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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.
: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.
