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===First boiler ticket===
Restoration was completed in October 1987 when trial running began. The locomotive entered service in June 19981988, with a formal re-naming ceremony taking place on 4 June.
Following a loaded test run from Derby to Sheffield and back in May 1989, Taw Valley spent a good deal of time [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | on the main line]] as well as on the SVR. This included regular excursions on the North Wales Coast Express in 1989 and 1990, and the Welsh Marches Express in 1991. In summer 1991, SVR News announced that Taw Valley was ''unlikely to return to the SVR after its current commitments''<ref>SVR News 99</ref>. A brief return to the SVR took place between July and early September 1992<ref>SVR News 103</ref>, following which the locomotive again left the Railway.
