:On 18 August [[50044]] was on test, the locomotive has been out of service since July 2012. It had received an overhauled engine and main, ETH and auxiliary generators as well as a host of other work by [[Fifty Fund]] volunteers.
:On 21 August [[7819|7819 Hinton Manor]] left Swindon to return to the SVR, following a number of years on static display at the McArthurGlen shopping centre.
'''September 2018'''
:Bernard Rainbow MBE died on 1 September. He had a sixty year railway footplate career, was President of [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] and Chief Traction Inspector on the SVR.
==Steam locomotives used==