An illustrious track record was reached in Shropshire today as the golden age of steam in the county celebrated a landmark anniversary.

The Severn Valley Railway in Shropshire closed for six weeks from today to allow a £250,000 programme of track and drainage work to be carried out.

The Severn Valley Railway has reported one of its best results this century for its annual Santa Special trains with all 30,369 seats selling out.

Ratting: *** It might not have been the Orient Express, but the stranded passengers in the dining car could probably have done with Hercule Poirot to help solve the mystery, writes Carl Jones.

Passengers from Shropshire were left stranded at a Severn Valley Railway station after a fault forced a service to be abandoned.

Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway hosted a ceremony honouring nine people who were killed during the Battle of Britain when a German bomber attacked the line they were training on.

Bosses at Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway today said that they had no current plans to extend the heritage line beyond its Bridgnorth station.

Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway could be extended and new stations built under ambitious multi-million pound plans.

The sounds of planes flying overhead and the sight of soldiers walking arm in arm with their sweethearts were brought to life at a Shropshire railway station.

Bosses at the Severn Valley Railway and West Midland Safari Park today revealed they were holding talks over the possibility of creating a link between the tourist attractions.

Bosses at the Severn Valley Railway in Shropshire have installed a new hi-tech security system costing £15,000 following a spate of thefts of copper from its boiler shop and engine shed, it was revealed today.

Passenger numbers on Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway are up again, after last year’s knock-back due to the recession.

Severn Valley Railway bosses are hoping to capitalise on the success of movie blockbuster The King’s Speech – by opening up to the public an armour-plated carriage used by King George VI during World War Two.

The armour-plated railway carriage used by King George VI to tour the country during the Second World War to raise the nation’s morale is going on display in Shropshire.

Steam trains will run the full length of Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway for the first time in nearly two months this weekend following £500,000 repair and engineering works.

The Severn Valley Railway, in Bridgnorth, is holding a classic car day on Saturday from 10am to 4.30pm at their Bridgnorth and Highley stations.

A railway engine house at a Shropshire tourist attraction could become the latest unusual location for couples looking to tie the knot.

Copper sheets worth up to £70,000 have been stolen from Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway in an “audacious” night-time raid.

Severn Valley Railway today reported a massive drop in passenger numbers for 2010.

A £500,000 improvement scheme on the Severn Valley Railway has brought services to a halt for the next month.

Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway will not stop off in Bridgnorth on weekends this month, it was revealed today.

Police today urged anyone finding dangerous explosives stolen from a railway station in Shropshire not to touch them.

Severn Valley Railway recorded the best figures in its 40-year history last month when it carried 43,000 passengers on the line.

The Severn Valley Railway has made big strides towards staving off a possible shortage of volunteer train staff after pulling in more than 30 prospective new guards from a special recruiting day.

Up to 100 new volunteer guards are needed at the Severn Valley Railway to safeguard the future of services running from Bridgnorth, bosses said today.

Children’s fares on the Severn Valley Railway in Bridgnorth are being cut over the summer holidays.

A Shropshire pub landlord claims he has lost hundreds of pounds in trade after an A-board advertising his business was removed.

The former leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament has helped keep on track Lib Dem candidate Heather Kidd’s campaign to win back Ludlow for the party.

Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway went full steam ahead last year to achieve record profits.

It’s full steam ahead at a top Shropshire tourist attraction as railway enthusiasts from all over the country celebrate its 40th anniversary at the Severn Valley Railway’s Spring Reunion Gala.