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'''October 2019'''
:The Autumn Diesel Gala on 3-6 October mainly featured the home fleet. The event included the first passenger runs for [[BR Class 09 09107]] and [[Class 50 Alliance Limited|Class 50 50033 Glorious]].
:With Virgin Trains handing over the West Coast trains franchise in December, it donated a collection of Class 390 'Pendolino' name and cone plates to be auctioned in support of , raising nearly £20,000 for the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|SVR Charitable Trust]] and £5,000 for [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]].<ref>Express Points, October and November 2019issues</ref>
:[[Helen Smith]] was announced as [[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation#General_Manager|General Manager]] of both SVR(H) and the Guarantee Company on 11 October 2019, in succession to [[Nick Ralls]].
:On 18 October, SVR Patron HRH the Duke of Gloucester visited [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth station]]. As well as a short footplate ride on [[75069]], he inspected the newly opened refreshment rooms and presented long service awards to a group of SVR pioneers who between them had accumulated some 450 years of active service<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blnov19 Branch Lines, November 2019]</ref>.
