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List of rolling stock preserved on the Severn Valley Railway

List of rolling stock preserved on the Severn Valley Railway

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The rolling stock preserved on the Severn Valley Railway is used to operate trains on the Severn Valley Railway (SVR), a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. There is a variety of preserved steam and diesel locomotives, diesel multiple units, passenger coaches, and goods wagons. Most of these are typical of Great Western Railway (GWR) or London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) branch lines. Some are owned by the railway itself but most are owned by various individuals or voluntary groups.

The line is also regularly visited by locomotives based elsewhere. Some come for a day on a railtour, others for a few days or weeks to take part in a special gala, for test running, or on short term hire. These visitors are not included in this article.

Rolling stock summary

The railway can call on a large fleet to operate its services.[1] Only a small 'core' group of vehicles actually belong to the railway company itself; the remainder are owned by an associated groups, such as the Great Western (Severn Valley Railway) Association,[2][3] or individuals. The SVR is also the base of the DMU Group (West Midlands), which focuses on DMU preservation. Locomotives and vehicles from the railway are now only infrequently used on excursions on the National Rail network, but in the past have operated across Great Britain.[4]

Steam locomotives

Operational steam locomotives

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Steam locomotives under overhaul, repair or restoration

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Steam locomotives stored awaiting overhaul

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Steam locomotives under construction

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Steam locomotives on static display

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Diesel locomotives

Mainline Diesel locomotives

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Diesel shunters

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Diesel multiple units

5 Class 108 vehicles at Bewdley on the SVR.

The SVR's BR Class 108 units comprise:[6]

  • M50933: Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS), built 1960;
  • M51941: DMBS, built 1960;
  • E52064: Driving Motor Composite with lavatory (DMCL), built 1961;
  • E56208: Driving Trailer Composite with lavatory (DTCL), built 1958, and;
  • NE59250: Trailer Brake Second with lavatory (TBSL), built 1958.

Carriages

The SVR is home to around 70 passenger carriages, with those used in day to day service being of GWR, LMS, LNER, and British Railways Mark 1 origin.[68]

Wagons

The SVR is also home to more than 100 wagons, including many Great Western Railway wagons owned by the GWR 813 Preservation fund.[1]

Past members of the SVR fleet

Locomotives formerly resident on the SVR and which saw regular service there include:

Steam Locomotives

Diesel locomotives

The lists above are not intended to be a comprehensive record of every former resident and do not include the following:

  • small industrial steam and diesel shunting locomotives used in the 1960s and early 1970s;
  • locomotives which arrived at the SVR but left with restoration incomplete;
  • locomotives which were acquired but scrapped as a source of parts;
  • steam locomotives loaned to the SVR for static display, and;
  • diesel locomotives loaned to the SVR primarily for non-passenger use.

References

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  2. Haynes, Mike (Autumn 1998). "25 years later: the Great Western (SVR) Association celebrates 25 years". Severn Valley Railway News. No. 128. pp. 48–52.
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  52. "BR Class 42 D821 Greyhound". Severn Valley Railway. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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