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:SVR News also noted that [[SR 34027 Taw Valley|34027 Taw Valley]], out on the main line at the time, was ‘unlikely to return’.
:The Share issue [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Share_offers|share offer]] launched in May 1988 reached the target of £500k.
'''April 1991''': Following further running in, [[LMS Stanier Mogul 42968|Stanier Mogul 42968]] entered service for the first time.
'''December 1993''':
:The SVR found out ‘by chance’ that landlords BR were planning to auction the 7.6 acre site on which the SVR’s Kidderminster station was built (in 1984 the SVR had bought the line to Kidderminster, but could only afford to lease the land for the station itself). Contact was hastily made with BR, who agreed to an offer of £450k to secure the site without an auction. The purchase (plus £80k of recoverable VAT) was initially funded by a bridging loan, and inevitably triggered another [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Share_offers|share prospectusoffer]].
:The contract for construction of the [[Bridgnorth#Footbridge outside Bridgnorth Station | New Road footbridge]] was signed just in time to qualify for a grant from the European Regional Development Fund..
