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Story of the Severn Valley Railway – DVD
£14.95
Today the Severn Valley Railway is considered by many to be the premier heritage railway in the UK. It’s rise from the ashes of closure by BR in 1963 is due solely to the determination of early preservation pioneers who wanted to save at least part of the 40-mile branch line opened in 1862 from Shrewsbury in Shropshire to Hartlebury in Worcestershire.
This programme shows how the line became redundant in the early 1960s using rare archive films from the period. Included are scenes right up to the line’s final closure in 1969 following the shutting down of the last collieries around Highley and the first steps being taken to run steam trains once more by the preservation society.
As BR gradually closed down passenger services, volunteers began to take over from the Bridgnorth end and hold steam days to promote the project to rebuild the line and services southwards to Kidderminster. This was duly achieved fully by 1984 and the full 16 miles of heritage railway operational.
We examine each station with their differing architecture and cover many locomotive types associated with the line over some 50 years since the first train departed in 1970.
A special added section end the programme devoted to the last few popular steam and diesel galas so much a part of the railway these days.
DVD 1 hour 40 minutes duration
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* Steaming of 9681 at the Dean Forest * Galas at Mid-Hants with Nos. 1054, 401, 5239, 53808,
Terrier Fenchurch * Main line in the north with 34067 Tangmere, 35018 British India Line,
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Hall and 75069 * Castles 100 event at Tyseley with 7029 Clun Castle, 4079 Pendennis Castle, 5043 Earl
of Mount Edgcumbe with static 5080 Defiant. Three seen on Demonstration line and inside the works
to view Grange 6880 Betton Grange, 71000 Duke of Gloucester and many others
* Signalling on the Leicester to Peterborough line at Uffington an Ketton
* No. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley over the S&C * 160th anniversary at S&D location Shillingstone Station in Dorset * Launch of Adams Class T3 No. 563 at Swanage with delivery at Norden * Visit to the latest
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Western Diesel hydraulics (two in operation) * Gloucester Warwickshire Railway Autumn
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