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==1973==
By early 1973, the SVR was receiving considerable adverse publicity in the national press over some of the decisions made by the Board of [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|SVR(H)]], in particular the dismissal of the Railway’s Operating Superintendent and Shedmaster from his salaried post. This decision had caused uproar amongst the volunteers and raised the very real possibility of a strike.
Following an Extraordinary General Meeting of the [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited|Guarantee Company ]] on 11 March and a special Joint Meeting of the boards of SVR(H) and the Guarantee Company 6 days later, an announcement was made that [[Sir Gerald Nabarro ]] would step down as Chairman of both Boards. He was replaced as SVR(H) Chairman by [[Viscount Garnock ]] (later The Earl of Lindsay). It was also agreed that nominated directors of both the Guarantee Company and the SVRA would sit on the SVR(H) Board.
By June 1973 the atmosphere on the railway had noticeably improved. An EGM of the Guarantee Company overwhelmingly voted in favour of raising money to build the [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge|By-Pass Bridge]], thus ‘saving [[Bridgnorth ]] for a second time’.
Locomotives arriving during 1973 were; [[GWR 4141|4141]], [[GWR Large Prairie 5164|5164]], [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor |7819 Hinton Manor]] and [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall|4930 Hagley Hall ]] which all arrived on 6 January, [[BR Standard 2MT 78019|78019 ]] which arrived from Barry on 12 March, [[GWR Pannier 7714|7714 ]] which arrived on 29 March, [[BR Riddles 4MT 75069 |75069]] which arrived on 31 March, and [[LMS Stanier Mogul 42968|Stanier Mogul 42968 ]] which arrived on 14 December.
In November 1973, [[GWR Pannier 5764 |5764]] was involved in the filming of the BBC children's serial "''Carrie's War"''.
Having left the SVR, Sir Gerald Nabarro died on 18 November 1973. He had suffered two stokes during 1972 and had recently retired from the House of Commons due to ill health.
In December 1973, [[WD 193 Shropshire|WD 193]] operated all the Santa services.
Locomotives used during the year and the mileages recorded were as follows:
| <b>Locomotive</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>1973</b> || style="text-align:right;" | <b>Total</b>
|-
| [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773 |48773]] || style="text-align:right;" | 1,380 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,370
|-
| [[LMS Stanier Class 5 45110 |45110]] || style="text-align:right;" | 1,320 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,590
|-
| [[WD 193 Shropshire ]] || style="text-align:right;" | 900 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,710
|-
| [[GWR 2251 Class 3205 |3205]] || style="text-align:right;" | 745 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,426
|-
| [[LMR 600 Gordon|600 Gordon]]|| style="text-align:right;" | 670 || style="text-align:right;" | 985
|-
| [[GWR Pannier 5764 |5764]] || style="text-align:right;" | 270 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,737
|-
| [[61994 The Great Marquess ]] || style="text-align:right;" | 200 || style="text-align:right;" | 200
|-
| [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443 |46443]] || style="text-align:right;" | 190 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,345
|-
| [[2047 Warwickshire ]] || style="text-align:right;" | 76 || style="text-align:right;" | 454
|-
| [[LMS Jinty 47383 |47383]] || style="text-align:right;" | 20 || style="text-align:right;" | 20
|-
| Other || style="text-align:right;" | - || style="text-align:right;" | 3,082
