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Three-car unit 175 101 arrived in August 1999, fitted with test instrumentation, and clocked up a few thousand miles of test running. Two-car 175 001 was fully fitted-out. It moved from the SVR to Chester depot behind 47 775 on 10 January 2000.<ref>[http://www.nwrail.org.uk/news2000/cl175/chron1.htm Class 175 Chronicles] (Retrieved 20 April 2018)</ref>
Testing took place after services had finished and no other trains were in service, with assessed SVR crew driving and guarding under appropriate supervision<ref group="note">[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160748159481130&set=gm.10159303064621989&idorvanity=2360466988 A thread] on the private (members only) Unofficial Facebook Group in January 2023 with contributions from those involved relates that SVR crew including [[Alun Rees]], Nigel Hanson and Ray Trantor passed out as drivers, and SVR crew acted as conductors. It also refers to an unrecorded a [[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway#TV_News| local news item on BBC Look North West tonightprogramme of 30 November 1999]] about the 175s being introduced in that area.</ref>.
==High speed testing between Bewdley and Kidderminster==
