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==1969==
[[File:S0657_Big_4_Line_Up_1969.jpg | thumb|300px|right| A The Easter 1969 line-up (David Cooke)]]
'''January 1969'''
:[[LMS Stanier 8F 48773|LMS Stanier 8F No 48773]] (LMS 8233) arrived in steam on 4 January.
:[[Alveley Colliery]] closed at the end of January 1969, following which BR officially closed the adjacent section of the line from [[Alveley Sidings|Alveley]] to [[Bewdley]]. Technically the area north of Bewdley was a closed siding under BR control and therefore subject to the recently imposed BR steam ban. Early in 1969, BR banned steam operations by the SVR, a blow which made the SVR members all the more determined to re-open the line.
'''April 1969'''
:The 'Easter steam gala' on Sunday 6 April saw Bridgnorth's four tender locos lined up in the yard (see photo).<ref>SVR News 13</ref>
'''June 1969'''
'''December 1969'''
:On 6 December 1969 the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] was merged into [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|The Guarantee Company]], with the latter now being considered the proper entity to take the Scheme forward. The AGM coincided with the announcement that the first LRO had been granted, allowing BR to work the line from [[Bridgnorth]] to Alveley as a Light Railway, although of course they had no wish to do so. However the granting of that order meant The Guarantee Company could now apply for the second LRO to transfer ownership to the SVR.
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