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As you may have read in the railway press, our home railway has suffered a devastating embankment failure on the section of line between...

We are delighted to announce the appearance of 50033 Glorious at “The Greatest Gathering “ event being held at Alstom Works in Derby 1st...

50035 Ark Royal will be operating our first passenger service of the season on Saturday 15th February on the Severn Valley Railway...

The Fifty Fund - Alliance would like to wish all our supporters and shareholders a healthy and prosperous 2025. We have lots of exciting...

What a wonderful 4 days we have had at the Severn Valley Railway Autumn Diesel Bash with 50033, 50035, 50007 and 50049 all making...

50033 Glorious has made a successful return to traffic today on the Severn Valley Railway. 18 months after her last appearance which has...

Fine sunny weather along with a fantastic line up of diesels ensured the Severn Valley Railway Spring Diesel Festival (16th -19th May)was...

The Class 50 Alliance was presented with the Rail Express Magazine Modern Traction Award 2024 by editor, Richard Clinnick at the Heritage...

The Severn Valley Railway Spring Diesel Festival tickets are NOW on sale. This popular event,will be held over 4 days from Thursday 16th...

A short video of our highlights of 2023 for you to enjoy. Thank you to all the contributors that allowed us to feature their images.

As we move into a new year with the Class 50 Alliance, we must reflect on what we have achieved in 2023. We have reached a milestone in...

If you fancy a festive day out with a variety of diesels to choose from, then book your tickets for Friday 29th December on the SVR...

With the winter, and inclement weather rapidly approaching it was time to “baton down the hatches” on 50031 Hood this weekend at...

Some very important work was carried out this weekend on 50044 Exeter, by our dedicated team of volunteers. Exeter's overhauled train...

This month's issue of Trackside Magazine may have had some familiar faces on the front cover, as we were delighted to be able to work...

A surprise presentation was made to Jonathan "Gus" Dunster during the Severn Valley Spring Diesel Festival to thank Gus for his...

A extra running day has been announced for 50035 Ark Royal on Friday 12th May replacing D9551 on the 1115 & 1530 departures from...

It's shaping up to bumper event with a host of visiting locomotives already been announced by the SVR with the home fleet in attendance ....