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The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership

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*On 8 November 1866, a goods train from Buildwas ran through signals approaching Bewdley and collided with a standing goods train. The driver was fined for running too fast and the guard for failing to apply brakes when signalled to do so, the latter being cited as the main cause of the accident. Most locomotives of that time had either hand brakes on the tender only, or in the case of some tank engines, no brakes at all, train braking being primarily the responsibility of the guard acting on signals from the driver. Continuous brakes began to be introduced in the mid 1870s.<ref name="Marshall">Marshall (1989)</ref>.
*On 7 May 1867 a train derailed about 1&frac12; miles beyond Highley station. The whole of the train, which consisted of engine and tender, four carriages, and one "break-van", left the rails and the engine and one of the carriages fell over. The primary cause was a track defect, with secondary causes being inadequate maintenance and hot weather. Seven injuries occurred. The report was written by Col. W. Yolland and published on 5 June 1867 by Board of Trade.<ref>[https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=2028 Railways Archive report] (Retrieved 8 November 2019)</ref> *On 20 June 1867, GWR 2-4-0 No 189 (ex OW&W) left the rails while departing Bridgnorth Station south-bound. The accident was attributed to the locomotive not having been properly balanced when leaving Worcester Works.<ref name="Beddoes">Beddoes & Smith</ref><ref>[https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=2843 Railways Archive accident summary] (Retrieved 8 November 2019)</ref> *On 16 June 1869 staff error lead to a collision with plant at Bewdley. There were no casualties and no formal accident investigation took place.<ref>[https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=7342 Railways Archive accident summary] (Retrieved 8 November 2019)</ref>
*On 7 May 1870 a collision occurred at Bridgnorth when a porter set points incorrectly. The points were not interlocked with the signals<ref name="Marshall" />.
*On 26 November 10 October 1888 the 6.30pm Stourbridge Goods from Tenbury ran into a passenger train from Shrewsbury at the north end of Bewdley Station. The passenger train had passed the home signal at danger and moved into the path of the goods. The report was published on 26 November 1888.<ref name="Beddoes" /><ref>[https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=6984 Railways Archive accident report] (Retrieved 8 November 2019)</ref>
*On 29 November 1898 a passenger train from Hartlebury was derailed at Arley after running through down home signal at danger just as the signalman was changing the points for the loop. The circumstances of the accident suggest that locking bars had not been installed at the time to prevent points being changed under a train.<ref name="Marshall" />
*In March 1956, [[Railcar 22|GWR Diesel Railcar W10W]] caught fire and was was burnt out at [[Bridgnorth]].<ref>The History of the Great Western A.E.C. Diesel Railcars, Colin Judge (2008), p. 227., ISBN 9781906419110</ref>
*In On 28 August 1964 another car was struck by an empty goods train on the same crossing, also resulting the primary cause being road vehicle driver error. It resulted in fatalities to two of the passengers.<ref name="Nabarro" /><ref>[https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=8787 Railways Archive accident summary] (Retrieved 8 November 2019)</ref>
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