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:Water quality was being constantly monitored, with samples taken for testing each time a loco was filled. ‘Reverse Osmosis’ water treatment equipment had been ordered, and was in course of being installed.
:Last year’s poor weather had resulted in a rock slide in Eyemore [[Eymore Cutting]], just south of Victoria Bridge. Permanent repairs were undertaken in the summer once approval had been received from English Nature, the area being a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
'''March 2001''': 9F 92212 attended the Spring Gala before leaving at the end of its hire period. Following the Gala, Bewdley Station was closed for 3 weeks for repairs to the [[Bewdley Station Footbridge|footbridge ]] and platform canopies.
'''April 2001''':
:8F 48773 became the first SVR locomotive to achieve 100,000 miles in preservation, a feat at that time only achieved by two locomotives on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
'''May 2001''' On 23 May 2001 The [[:Category:Lottery funding#National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund|Heritage Lottery Fund ]] awarded the [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]] Trust Limited £177,500 for roof and canopy restoration, to provide additional storage space for the museum's collections and release further floorspace for new displays.<ref>[https://www.hlf.org.uk/our-projects/kidderminster-railway-museum-roof-and-canopy-restoration HLF] (retrieved 27 December 2016)</ref>
'''August 2001''': An area of land at Highley which was previously the colliery sidings came up for auction and was acquired by the SVR. This area is now the site of [[The Engine House]].
:On 24 March, L&Y class 25 0-6-0 No. 957 (BR 52044) worked the 1.00 pm Kidderminster to Bridgnorth service, double headed with [[46443]].<ref>SVR News 140</ref> The test run followed a contract restoration which began in summer 1997<ref>SVR News 122</ref>.
:The SVR hosted more unusual visitors in the form of a 4-car Virgin Voyager which was clearance-tested along the SVR line, and a [[Other rolling stock visiting the SVR |PPM50 Parry People Mover ]] (later Class 999 No. 999900) which spent 2 months being tested (the PPM is now . It was used from 2006-2008 on the Network Rail branch line from Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town). It visited again for testing in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2020-2029#2020|2020]].
'''June 2002''': English, Welsh & Scottish Railway Class 60 locomotive No 60089 was named "The Railway Horse" in a ceremony at Bewdley on 8 June 2002.<ref>Information displayed in The Engine House</ref>.
'''Summer 2002''': An application was made to the [[:Category:Lottery funding|Heritage Lottery Fund ]] for grant aid for a new museum and storage building at Highley (this would become [[The Engine House]] later in the 1980s).
'''September 2002''': To celebrate the Royal Jubilee, the guests at the Autumn Steam Gala were 46233 Duchess of Sutherland and 46201 Princess Elizabeth.
:Locomotive 5164 entered service for the first time since 1984 after completion of overhaul.
:[[Bridgnorth Station Footbridge | Bridgnorth station footbridge]] was re-installed. It had previously been taken down and moved to the boiler shop for shot-blasting and repainting.
'''August 2004'''. Steeplejack and TV personality Fred Dibnah arrived at the SVR complete with traction engine, riding van and BBC film crew. He spent a considerable time in the machine shop and boiler shop, so much so that he missed the chance of a footplate ride! The visit was featured in the series [[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway#TV Documentary | Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain]].
2005 marked the 40th year of the SVR in preservation.
'''February 2005''': The line was closed for two days between Bewdley and Highley following a rockfall in Eyemore [[Eymore Cutting]]. The fall was discovered by the crew of a footplate experience course special, who found the track blocked by a 'standard gauge' 4ft 8½ ins wide boulder.
'''March 2005''': The Spring Steam Gala took a Branch Line theme with guests GWR Hawksworth 1600 class pannier tank 0-6-0PT no 1638 from the Kent & East Sussex Railway and LBSCR Billinton E4 0-6-2T No 32473 Birch Grove from the Bluebell Line.
:Pannier 5764 hauled an excavator from Eardington to Country Park Halt for the firm constructing the nearby pedestrian/cycle-way bridge across the river. This was probably the first steam-hauled revenue earning freight since the closure of the line in the 1960s.
:80079 was cosmetically restored and lent to the [[National Railway Museum | NRM ]] for display at Shildon pending completion of the Engine House.
'''May 2005''': 686 The Lady Armaghdale made another overseas trip, this time for a ‘Thomas’ event in Krefeld, Germany.
:Although a massive rebuilding exercise began at once[1], the line did not reopen fully until 21 March 2008. The damage also caused the opening of The Engine House at Highley, planned for 2007, to be delayed until the following year. For a more detailed description of these events, see [[2007 Storm Damage]].
'''September 2007''': An Autumn Steam Gala was held using the only section of line available, Kidderminster to Bewdley. However with the assistance of Network Rail and Tyseley Locomotive Works, [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall |4936 Kinlet Hall]] and 4953 Pitchford Hall were able to make runs from Bewdley through to Birmingham Snow Hill. LNER Gresley V2 60800 Green Arrow was another gala visitor. Bridgnorth staged a ‘mini-gala’ with cab rides aboard 42968 on the only 600 yards of track then available for use.
==2008==
:The Engine House had received around 60,000 visitors by 3 November, well in excess of the budgeted number of 37,000.
:The frames for new build 82045 returned to Bridgnorth on 25 November following drilling at Boro’ Foundry in Lye.
The SVR's success in recovering from the storm damage was marked by a number of awards in 2008, including the Transport Trust's 'Preservationist of the Year 2007', the Ian Allen Publishing 'Heritage Railway of the Year 2008' and the Heart of England Tourist Board 'Best Tourism Experience of the Year 2008'.
:An appeal was launched for funds to acquire and install a wheel-drop which had been located at the Leicester Midland MPD (shed 15C).
:The boiler of 7714 had for some time been giving concern, having been a ‘quick fix’ during the boiler crisis of 2000. In addition, 5164 was out of service for a mid-term overhaul. As a result, [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall |4936 Kinlet Hall]] joined the SVR on hire from Tyseley for the summer and autumn.
'''July 2009''': 7802 Bradley Manor carried a headboard bearing the legend ‘100,000 miles, Still Going Strong’ to celebrate achieving that mileage in preservation.
'''September 2009''':
:The Autumn Steam Gala had a “Tank Engines” theme, with visitors GWR Collett 0-6-2T No 5643 from Llangollen, LMS Ivatt 2MT No 41241 from the Worth Valley Railway and GNR Gresley N2 No 1744 (BR 69523) from the Great Central Railway. [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall |4936 Kinlet Hall]] also took part.
:On 28 September 2009, the Monday after the Gala, 43106’s tender became derailed as it approached Hampton Loade station hauling a passenger train. There were no injuries. The RAIB later reported that the immediate cause of the accident was the flange of the leading right-hand wheel of the tender climbing over the right-hand rail. The contributory factors were that a spring had been replaced on the tender with one which was not of the correct type and that the track in the area had become distorted<ref> [http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/reports_2010/report072010.cfm | RAIB Report] Retrieved 19 February 2015</ref>.
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