Home   -  Contact Alan

Severn Valley Railway 1976

Please click on any picture to enlarge



Bridgnorth

10 April 1976



4566 leaving Bridgnorth

10 April 1976



4566 passes the site of the future bypass bridge (and a signal failure!)

10 April 1976



4566 heads for Bewdley with a train that includes Kitchen Car 9615 on its first day in traffic

10 April 1976



43106 approaches the failed Up Starting Signal

10 April 1976



43106 on the site of the bypass bridge

10 April 1976



5764 with a short freight leaves Bridgnorth

10 April 1976



5764 with a short freight leaves Bridgnorth

10 April 1976



4566 at Bridgnorth with 9615 the first vehicle in the train. The coach on the right is 7511, now restored as the RFO in the "Severn Valley Venturer" diner

10 April 1976



4566 departs from Bridgnorth

10 April 1976



600 "Gordon" leaves Bridgnorth Light Engine

10 April 1976



43106 leaves Knowlesands Tunnel

10 April 1976



43106 heads south as a *** jughead gets in my shot!

10 April 1976



An arty shot of 46521 leaving Bridgnorth

10 April 1976



46521 crosses Cleobury Road

10 April 1976



45110 at Bewdley after working the 07.00 Bridgnorth - Paddington, the first excursion onto BR metals with the SVR's GWR stock

13 November 1976



25272 backs on to the "SVR Limited" at Bewdley

13 November 1976



25292 & 25272 ready to depart from Bewdley with the "Severn Valley Limited" to Paddington. They would work it as far as Kidderminster, where 47120 took over.

13 November 1976



25292 & 45110 at Bewdley

13 November 1976



Looking back at Westerleigh Jn

13 November 1976



Westerleigh Jn

13 November 1976



Westerleigh Jn

13 November 1976



Approaching Filton Jn from Bristol Parkway

13 November 1976



Looking back towards Bristol Parkway

13 November 1976



47120 at Bristol TM

13 November 1976



Closeup of the headboard

13 November 1976



47120 and BTK 5883 at Bristol TM

13 November 1976



Placing the headboard on the other end after running round

13 November 1976



Leaving Bristol for London

13 November 1976



Propelling the stock out of Swindon and onto the Works

13 November 1976



BCK 6562 at Swindon

13 November 1976



CK 7284 at Swindon

13 November 1976



Diner pair 9615+9627 at Swindon

13 November 1976



47120 on arrival at Paddington

13 November 1976



RTO 9627 on Platform 1 in Paddington

13 November 1976



SVR GWR set in Platform 1 in Paddington

13 November 1976



The 19.08 to Bridgnorth at Platform 6 among the HSTs in Paddington

13 November 1976



47120 at Paddington

13 November 1976



Paddington Platform 6 with the SVR's GWR coaches alongside

13 November 1976

hat_pic
I was born in 1953 and educated at Tonbridge and Bristol University. Since then I have been employed on the Railways, most of the time in the West Midlands. From 1980 I lived in Wolverhampton, and for the last 20 years in Bridgnorth