diesel shunter [[Ruston and Hornsby Diesel Shunter 402812 Yellow Peril|"Yellow Peril"]] lived up to its name when it caught fire one day at Bewdley. Mick Osbourne, signalman in the South Box, ran down the box steps and put the fire out using the box’s fire extinguisher. Mick Thorp arrived on the scene and, using his ingenuity in rewiring the loco, got it working again. In just over ten minutes, it was back shunting!<ref name=SVR133> SVR News 133 p. 62. “The Early SVR Shunters” (Chris Magner)</ref>
==1859 thefts==
There were a number of incidents of theft during 1859 while the railway was still under construction...<br>
In January, a bargeman employed by [[Peto, Brassey and Betts | Brassey & Field]] to carry materials for the new railway was imprisoned for stealing railway sleepers.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Trinder (2005)]] p 131.</ref><br>
In March the ''Christiana'' hit Atcham Bridge, near Shrewsbury, while carrying 55 tons of railway chairs. 15 tons of chairs were left on the bank, with some later being offered to the Coalbrookdale Company as scrap after being stolen by fishermen.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Trinder (2005)]] p 132.</ref><br>
In July, a ganger working at Upper Arley disappeared with two weeks wages for twelve to fifteen men.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p 47.</ref>
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