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'''September 2018'''
:Bernard Rainbow MBE died on 1 September. He had a sixty year railway footplate career, was President of [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] and Chief Traction Inspector on the SVR.
:At the [[Autumn Gala]] on 24 September [[2857]] carried a '100' headboard denoting she had reached 100,000 miles of service in preservation.<ref>SVRLive</ref><br>:Construction of [[Bridgnorth#Bridgnorth_Development_Project|Bridgnorth Development Project]] Phase IIa (car park and access roads) commenced.
'''October 2018'''
:The SVR hosted [[Tales from the Severn Valley#Class_50_Golden_Jubilee|the Class 50 Golden Jubilee]], the joint largest operational gathering of one loco type ever staged in preservation (steam or diesel). [[BR Class 50 50049 Defiance]] was formally rededicated at [[Kidderminster]].
:Social media announced GWR Collett 6400 class 0-6-0PT No. 6430 would revisit the SVR for the 2019 [[Spring Gala]]<ref>SVR Facebook 10 October 2018</ref>
:The [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|Charitable Trust]] applied to the HLF for [[Falling Sands Viaduct#Prospective_repairs|funds to repair Falling Sands Viaduct]]
'''November 2018'''
:On 11 November [[2857]] again carried the '100' headboard, this time commemorating the centenary of Remembrance Day.
:[[6990 Witherslack Hall]] was hired to provide support to the locomotive fleet for winter services
:On 23 November the SVR made a 'Black Friday' discount offer of unsold Santa Steam Special tickets.
:The [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|Charitable Trust]] announced costs for [[Falling Sands Viaduct#Prospective_repairs|repairs to Falling Sands Viaduct]] had risen, and raised the appeal target to £397,000 (originally £275,000).
'''December 2018'''
:On 6 December during a HLF #ThanksToYou week, the SVR offered National Lottery players the chance to join a special behind-the-scenes tour of the [[Carriage Repair Works|Carriage Works at Kidderminster]].
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| Withdrawn January 2012
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| [[GWR 2884 Class 3802 |3802]]
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| [[GWR 5600 Class 6695 |6695]]
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| [[BR Standard 9F 92212 |92212]]
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| [[GWR 5700 Class 3650 |3650]]
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| [[LMS Stanier 5MT 44871 |44871]]
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| [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall |4936 Kinlet Hall]]
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| [[GWR 5600 Class 5643 |5643]]
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| [[6990 Witherslack Hall|6960]] | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | X (Spring)| style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | X (W)| style="text-align:right;" | |-| [[BR Standard Class 5 73129 |73129]]
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| [[BR Standard 9F 92214 |92214]]
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