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'''November 2022'''
*On 5 November [[Class 108 DMU|DMU car 51941]] was lifted off its bogies ay at [[Diesel Depot|Kidderminster TMD]] and lowered back down onto a set of accommodation bogies. The removed bogies will be overhauled by an engineer in Yorkshire.<ref name=blnov22/>
*With test running completed, 61306 ''Mayflower'' left on 8 November.
*On 9 November [[GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor|7812]] made its first movements under its own steam at Tyseley Locomotive Works, following overhaul.
*On the evening of 26 November the SVR ran a diesel-hauled ‘park and ride’ public service between Kidderminster and Bewdley, for Bewdley’s Christmas light switch on.<ref name=blnov22/>
'''December 2022'''
*7812 Erlestoke Manor returned to the SVR for further testing.
*Damage to points at Arley meant the cancellation of two of the seven Santa trains on the following day. Concerted efforts saw them repaired for the final week's services.
==2023==
2023 saw the Railway announcing voluntary redundancies, cost savings and a reduced four days a week peak service in the face of nationwide reduced footfall, economic contraction and a cost-of-living crisis. It coincided with the resignation of [[Helen Smith]] as managing director. It The year marked the 60th anniversary of the official closure of the SVR north of Bewdley. Another ‘must-do’ engineering project was starting, with phase 1 of the relaying of Bridgnorth Loco Works' yard.
'''January 2023'''
*On 2 January [[1501]] and [[2857]] both came out of traffic at the expiry of their boiler tickets.
*[[SVRH]] vice-chair Jonathan Dunster was appointed interim managing Director.
*On 10 January an allotment of shares took the [[SVRH]] issued capital to £11,000,457.
*Phase 1 of the relaying of Bridgnorth Loco Works' yard started.
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