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The first recorded use of an SVR based locomotive in revenue-earning service on the main line was [[Former Residents|6960 Raveningham Hall]], which hauled the ‘Cathedrals Express’ from Hereford to Chester on 8 April 1978.  ([http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/780408fw.htm Railtour details on Six Bells Junction])
 
The first recorded use of an SVR based locomotive in revenue-earning service on the main line was [[Former Residents|6960 Raveningham Hall]], which hauled the ‘Cathedrals Express’ from Hereford to Chester on 8 April 1978.  ([http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/780408fw.htm Railtour details on Six Bells Junction])
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==Current SVR locomotives working on the main line==
  
 
Locomotives still at the SVR which have hauled revenue-earning services on the main line are:
 
Locomotives still at the SVR which have hauled revenue-earning services on the main line are:
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==Former SVR-based Locomotives working on the main line==
 
Locomotives formerly resident at the SVR which hauled revenue-earning services on the main line were:
 
Locomotives formerly resident at the SVR which hauled revenue-earning services on the main line were:
  
 
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==SVR Carriages used on the main line==
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In the mid-1970s the SVR provided a rake of GWR carriages for use on mainline excursions. The first rail tour used 10 carriages, subsequent excursions normally featured a rake of 11.  The following carriages were used<ref>SVR News 41</ref>:
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*[[GWR 5883 Brake Third]]
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*[[GWR 1116 Full Third]]
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*[[GWR 1146 Full Third]]
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*[[GWR 1086 Full Third]]
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*[[GWR 1087 Full Third]]
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*[[GWR 7284 Composite]]
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*[[GWR 6562 Brake Composite]]
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*GWR 9631 'Clapham' Buffet Car ([[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR | No longer resident]])
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*[[GWR 9627 Restaurant Third]]
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*[[GWR 9615 Kitchen Diner First]]
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*[[GWR Full Third 2119]] (from 1977<ref>SVR News 44</ref>)
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==References==
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Revision as of 16:46, 6 November 2015

For many years the SVRSevern Valley Railway was closely associated with steam excursions on the main line. In the mid-1970s, even before the company acquired the final section of the line from Foley Park, the SVRSevern Valley Railway set out to become a ‘BRBritish Rail or British Railways approved’ steam centre, supplying locomotives and rolling stock overhauled to BRBritish Rail or British Railways standards for use on main line excursions and charters.

The normal arrangement was that locomotives would leave the SVRSevern Valley Railway and travel to other steam centres, in particular the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford, to run tours from there. The time spent away could vary from days to months. In between, locomotives would return to the SVRSevern Valley Railway for repairs and overhauls, as well as working services on the SVRSevern Valley Railway itself. The SVRSevern Valley Railway also organised some of of these railtours.

The first recorded use of the SVRSevern Valley Railway's rolling stock on the main line was an excursion from Bridgnorth to Paddington on 13 November 1976. This was hauled by a BRBritish Rail or British Railways Western Class diesel locomotive from Bewdley, and later by a Class 47 Diesel. (Railtour details on Six Bells Junction)

The first recorded use of an SVRSevern Valley Railway based locomotive in revenue-earning service on the main line was 6960 Raveningham Hall, which hauled the ‘Cathedrals Express’ from Hereford to Chester on 8 April 1978. (Railtour details on Six Bells Junction)


Current SVRSevern Valley Railway locomotives working on the main line

Locomotives still at the SVRSevern Valley Railway which have hauled revenue-earning services on the main line are:

4930 Hagley Hall
7802 Bradley Manor
7812 Erlestoke Manor
7819 Hinton Manor
34027 Taw Valley
42968
43106
45110
46443
48773
75069
80079

(diesel locomotives to be added)

Former SVRSevern Valley Railway-based Locomotives working on the main line

Locomotives formerly resident at the SVRSevern Valley Railway which hauled revenue-earning services on the main line were:

(list to be added)

SVRSevern Valley Railway Carriages used on the main line

In the mid-1970s the SVRSevern Valley Railway provided a rake of GWRGreat Western Railway carriages for use on mainline excursions. The first rail tour used 10 carriages, subsequent excursions normally featured a rake of 11. The following carriages were used[1]:

References

  1. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 41
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 44