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'''April 2017'''
:The [[Open House Weekend]] on 8-9 April featured 30 model railways, the chance to drive a Class 50 and the usual host of other attractions. It brought 2,181 paying passengers, an increase of 380 on the same event in 2016.<ref name="SVRLive"></ref>
'''May 2017'''
:The King & Castle won the "[[Awards|Wyre Forest CAMRA Pub of the Season for Spring 2017]]".<ref>SVR Official Facebook</ref>
:The Spring Diesel Festival from 18-20 May involved 17 [[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|visiting locomotives]] and a [[Carriages visiting the SVR|rake of Mark 2 coaches]].
:On 26 May the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]] 'Future Fund' appeal reached its target to meet the HLF matched funding grant of £500,000.<ref>name="SVRLive<" /ref>
:Fictitiously numbered [[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter 319290|Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter]] D2957 emerged from a repaint carrying its works number 319290.
:By 31 May share sales had reached £1,200,000.<ref>SVR e-newsletter</ref>
'''June 2017'''
:The 10th anniversary of the [[2007 Storm Damage]] was commemorated on 19 June by the formal opening of the [[The_Engine_House#Current_Exhibitions|exhibition]] at [[The Engine House]] and a two special trains for members with the [[Belmond Northern Belle]] hauled by [[SR 34027 Taw Valley]] and a mainline Class 57.<ref name="SVRLive" />
:The railway announced problems with an embankment slippage around the [[Accommodation bridge near Severn Lodge|Bridge 19]] area, also known as County Boundary, which had first been detected in 2016. The design for the remedial work required to stabilise the area was complete and work started to prepare the site for the stabilisation scheme.<ref name="SVRLive" />
:The railway published a progress update on its 2009 Strategic Plan.<ref name="SVRLive" />
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