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'''February 2016'''
:The SVR was announced as joint winner of the [[Awards | Heritage Railway Association Large Groups Award]] ‘for 50 glorious years and for celebrating in some style’.
:The cosmetic overhaul of [[Sentinel 9387 Vertical Boiler Tank engine | Sentinel 9387]] was completed.
:GWR Collett 5700 class 0-6-0PT ‘Pannier Tank’ [[GWR Pannier 7714 | 7714]] returned after overhaul with testing under load at Bridgnorth.
:By the end of 1 December - exactly one month since the programme’s launch - applications to purchase shares in the railway at a price of £1 each had passed the half a million mark.<ref>[http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/transport-news/2016/12/06/share-offer-hits-500000/#TdbxEHk6UeemW9k0.99 Shropshire Star 6 December 2016]</ref> and 650,000 by 23 December.<ref>[http://www.svrlive.com/copy-of-shareholders SVRLive] (retrieved 3 January 2017)</ref>
:The National Railway Heritage Awards committee awarded [[Arley]] [[Awards | 'The Stagecoach Volunteers Award 2016']] for their outstanding dedication to maintaining and preserving Arley station. [[Bewdley]] was “Highly Commended” in the 'Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award' category recognising their work on the major restoration of the unique island platform canopy of platforms 2 and 3.<ref>SVR Noticeboard Issue</ref>
:The Festive Season trains from 26 December were sufficiently busy for an additional steam diagramme to be added from 28 December to 2 January 2017.
:All piling work was completed on the Bridgnorth development project, with work to start in January 2017 to produce the reinforced concrete ring beam to tie all the pile heads together.<ref>[http://www.svrlive.com/bridgnorth-development SVRLive] (retrieved 3 January 2017)</ref>
'''January 2017'''
:[[GWR Small Prairie 4566 | GWR Small Prairie 4566]] was withdrawn from service at the end of the Festive Season trains, at the expiry of her boiler certificate.
:Work began on the major infrastructure project for the winter close down period, the renewal of formation and relaying of ½ mile of track in the vicinity of [[Waterworks Crossing]].
:The Heritage Railway Association awarded [[Diesel Depot | Kidderminster Traction Maintenance Depot]] its [[Awards | Modern Traction Award]] for the depot's ‘major contribution to modern traction preservation’.<ref>[http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/local/15004436.Coveted_heritage_railway_industry_award_for_Severn_Valley_Railway__39_s_diesel_depot/ Kidderminster Shuttle 5 January 2017] (retrieved 15 January 2017)</ref>
