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The Fifty Fundraiser
100 Vac miles are on offer on a special fundraising event being held on the Severn Valley Railway on Saturday 12th April. This event has...
Mar 12


Embankment Collapse on the Severn Valley Railway
As you may have read in the railway press, our home railway has suffered a devastating embankment failure on the section of line between...
Feb 19


Glorious Greatest Gathering
We are delighted to announce the appearance of 50033 Glorious at “The Greatest Gathering “ event being held at Alstom Works in Derby 1st...
Feb 14


2025 season on the Severn Valley starts
50035 Ark Royal will be operating our first passenger service of the season on Saturday 15th February on the Severn Valley Railway...
Feb 7


Hercules returns home
50007 Hercules to return home to the Severn Valley Railway on Friday 7th February 0Z50 09:10 Reading Traincare Depot - Hinksey Sidings...
Feb 6


50049 shines at Derby
The sunshine may have been unpredictable at the The “Greatest Gathering” launch on Thursday 30th January, but our locomotive certainly...
Jan 31


Happy New Year
The Fifty Fund - Alliance would like to wish all our supporters and shareholders a healthy and prosperous 2025. We have lots of exciting...
Jan 2


Old Oak Common Recreated
A evening photoshoot was held at the Severn Valley Railway, as part of their Autumn Diesel Bash in October. Photo D Hector 4 of our...
Nov 6, 2024


Fantastic Diesel Bash at the Severn Valley Railway
What a wonderful 4 days we have had at the Severn Valley Railway Autumn Diesel Bash with 50033, 50035, 50007 and 50049 all making...
Oct 7, 2024

Severn Valley Railway Autumn Diesel Bash 3rd - 6th October
This popular 4 day event will have some special visiting locomotives joining the home fleet line up, which includes 4 of our fleet....
Oct 1, 2024


Hercules and Defiance collect 58023
Today we worked in conjunction with Hanson & Hall in order to collect and deliver 58023 from Leicester LIP to Kidderminster SVR. This...
Sep 14, 2024


Large Logo Duo Return
We are pleased to report that 50007 Hercules & 50049 Defiance have returned to our home base after their repaint into classic large logo...
Aug 10, 2024


A Glorious Return
50033 Glorious has made a successful return to traffic today on the Severn Valley Railway. 18 months after her last appearance which has...
May 27, 2024


Bodywork repairs for 007 & 049
Bodywork repairs have been carried out on 50007 & 50049 at Kidderminster SVR the past few weeks by our expert welder,Ian Williams. 50049...
Apr 27, 2024

Glorious update
The refurbishment of 50033 continues at Kidderminster SVR this weekend after months of work stripping,repairing and cleaning its time to...
Mar 24, 2024

Heritage Railway Association Awards 2024
The Class 50 Alliance was presented with the Rail Express Magazine Modern Traction Award 2024 by editor, Richard Clinnick at the Heritage...
Feb 12, 2024

SVR Spring Diesel Festival Tickets
The Severn Valley Railway Spring Diesel Festival tickets are NOW on sale. This popular event,will be held over 4 days from Thursday 16th...
Feb 4, 2024


2023 In Pictures
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.
Jan 12, 2024

Winter Diesel Day on the Severn Valley Railway
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...
Nov 22, 2023


Winter Preparations for 50031
With the winter, and inclement weather rapidly approaching it was time to “baton down the hatches” on 50031 Hood this weekend at...
Nov 6, 2023
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