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31413 hauled a special service from Birmingham New Street to Kidderminster and Bewdley on Friday 22 April 1978. It was named “Severn Valley Railway” by Mr Sidney Newey, Director of Provincial Services for BR, at a ceremony at Bewdley.<ref>SVR News 88</ref> The nameplates were removed on 30 April 1993,<ref>[http://www.railuk.info/diesel/getloco.php?id=2101 railuk.info Class 31/1 31413]</ref> and were transferred to classmate 31233.
The locomotive was withdrawn on 1 May 1997 and scrapped at Doncaster on 29 July that year.<ref>[http://www.railuk.info/diesel/getloco.php?item=%2031413 Rail UK 31413 webpage] (Retrieved 14 April 2019)</ref>
===31233 Severn Valley Railway===
Built as a Class 30 A1A-A1A by Brush Traction of Loughborough, Works Number 260. Entered service in October 1960 as number D5660. Modified and reclassified as a Class 31 in February 1967. Renumbered to 31233 on 1 January 1973.<ref name = “31233”>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=5660&loco=31233 BRDatabase 31233]</ref>
31233 Severn Valley Railway was named on 6 May 1993<ref>[http://www.railuk.info/diesel/getloco.php?id=2023 railuk.info Class 31/1 31233]</ref> appeared at the Diesel Gala in May 1993.<ref>SVR News 107</ref>The naming was removed in 1999. By 2015 it had become a Network Rail Departmental locomotive, carrying a yellow livery with grey/black roof and NR logos.<ref>[http://www.railuk.info/diesel/getloco.php?id=2023 Rail UK 31233 webpage] (Retrieved 14 April 2019)</ref> In 2018 it was offered for sale by NR and preserved at Mangapps Railway Museum.
===47828 Severn Valley Railway===
While operated by Virgin Trains, 47828 was named at a ceremony at Kidderminster on 28 April 2001 during the 2001 Diesel Gala.<ref>SVR News 136</ref> The full name was displayed as Severn Valley Railway Kidderminster Bewdley Bridgnorth, the longest name carried by any Class 47.<ref>[http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_names.php?s_name=311&index=S Class 47.co.uk]</ref>
The name was removed on 31 January 2005 <ref>[http://www.railuk.info/diesel/getloco.php?id=3843 railuk.info Class 47/4 47828]</ref>, with one of the nameplates being put on display inside the SVR offices at Comberton Place. Shortly afterwards, while being operated by Cotswold Rail, 47828 was renamed ‘Joe Strummer’. It migrated to the Direct Rail Services Class 47 fleet before preservation by D05 Preservation Ltd.
===66763 Severn Valley Railway===
