Rolling Stock of the Severn Valley Railway

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. Only a small 'core' group of vehicles actually belong to the railway company itself; the remainder are owned by a associated groups, such as the Great Western (Severn Valley Railway) Association, 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.
==Steam locomotives:==
===Operational steam locomotives:===
Number & name 	Type 	Builder 	Photograph	Livery 	Notes
4930 Hagley Hall 	GWR 4900 Class 4-6-0 	Swindon Works 	175px 	GWR Lined Green, shirtbutton crest 	Built in 1929. Returned to service in 2022.
7714 	GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT 	Kerr, Stuart and Company	 	BR Unlined Black, early crest 	Built in 1930. Returned to service in December 2016.
7812 Erlestoke Manor	GWR 7800 Class 4-6-0 	Swindon Works 	 	BR Lined Green, late crest 	Built in 1939. Returned to service in December 2022.
34027 Taw Valley 	SR West Country Class 4-6-2	Brighton Works 	 	Lined purple, The Queens Platinum Jubilee 2022 crest	Built in 1946. Returned to service in 2015. Air-brake fitted but no longer mainline certified. It will be repainted in early 2023 into Southern Railway's unlined wartime black with its Southern number 21C127 (which it never carried in service).
43106 	LMS Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 	Darlington Works 	 	BR Lined Black, late crest 	Built in 1951. Unofficially known as "The Flying Pig".
75069 	BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0 	Swindon Works 	 	BR Lined Black, late crest 	Built in 1955. Returned to service in 2019.
===Steam locomotives under overhaul, repair or restoration:===
Number & name 	Type 	Builder 	Photograph	Livery 	Notes
Port Talbot Railway 26
(GWR No. 813)	Port Talbot Railway 0-6-0ST	Hudswell Clarke 	 	GWR Unlined Green, Great Western lettering	Built in 1900. The oldest locomotive in operation on the SVR. Undergoing major repairs since incurring a broken under-cab casting in April 2022.
4150 	GWR 5101 Class 2-6-2T 	Swindon Works 	 	N/A 	Built in 1947. Under restoration, having been salvaged from scrap in 1978. Boiler entered Bridgnorth boiler shop in November 2018, rolling chassis moved from Bewdley to Bridgnorth in April 2021.
7802 Bradley Manor	GWR 7800 Class 4-6-0 	Swindon Works 	 	BR Lined Green, late crest 	Built in 1938. Under repair at Tyseley Locomotive Works following a broken piston rod in July 2019. Paired with a 4000-gallon Collett tender while a new-build tender is constructed.
13268 	LMS Stanier Mogul 2-6-0 	Crewe Works 	 	LMS Black (on completion) 	Built in 1934. Undergoing overhaul, last worked in January 2013 when numbered 42968. Will be outshopped on completion in original lined LMS black with its pre-1935 number 13268.
2047 Warwickshire 	Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST 	Manning Wardle 	 	N/A 	Built in 1926 for Rugby Portland Cement; the last steam locomotive built by Manning Wardle. Last worked in 1977. Under overhaul at Bewdley.
4085 Dunrobin 	Sharp, Stewart 0-4-4T 	Sharp, Stewart and Company	 	N/A 	Built in 1895. Arrived in 2011 for a contract overhaul.
===Steam locomotives stored awaiting overhaul:===
Number & name 	Type 	Builder 	Photograph	Livery 	Notes
1501 	GWR 1500 Class 0-6-0PT 	Swindon Works 	 	BR Lined Black, early emblem 	Built in 1949, preserved on the SVR in 1970. Stored awaiting overhaul. Last worked in January 2023.
2857 	GWR 2800 Class 2-8-0 	Swindon Works 	 	GWR Unlined Green, GWR lettering 	Built in 1918. Last worked in January 2023.
5164 	GWR 5101 Class 2-6-2T 	Swindon Works 	 	GWR Green with Great Western lettering.	Built in 1930. Stored on static display at Barrow Hill Roundhouse, last worked in 2014.
7325 	GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 	Swindon Works 	 	BR Green, late crest 	Built in 1932 as number 9303; renumbered 7325 in 1958. Stored at Kidderminster awaiting overhaul. Last worked in 2000.
45110 R.A.F. Biggin Hill	LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 4-6-0	Vulcan Foundry	175px 	BR Black, late crest 	Built in 1935. Hauled the final leg of the Fifteen Guinea Special in 1968. Stored at Kidderminster awaiting overhaul. Last worked in 2008.
WD71516 Welsh Guardsman 	Austerity 0-6-0ST 	Hunslet 	 	Lined navy blue 	Built in 1944. Arrived 2020 in care of SVR Engineering. Stored requiring a new cylinder block.
===Steam locomotives under construction:===
Number & name 	Type 	Builder 	Livery 	Notes
82045 	BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T	The 82045 Steam Locomotive Trust	BR Lined Green (on completion)	New-build example, numbered as an extension of the original class. Being built by SVR's Bridgnorth Locomotive Works.
Catch Me Who Can (replica)	Richard Trevithick 2-2-0 	Trevithick 200 	 	Replica of original engine from 1808, being built by SVR's Bridgnorth Locomotive Works.
===Steam locomotives on static display:===
Number & name 	Type 	Builder 	Photograph	Livery 	Notes
686 The Lady Armaghdale (No. 14 St John)	Hunslet Engine Company 0-6-0T	Hunslet Engine Company 	 	Red 	Built in 1898 for the Manchester Ship Canal as No. 14 St. John. Sold to ICI Dyestuffs, Blackley, in 1963 and renamed "The Lady Armaghdale". Last worked in 2009. Temporarily moved into store in June 2021.
600 Gordon 	WD Austerity 2-10-0 	North British Locomotive Company	 	LMR Blue 	Built in 1943 and used on the Longmoor Military Railway. Last worked in 1999, formally handed over to the SVR by the British Army in July 2008.
4566 	GWR 4500 Class 2-6-2T 	Swindon Works 	175px 	BR Unlined Black, early emblem 	Built in 1924. Last worked in January 2017.
5764
(L95) 	GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT 	Swindon Works 	 	London Transport 	Built in 1929. Sold to London Transport in May 1960 and renumbered L95; withdrawn in June 1971. Last worked in 2011.
7819 Hinton Manor 	GWR 7800 Class 4-6-0 	Swindon Works 	 	GWR Green, "shirtbutton" logo 	Built in 1939. Owned by the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust. Last worked in 1995.
46443 	LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 	Crewe Works 	 	BR Black, Late Crest 	Built in 1950. Last worked in 2011.
47383 	LMS Fowler Class 3F 0-6-0T 	Vulcan Foundry 	 	BR Unlined Black, early emblem 	Built in 1926. Last worked in 2002.
48773 	LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 	North British Locomotive Company	 	BR Black, late crest with stripe across cab.	Built in 1940, last worked in 2008.
80079 	BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T 	Brighton Works 	 	BR Black, late crest 	Built in 1954. Involved in the Dagenham East rail crash in 1958. Last worked in 2002.
==Diesel locomotives:==
===Mainline Diesel locomotives:===
Number & name 	Type 	Builder 	Photograph	Livery 	Status 	Notes
D9551 	BR Class 14 0-6-0 	Swindon Works 	 	Non-original 'golden ochre' 	Operational	Operational, based at Bridgnorth.
33108 	BR Class 33 Bo-Bo 	Birmingham C&WW 	 	BR Civil Engineers' grey/yellow	Overhaul 	Attended the 2017 Diesel Gala and invited to remain since. Undergoing bodywork repairs.
D7029 	BR Class 35 B-B 	Beyer Peacock 	175px 	BR Blue 	Restoration	Undergoing restoration at Kidderminster.
37308 	BR Class 37 Co-Co 	Vulcan Foundry 	 	 	Stored 	Stored awaiting overhaul.
40106 Atlantic Conveyor	BR Class 40 1Co-Co1	Robert Stephenson and Co	 	BR Green 	Operational	Arrived on hire in 2018.
D821 Greyhound 	BR Class 42 B-B 	Swindon Works 	 	BR Blue 	Overhaul 	Bodywork repairs and repaint.
50007 Hercules 	BR Class 50 Co-Co 	Vulcan Foundry 	175px 	GBRf 	Operational	Based at Kidderminster, mainline certified.
50031 Hood 	BR Class 50 Co-Co 	Vulcan Foundry 	 	BR InterCity 	Overhaul 	Under repair at Kidderminster.
50033 Glorious 	BR Class 50 Co-Co 	Vulcan Foundry 	 	BR Large Logo 	Operational	Based at Kidderminster.
50035 Ark Royal 	BR Class 50 Co-Co 	Vulcan Foundry 	175px 	BR Blue 	Operational	Operational, based at Kidderminster.
50044 Exeter 	BR Class 50 Co-Co 	Vulcan Foundry 	 	BR Blue 	Overhaul 	Under overhaul, based at Kidderminster.
50049 Defiance 	BR Class 50 Co-Co 	Vulcan Foundry 	175px 	GBRf 	Operational	Based at Kidderminster, mainline certified.
D1013 Western Ranger 	BR Class 52 C-C 	Swindon Works 	 	BR Blue 	Overhaul 	Undergoing overhaul at Kidderminster.
D1015 Western Champion 	BR Class 52 C-C 	Swindon Works 	175px 	BR Blue 	Operational	Operational, mainline certified.
D1062 Western Courier 	BR Class 52 C-C 	Crewe Works 	 	BR Blue 	Operational	Operational.
===Diesel shunters:===
Number & name 	Type 	Builder 	Photograph	Livery 	Status 	Notes
319290 	Ruston 165DM 0-4-0DM	Ruston and Hornsby	175px 	Ruston Green	Operational	Formerly D2957 (fictitious). Based at Bewdley.
D2960 Silver Spoon	Ruston 165DM 0-4-0DM	Ruston and Hornsby	 	BR Green 	Operational	Works No. 281269; carries fictitious number D2960. Based at Kidderminster.
D2961 	Ruston 165DE 0-4-0DE	Ruston and Hornsby	 	BR Green 	Operational	Works No. 418596; carries fictitious number D2961. Based at Bridgnorth.
D3022
(08015) 	BR Class 08 0-6-0DE 	Derby Works 	 	BR Green 	Operational	Operational, based at Kidderminster.
D3802
(08635) 	BR Class 08 0-6-0DE 	Derby Works 	 	N/A 	Overhaul 	Being converted to use a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain.
13201
(08133) 	BR Class 08 0-6-0DE 	Derby Works 	 	BR Green 	Operational	Formerly D3201. Operational, based at Kidderminster.
D4100 Richard Hardy
(09012)	BR Class 09 0-6-0DE 	Horwich Works 	 	BR Green 	Operational	Operational, based at Kidderminster.
09107 	BR Class 09 0-6-0DE 	Horwich Works 	 	BR Blue 	Overhaul 	Major power unit overhaul. Based at Kidderminster.
==Diesel multiple units:==
The SVR's BR Class 108 units comprise:
* 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.
==Wagons:==
The SVR is also home to more than 100 wagons, including many Great Western Railway wagons owned by the GWR 813 Preservation fund.
==Past members of the SVR fleet:==
Locomotives formerly resident on the SVR and which saw regular service there include:
===Steam Locomotives:===
* 3205: GWR 2251 Class 0-6-0. Built 1946. First steam locomotive to arrive at SVR in 1967. Left the SVR in 1987.
*3717 City of Truro: GWR 3700 Class 4-4-0. Built in 1903. On loan from the NRM from July 1984; overhauled in time for mainline use during the 150th anniversary celebrations of the GWR in 1985. Returned to the NRM in June 1986.
*6960 Raveningham Hall: GWR 6959 Class Modified Hall 4-6-0. Built in 1944. Left in 1996, returned on hire between 2019 and 2021.
*34053 Sir Keith Park: SR Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2. Built in 1946. Arrived newly-restored in 2012. Returned to the Swanage Railway in January 2018.
*45000: LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0. Built in 1935. On loan from the NRM between 1977) and 1988.
* 45690 Leander: LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0. Built in 1936. Resident 1980–1981 (for overhaul) and 1983–1994. Classmate 45699 Galatea was also acquired with Leander but sold unrestored.
*46521: LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0. Built in 1953. Featured as "Blossom" in the 1990s television sitcom Oh, Doctor Beeching!. Left the SVR in 2001.
*60009 Union of South Africa: LNER Class A4 4-6-2. Built in 1937. Left the SVR in 2007.
*61994 The Great Marquess: LNER Class K4 2-6-0. Built in 1937. Arrived in 1972; owned by SVR chairman Viscount Garnock. Left the SVR in 2005.
*70000 Britannia: BR Standard Class 7 4-6-2. Built in 1951. Restored at the SVR between 1971 and 1980, left in 1981.
*193 Shropshire: Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST. Built in 1953 for the War Department. Resident between 1971 and 1981; named "Shropshire" in 1977.
===Diesel locomotives:===
* D8059 (20059): BR Class 20 Bo-Bo. Arrived 2009, resident until 2017.
*D8188 (20188): BR Class 20 Bo-Bo Arrived 2007, resident until 2017.
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.
==External links:==
*Severn Valley Railway Locomotives on the official Severn Valley Railway website
* SVR Charitable Trust owners of 7819 Hinton Manor and other rolling stock
*Great Western (SVR) Association owners of 7325 and other rolling stock
*LNER Coach Fund Joint website covering the SVR-based LNER coaches
*The DMU Group (West Midlands) owners and operators of the DMU
*GWR 813 Preservation Fund owners of GWR 813 and almost 100 ex-GWR wagons accommodated at a number of heritage railways including the SVR
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