Severn Valley Railway was rapidly damaged by the destructive floods that hit the UK in the summer of 2007.

A freak thunderstorm in the evening only lasted around 30 minutes, but rainfall was equivalent to that of a typical month.

Embankments collapsed, there was debris below the track and sections of it were "suspended in mid-air".

A special rail service is being put on to thank people who helped rescue a heritage railway 10 years on from the floods that threatened to close it.

The 16-mile Severn Valley Railway (SVR) was damaged in 45 places, including nine landslips, on 19 June 2007.

Image source, Severn Valley Railway

The steam railway, through Shropshire and Worcestershire, fully reopened nine months later, with repairs costing £3.8m.

SVR members will go on a special return trip from Kidderminster at 11:45.

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