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→2004: May 2004 - 5164 entry to traffic
'''Spring 2004''':
:Victoria Bridge was closed until April for a major overhaul, which included replacing the 1970s bridge deck timbers with reinforced steel mesh. The closure of this section of the line meant no Spring Gala was held, and ultimately resulted in a fall in the number of passengers carried compared with the previous year’s record. The bridge was re-opened by a young lady named … Victoria Bridge!
'''May 2004'''
: Locomotive 5164 entered service for the first time since 1984 after completion of overhaul.
:Bridgnorth station footbridge was re-installed. It had previously been taken down and moved to the boiler shop for shot-blasting and repainting.
'''October 2004''': The SVR staged ‘Railcar 50’ to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of Diesel Multiple Unit traction by BR in 1954. The SVR’s 5-car DMU was joined by 16 visiting cars representing 12 classes of DMU. The highlight of the event was the formation of a 12-car DMU set which ran to Bridgnorth on the evening of Saturday 16th, eclipsing the previous 9-car record for the longest DMU in preservation which had been set two days earlier.
==2005==
