He was one of the key people in the early days of the railway, becoming a well-known and respected volunteer for six decades.
Tony Bending who worked at SVR for 57 years. Photo: Bob Sweet.
He started volunteering at the railway in 1966. Friend and fellow 'SVR pioneer' David Williams, a director at SVR, has paid tribute to his late colleague.Tony Bending, right, with Severn Valley Railway fireman Joshua Harvey "He joined a group of 18 people who bought locomotive 43106 straight from BR at Preston in 1968, and helped to restore it to pristine condition."
"The society managed to purchase the first stretch of 4.5 miles, and of course, success breeds success; that eventually became the 16.5 mile line we have today! At the beginning, there were no other preserved standard gauge railways within a 100-mile radius of the West Midlands.
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