The first full length working of the Severn Valley Railway was a special train of 22 carriages which left Worcester Shrub Hill at 11:30am on Friday 31 January 1862. This reached Shrewsbury at 2pm, after stopping at every station to be greeted by cheering crowds. The return journey was made with three more carriages and an additional engine.
Public services began on Saturday 1 February 1862, initially with just three return workings per day. The journey from Hartlebury to Shrewsbury stopping at all stations took around 2 hours 10 minutes. Initially there were only five stations at which trains could be crossed; [[Stourport]], [[Bewdley]], [[Bridgnorth]], [[Ironbridge and Broseley]] and [[Buildwas]]. <ref group="note">JB Mayers was Station Master at Stourport from around 1867. While there '' "he received instructions from late WS Tanner to prepare a signalling scheme to allow crossing places on the Severn Valley line to be varied (previously they were fixed in the working timetable with long waits ensuing). From 1875 he spent 20 years as Station Master at Kidderminster" '' (GWR Magazine June 1906).</ref> A number of the other stations would be provided with passing loops at later dates.
In July 1862 another act of Parliament was passed giving the Great Western Railway (‘GWR’) the right to buy the Severn Valley Railway Company before the end of 1871. However in August 1863 the GWR took over the West Midlands Railway, thus assuming the latter’s running powers over the Severn Valley Railway. The Severn Valley Railway was fully amalgamated into the GWR on 1 July 1872, by exchange of Preference Shares in the former for Consolidated Stock in the latter. From that point on, the Severn Valley Railway would be one of many of the GWR’s branch lines.
===Goods services===
:''Main article: [[Goods traffic on the SVR]]''
By their nature, most goods services were operated as required. However one scheduled goods service per day would normally work from Shrewsbury to Kidderminster. Pre-World War II this was usually operated by a GWR ‘Dean Goods’, superseded post-War by its natural replacement, the [[GWR 2251 Class 3205 | Collett 2251 0-6-0 goods]] (during the War an LNER J25 0-6-0 was often used). Another daily goods service also worked from Kidderminster over the [[Wyre Forest Line | Tenbury Branch]]. A [[Station Truck]], sometimes referred to as a Pick-Up Wagon, was a goods wagon attached to cater for small consignments that were individually insufficient to form a full wagon load.
==Traffic statistics==
:''Main article: [[Traffic statistics published by the GWR for stations on the Severn Valley Railway in selected years between 1903 and 1938 are set out below.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Nabarro (1971)]] pp. 54-56.</ref> Hartlebury and Shrewsbury are not shown, as their reported totals would include only a small portion of traffic relating to the Severn Valley Branch. [[Buildwascommercial service]] is included for completeness, although a portion of traffic originating there would relate to the Wellington and Much Wenlock branches.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"|+ The GWR Traffic collected annual traffic statistics for 1903|-! !! colspan="3" | Passenger Traffic !! colspan="2" | Freight Traffic !! |-! Station !! Tickets issued !! Parcels despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Tons received & despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Total revenue (£)|-|Stourport||style="text-align:right"|29,300||style="text-align:right"|21,338||style="text-align:right"|3,155||style="text-align:right"|76,174||style="text-align:right"|24,437||style="text-align:right"|27,592|-|their stations. These were collated and recorded in books covering periods of six years. The picture shows an example of the data collected for Bewdley||style="text-align:right"|63,131||style="text-align:right"|15,577||style="text-align:right"|4,296||style="text-align:right"|16,588||style="text-align:right"|5,076||style="text-align:right"|9,372|-|Arley||style="text-align:right"|17,295||style="text-align:right"|2,453||style="text-align:right"|914||style="text-align:right"|881||style="text-align:right"|178||style="text-align:right"|1,092|-|Highley||style="text-align:right"|17,559||style="text-align:right"|3,247||style="text-align:right"|1,185||style="text-align:right"|140,939||style="text-align:right"|24,372||style="text-align:right"|25,557|-|Hampton Loade||style="text-align:right"|9,967||style="text-align:right"|2,691||style="text-align:right"|760||style="text-align:right"|1,488||style="text-align:right"|631||style="text-align:right"|1,391|-|Eardington||style="text-align:right"|5,944||style="text-align:right"|778||style="text-align:right"|290||style="text-align:right"|1,493||style="text-align:right"|609||style="text-align:right"|899|-|Bridgnorth||style="text-align:right"|52,796||style="text-align:right"|40,029||style="text-align:right"|9,318||style="text-align:right"|46,455||style="text-align:right"|15,536||style="text-align:right"|24,854|-|Linley||style="text-align:right"|5,280||style="text-align:right"|1,506||style="text-align:right"|403||style="text-align:right"|159||style="text-align:right"|71||style="text-align:right"|474|-|Coalport||style="text-align:right"|7,906||style="text-align:right"|1,325||style="text-align:right"|493||style="text-align:right"|11,021||style="text-align:right"|3,820||style="text-align:right"|4,313|-|Ironbridge||style="text-align:right"|29,845||style="text-align:right"|19,240||style="text-align:right"|3,314||style="text-align:right"|75,457||style="text-align:right"|24,895||style="text-align:right"|28,209|-|Buildwas||style="text-align:right"|9,693||style="text-align:right"|1,258||style="text-align:right"|598||style="text-align:right"|3,831||style="text-align:right"|700||style="text-align:right"|1,298|-|Cressage||style="text-align:right"|13,514||style="text-align:right"|2,692||style="text-align:right"|979||style="text-align:right"|5,768||style="text-align:right"|1,329||style="text-align:right"|2,308|-|Berrington||style="text-align:right"|16,855||style="text-align:right"|4,695||style="text-align:right"|881||style="text-align:right"|8,275||style="text-align:right"|1,951||style="text-align:right"|2,832|-|}for the years 1935 to 1940.
{| class="wikitable sortable"|+ GWR Traffic statistics for 1913|-! !! colspan<gallery mode="3" | Passenger Traffic !! colspanpacked heights="2" | Freight Traffic !! |-! Station !! Tickets issued !! Parcels despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Tons received & despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Total revenue (£)|-|Stourport||200px style="text-align:rightleft"|36,902||style="text-align>File:right"|32,380||style="textTraffic_Bewdley_1935-align:right"|4,300||style="text-align:right"|88,667||style="text-align:right"|31,006||style="text-align:right"|35,306|-1940.jpg|Bewdley||style="textstatement of traffic 1935-align:right"|82,475||style="text-align:right"|19,845||style="text-align:right"|4,702||style="text-align:right"|17,020||style="text-align:right"|4,074||style="text-align:right"|8,7761940|-</gallery>|Arley||style="text-align:right"|15,796||style="text-align:right"|3,219||style="text-align:right"|761||style="text-align:right"|1,399||style="text-align:right"|301||style="text-align:right"|1,062|-|Highley||style=The data collected for each station included the numbers of tickets issued and the associated passenger revenue. "text-align:rightCoaching receipts"|29included revenue from parcels traffic (the number of parcels were not recorded for some years in the early 1940s). The tonnages of freight handled were also recorded,030||style="text-align:right"|7,308||style="text-align:right"|2,515||style="text-align:right"|219,271||style="text-align:right"|32,774||style="text-align:right"|35,289|-|Hampton Loade||style="text-align:right"|10,350||style="text-align:right"|3,076||style="text-align:right"|579||style="text-align:right"|4,632||style="text-align:right"|1,270||style="text-align:right"|1,849|-|Eardington||style="text-align:right"|6,690||style="text-align:right"|961||style="text-align:right"|311||style="text-align:right"|1,704||style="text-align:right"|464||style="text-align:right"|775|-|Bridgnorth||style="text-align:right"|69,062||style="text-align:right"|48,730||style="text-align:right"|9,802||style="text-align:right"|50,213||style="text-align:right"|16,470||style="text-align:right"|26,272|-|Linley||style="text-align:right"|4,780||style="text-align:right"|1,537||style="text-align:right"|433||style="text-align:right"|772||style="text-align:right"|149||style="text-align:right"|612|-|Coalport||style="text-align:right"|6,622||style="text-align:right"|1,257||style="text-align:right"|490||style="text-align:right"|6,823||style="text-align:right"|1,850||style="text-align:right"|2,340|-|Ironbridge||style="text-align:right"|24,247||style="text-align:right"|19,681||style="text-align:right"|2,719||style="text-align:right"|65,253||style="text-align:right"|18,948||style="text-align:right"|21,667|-|Buildwas||style="text-align:right"|9,601||style="text-align:right"|2,445||style="text-align:right"|582||style="text-align:right"|3,980||style="text-align:right"|600||style="text-align:right"|1,182|-|Cressage||style="text-align:right"|14,353||style="text-align:right"|4,109||style="text-align:right"|1,064||style="text-align:right"|5,305||style="text-align:right"|1,449||style="text-align:right"|2,513|-|Berrington||style="text-align:right"|14,073||style="text-align:right"|6,989||style="text-align:right"|989||style="text-align:right"|7,992||style="text-align:right"|2,053||style="text-align:right"|3,042|-|}although from 1940 onwards the GWR ceased to record the revenue associated with that freight.
{| class="wikitable sortable"|+ The linked article sets out the traffic statistics recorded by the GWR Traffic statistics and BR for 1923|-! !! colspan="3" | Passenger Traffic !! colspan="2" | Freight Traffic !! |-! Station !! Tickets issued !! Parcels despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Tons received & despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Total revenue (£)|-|Stourport||style="text-align:right"|37,736||style="text-align:right"|22,474||style="text-align:right"|6,286||style="text-align:right"|96,711||style="text-align:right"|49,168||style="text-align:right"|55,454|-|Bewdley||style="text-align:right"|92,463||style="text-align:right"|16,783||style="text-align:right"|7,584||style="text-align:right"|20,171||style="text-align:right"|7,553||style="text-align:right"|15,137|-|Arley||style="text-align:right"|12,898||style="text-align:right"|1,341||style="text-align:right"|862||style="text-align:right"|1,828||style="text-align:right"|996||style="text-align:right"|1,858|-|Highley||style="text-align:right"|22,234||style="text-align:right"|4,873||style="text-align:right"|2,838||style="text-align:right"|175,115||style="text-align:right"|41,695||style="text-align:right"|44,533|-|Hampton Loade||style="text-align:right"|9,077||style="text-align:right"|3,117||style="text-align:right"|778||style="text-align:right"|900||style="text-align:right"|599||style="text-align:right"|1,377|-|Eardington||style="text-align:right"|5,267||style="text-align:right"|2,259||style="text-align:right"|389||style="text-align:right"|2,355||style="text-align:right"|1,275||style="text-align:right"|1,664|-|Bridgnorth||style="text-align:right"|40,127||style="text-align:right"|44,603||style="text-align:right"|10,231||style="text-align:right"|49,210||style="text-align:right"|28,320||style="text-align:right"|38,551|-|Linley||style="text-align:right"|4,569||style="text-align:right"|836||style="text-align:right"|462||style="text-align:right"|212||style="text-align:right"|51||style="text-align:right"|513|-|Coalport||style="text-align:right"|8,984||style="text-align:right"|1,885||style="text-align:right"|754||style="text-align:right"|9,253||style="text-align:right"|3,857||style="text-align:right"|4,611|-|Ironbridge||style="text-align:right"|32,384||style="text-align:right"|17,827||style="text-align:right"|4,742||style="text-align:right"|62,216||style="text-align:right"|29,153||style="text-align:right"|33stations on the Severn Valley Railway in selected years between 1903 and 1952. Hartlebury and Shrewsbury are not shown,895|-|as their reported totals would include only a small portion of traffic relating to the Severn Valley Branch. [[Buildwas||style="text-align:right"|7,098||style="text-align:right"|1,023||style="text-align:right"|432||style="text-align:right"|3,838||style="text-align:right"|755||style="text-align:right"|1,187|-|Cressage||style="text-align:right"|12,558||style="text-align:right"|11,119||style="text-align:right"|1,871||style="text-align:right"|4,020||style="text-align:right"|1,852||style="text-align:right"|3,723|-|Berrington||style="text-align:right"|9,014||style="text-align:right"|5,380||style="text-align:right"|973||style="text-align:right"|5,042||style="text-align:right"|2,379||style="text-align:right"|3]] is included for completeness,352|-|}although a portion of traffic originating there would relate to the Wellington and Much Wenlock branches.
{| class="wikitable sortable"|+ GWR Traffic statistics At stations along the branch during the heydays of the 1920s, freight traffic accounted for 1933|-! !! colspan="3" | Passenger Traffic !! colspan="2" | Freight Traffic !! |-! Station !! Tickets issued !! Parcels despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Tons received & despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Total around 80% of the revenue. By the time the recording of the freight revenue (£)|-|Stourport||style="text-align:right"|17,137||style="text-align:right"|28,787||style="text-align:right"|4,176||style="text-align:right"|133,929||style="text-align:right"|61,403||style="text-align:right"|65,579|-|Bewdley||style="text-align:right"|56,012||style="text-align:right"|15,578||style="text-align:right"|4,007||style="text-align:right"|15,158||style="text-align:right"|6,802||style="text-align:right"|10,809|-|Arley||style="text-align:right"|8,663||style="text-align:right"|997||style="text-align:right"|477||style="text-align:right"|54||style="text-align:right"|47||style="text-align:right"|524|-|Highley||style="text-align:right"|21,548||style="text-align:right"|6,237||style="text-align:right"|1,877||style="text-align:right"|177,543||style="text-align:right"|24,932||style="text-align:right"|26,809|-|Hampton Loade||style="text-align:right"|4,704||style="text-align:right"|1,183||style="text-align:right"|350||style="text-align:right"|335||style="text-align:right"|147||style="text-align:right"|497|-|Eardington||style="text-align:right"|3,361||style="text-align:right"|438||style="text-align:right"|150||style="text-align:right"|604||style="text-align:right"|217||style="text-align:right"|367|-|Bridgnorth||style="text-align:right"|17ended in the late 1930s,232||style="text-align:right"|38,478||style="text-align:right"|4,755||style="text-align:right"|31,651||style="text-align:right"|15,708||style="text-align:right"|20,463|-|Linley||style="text-align:right"|3,482||style="text-align:right"|931||style="text-align:right"|303||style="text-align:right"|253||style="text-align:right"|the freight total had reached almost 90||style="text-align:right"|393|-|Coalport||style="text-align:right"|5,771||style="text-align:right"|690||style="text-align:right"|412||style="text-align:right"|5,950||style="text-align:right"|2,750||style="text-align:right"|3,162|-|Ironbridge||style="text-align:right"|19,195||style="text-align:right"|21,354||style="text-align:right"|3,276||style="text-align:right"|40,780||style="text-align:right"|18,322||style="text-align:right"|21,596|-|Buildwas||style="text-align:right"|5,983||style="text-align:right"|1,029||style="text-align:right"|489||style="text-align:right"|49,309||style="text-align:right"|4,105||style="text-align:right"|4,594|-|Cressage||style="text-align:right"|5,852||style="text-align:right"|3,985||style="text-align:right"|736||style="text-align:right"|3,225||style="text-align:right"|1,081||style="text-align:right"|1,817|-|Berrington||style="text-align:right"|4,811||style="text-align:right"|2,807||style="text-align:right"|456||style="text-align:right"|6,085||style="text-align:right"|1,362||style="text-align:right"|1,818|-|}%.
{| class="wikitable sortable"|+ GWR Traffic statistics for Information up to 1938|-! !! colspan="3" | Passenger Traffic !! colspan="2" was included in [[Bibliography#Books| Freight Traffic !! |-! Station !! Tickets issued !! Parcels despatched !! Revenue Nabarro (£1971) !! Tons received &]]; despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Total revenue (£)|-|Stourport||style="text-align:right"|16,269||style="text-align:right"|36,566||style="text-align:right"|4,078||style="text-align:right"|130,922||style="text-align:right"|61,178||style="text-align:right"|65,256|-|Bewdley||style="text-align:right"|60,251||style="text-align:right"|14,120||style="text-align:right"|3,748||style="text-align:right"|10,874||style="text-align:right"|3,833||style="text-align:right"|7,581|-|Arley||style="text-align:right"|11,623||style="text-align:right"|926||style="text-align:right"|526||style="text-align:right"|44||style="text-align:right"|24||style="text-align:right"|550|-|Highley||style="text-align:right"|21,335||style="text-align:right"|6,584||style="text-align:right"|1,606||style="text-align:right"|154,202||style="text-align:right"|23,128||style="text-align:right"|24,734|-|Hampton Loade||style="text-align:right"|5,116||style="text-align:right"|659||style="text-align:right"|304||style="text-align:right"|555||style="text-align:right"|201||style="text-align:right"|505|-|Eardington||style="text-align:right"|2,075||style="text-align:right"|277||style="text-align:right"|90||style="text-align:right"|1,434||style="text-align:right"|273||style="text-align:right"|303|-|Bridgnorth||style="text-align:right"|13,500||style="text-align:right"|37,800||style="text-align:right"|3,190||style="text-align:right"|29,141||style="text-align:right"|15,367||style="text-align:right"|18,557|-|Linley||style="text-align:right"|3,750||style="text-align:right"|722||style="text-align:right"|263||style="text-align:right"|454||style="text-align:right"|201||style="text-align:right"|464|-|Coalport||style="text-align:right"|5,741||style="text-align:right"|1,257||style="text-align:right"|366||style="text-align:right"|4,937||style="text-align:right"|1,771||style="text-align:right"|2,137|-|Ironbridge||style="text-align:right"|23,637||style="text-align:right"|23,712||style="text-align:right"|3,151||style="text-align:right"|27,170||style="text-align:right"|11,969||style="text-align:right"|15,120|-|Buildwas||style="text-align:right"|7,720||style="text-align:right"|1,465||style="textinformation after that date has been obtained from the original records for the GWR Worcester Division held in the National Archives. The book for the period 1947-align:right"|561||style="text-align:right"|324,330||style="text-align:right"|23,092||style="text-align:right"|24,555|-|Cressage||style="text-align:right"|5,161||style="text-align:right"|2,024||style="text-align:right"|447||style="text-align:right"|2,399||style="text-align:right"|1,023||style="text-align:right"|1,470|-|Berrington||style="text-align:right"|3,348||style="text-align:right"|2,967||style="text-align:right"|303||style="text-align:right"|6,086||style="text-align:right"|1,774||style="text-align:right"|2,077|-|}1952 confirms that the process continued into the BR era.
==Accidents==
*In May 1861 an engine cleaner named Samuel Pugh was working in a pit underneath a locomotive at Bridgnorth.<ref group="note">The railway did not open until 1862, therefore this was presumably a Contractors' locomotive.</ref> The driver who was also in the pit asked the fireman to move the locomotive. He initially failed to do so but as Pugh attempted to climb out of the pit between the wheels, the locomotive moved, "almost literally cutting the poor fellow in two". He was taken to the Infirmary where both his legs were amputated.<ref>Western Daily Press, 14 May 1861, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref>
*On 19 November 1863, James Priddy of Worcester, the guard of a goods train from London, was crushed between two trains while shunting at Kidderminster.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000398/18631121/018/0005 Hereford Journal - Saturday 21 November 1863 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*On 22 January 1866, Isiah Band, a labourer employed with another man to empty a coal wagon at Bewdley Station was crushed between two wagons and died at home the following day.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000150/18660127/140/0008 Worcester Journal on The British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*On 7 January 1869, Richard Newman, a platelayer, was struck and killed by a Down train approaching Kidderminster as he walked home from work.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000350/18690113/030/0003 Worcestershire Chronicle Wednesday 13 January 1869 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*On 27 April 1876, George Bradley, a cattle drover from Worcester, attempted to alight from the guard's van of a goods train approaching Bewdley Station while it was still moving. Witnesses at the inquest stated that, mistaking the bridge parapet for the platform, he stepped off too soon. He fell to the highway below and died in Kidderminster Infirmary the following morning. One newspaper reported that he stepped off while the train was still moving, however, the guard stated at the inquest that the train was stationary and that he had cautioned Bradley not to get out.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000150/18760401/005/0003?browse=true Worcester Journal on The British Newspaper Archive]</ref><ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002097/18760606/037/0004 Tenbury Wells Advertiser Tuesday 6 June 1876 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref><ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000150/18760408/005/0003 Worcester Journal - Saturday 08 April 1876 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*In August 1877, a man named Edwards was sweeping the platform when he stepped in front of a luggage train. Fortunately, he fell between the rails and despite the locomotive and about eight wagons running over him, he suffered only minor bruising.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000350/18770825/043/0008 Worcestershire Chronicle Saturday 25 August 1877 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*On 27 November 1896, James Worral, a painter, was working on the new platform at Kidderminster when he was "drawn by the engine between the train and the metals and frightfully injured".<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000350/18961128/050/0005 Worcestershire Chronicle Saturday 28 November 1896 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*On 14 October 1901, John Hughes, a goods guard, was killed at Kidderminster. The returns of Accidents and Casualties as reported to the Board of Trade by the several railway companies in the United Kingdom during the three months ending 31 December 1901 show a goods train was being propelled into a siding when the guards van was derailed at hand points. The van turned over whilst Hughes was attempting to jump clear and he was crushed beneath it. Hughes was held to blame for the accident as he failed in his duty to ensure the points were properly set. For future safety, the Board of Trade said the GWR should consider replacing the point lever with one being properly weighted to allow the point to always fall into a safe position. A coroners’ court jury’s verdict was accidental death, with the jury censuring the GWR and its servants. The trades union, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (now RMT), retained Wilcocks Taylor solicitor and obtained substantial compensation of £271.16.0. The solicitor’s fee amounted to £5.4.10.<ref>MSS.127/AS/7/3 Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, Record of accidents, inquests, Board of Trade enquiries, and legal cases, p. 12, Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick via [http://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/the-accidents/ the Railway Work, Life & Death project] (Retrieved 8 August 2021)</ref>
*In October 1902, Lewis Turner, a 56 year old engine driver at Highley Colliery, was travelling as a passenger when he overslept and missed his station. Upon being woken, he tried to leave the train while it was still moving and fell under the wheels and was killed.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000405/19021101/152/0012 Wellington Journal on The British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*At 2.32 pm on 3 November 1911, gas fitter D. Cartwright was injured whilst about the track at Kidderminster when he was struck by a rail motor as he stood up with his back to vehicle. He suffered cuts, lacerations and injuries to his collarbone, face and side. The whistle sounded twice and platelayer Andrews, five yards away, shouted to him, without effect. The cause was that no look-out had been posted, recently appointed leading fitter Griffiths was unaware of this responsibility under Rule 273 (f)<ref>‘Railway Accidents. Summary of Accidents and Casualties reported to the Board of Trade by the several railway companies in the United Kingdom during the three months ending 31 March 1911’, 31 March 1911, Appendix B pp. 33-34, Cd. 5808 via [http://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/the-accidents/ the Railway Work, Life & Death project] (Retrieved 8 August 2021)</ref>.
*On 7 January 1931, Fireman William Clayton "...was coupling an engine to coaches. He requested <nowiki>[Driver]</nowiki> Lloyd to "Ease up" and lifted the engine shackle over the draw-bar hook. The engine recoiled due to the braked coaches and Clayton's head was caught between the shackle and the closed gangway" at Bewdley resulting in cuts to his head and face.<ref name="RWLDP">[https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk./ ‘Railway Work, Life & Death’ project, run by the University of Portsmouth, National Railway Museum and Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick]</ref>
*On 15 April 1939, Police Constable A. R. Rudge was killed by being crushed between the buffers of two wagons at Kidderminster goods yard.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000768/19390415/264/0006 Birmingham Mail - Saturday 15 April 1939 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
==See also==
* [[Sellick Collection]], a collection of photographs of the line in the late 1950s and early 1960s
* [[Station Truck]]
* [[Country Lorry Service and Cartage Service]]
* [[Railway Navvies of the SVR]]
