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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.
'''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.
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.
:Following the previous year’s “GWR” gala, 2006 saw an LMS theme with visiting locomotives LNWR Beames 7F Super D 0-8-0 No 49395, LMS Stanier 8P Coronation 4-6-2 No 46233 Duchess of Sutherland and LMS Stanier 8P Princess Royal 4-6-2 No 46201 Princess Elizabeth.
:[[Colin Binch]] left the position of [[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation#General_Manager|SVR General Manager]] after a short reign. Mr Binch was succeeded by a committee of three volunteers ([[Mike Ball]], Roger Smith and Tony Bending) while a replacement was appointed.
'''November 2006''':
