Date: 07/08/2011

Commuter trains will travel along the Severn Valley Railway heritage steam line for the first time in more than 40 years under new plans to open the route to mainline services, it emerged today.

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Commuter trains will travel along the Severn Valley Railway heritage steam line for the first time in more than 40 years under new plans to open the route to mainline services, it emerged today.

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A Western diesel hydraulic locomotive brings a train into Arley station on the Severn Valley line in 1979.
Location: Arley
Company: Severn Valley Railway
//1979 Bruce McCartney

DMU at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway in September 2004.
Location: Bewdley
Company: Severn Valley Railway
/09/2004 Peter Todd

Ivatt Class 4 Flying Pig 2-6-0 no 43106 at Bridgnorth in October, 1985. The locomotive is due to return to service in 2009 after 20 years out of action. [Built at Darlington in 1951 and withdrawn from 24C Lostock Hall in 1968, it is the only one of the 162 examples of the class to have survived into preservation.] [See image 39850]
Location: Bridgnorth
Company: Severn Valley Railway
26/10/1985 Andy Carr