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In 1978 [[Severn Valley Railway|SVR ]] based locos were beginning to provide locomotives to work on main line rail tours while stabled at depots such as Hereford. Visitor numbers to the SVR increase; for the first time the railway sold more than 150,000 tickets in a year.

'''January 1978''': [[GWR Large Prairie 4150 |4150]] arrived on 19 January, having previously been at the Dean Forest Railway<ref>4150 Fund</ref>. The Rolling Stock Committee decided that 4150 should be the last Barry engine to come in, as there were now 33 locomotives stationed at the railway.

:A naming ceremony was held for [[WD 193Shropshire|WD 193]], which was given the name ‘Shropshire’.

:[[GWR 6960 Raveningham Hall |Raveningham Hall]] became the first SVR-based locomotive to haul a main line tour. Leaving the SVR on 7 April, it worked the F&W Railtours “Cathedrals Express” from Hereford to Chester and back the following day.

'''May 1978''': [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia |70000 Britannia]] returned to steam after 12 years, and was renamed on 20 May by Mr R A Riddles, the locomotive’s designer.

| [[BR Riddles 4MT 80079 |80079]] || style="text-align:right;" | 5,235 || style="text-align:right;" | 8,010 ||

| [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor |7819 Hinton Manor]] || style="text-align:right;" | 4,875 || style="text-align:right;" |6,290 ||

| [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773 |48773]] || style="text-align:right;" | 3,395 || style="text-align:right;" | 12,825 ||

| [[LMS Stanier Class 5 45110 |45110]] || style="text-align:right;" | 3,270 || style="text-align:right;" | 18,220 ||

| [[GWR Small Prairie 4566 |4566]] || style="text-align:right;" | 3,180 || style="text-align:right;" | 14,300 ||

| [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443 |46443]] || style="text-align:right;" | 2,865 || style="text-align:right;" | 23,650 ||

| [[GWR 6960 Raveningham Hall |6960 Raveningham Hall]] || style="text-align:right;" | 2,540 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,920 ||

| [[LMS Jinty 47383| 47373 ]] || style="text-align:right;" | 2,230 || style="text-align:right;" |8,485 ||Returned from overhaul

| [[WD 193 Shropshire ]] || style="text-align:right;" | 770 || style="text-align:right;" | 9,125 ||

| [[LMR 600 Gordon|600 Gordon]]|| style="text-align:right;" | 435 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,435 ||

| [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia |70000 Britannia]] || style="text-align:right;" | 275 || style="text-align:right;" | 275 ||First steaming since arrival