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:The railway announced the purchase of 10 acres of land to the West of Bridgnorth station, including [[Bridgnorth#Pan Pudding Hill|Pan Pudding Hill]]. The purchase was done to safeguard the land from any developments such as housing estates, with plans including more permanent parking facilities (the fields had previously been used for overflow parking), and other uses such as a new volunteer accommodation building.<ref>SVR Notice Board Issue NBI-H-276 "Purchase of 10 Acres of Land to the West of Bridgnorth"</ref>
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'''October 2010'''
[[File:Railcars_20101010.jpg | thumb|300px|right|A 7-railcar set in use on 10 October 2010]]
:8-9 October saw a ‘Railcar Reunion’. Visiting diesel railcars varied in age from the oldest active BR diesel unit in preservation, the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway’s BR ‘Lightweight’ unit M79900 of 1956, to the youngest, pioneer ‘Sprinter’ 3-car set 150 001 of 1984 which was still in use by London Midland at the time.
:686 The Lady Armaghdale was moved into The Engine Houseon 18 October, having been repainted into the red livery of her second owners, ICI Limited.
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:The SVR launched a [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Share_offers|share offer]] to raise money for developing the Bridgnorth Station site and returning 4930 Hagley Hall to steam.
:A On 26 October a race from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster was staged between 34053 Sir Keith Park and a Morgan 3-wheeler car to raise money for the BBC’s Children In Need. The car won by 5 minutes, with over £5,000 raised for the charity.
'''November 2012'''
:[[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 | 43106]] appeared at the LMS themed gala at Barrow Hill, becoming the first of her class to appear at the Roundhouse in half a century.
:The SVR On 29 September the railway purchased ten 10 acres of land to the west West of Bridgnorth Station station, including [[Bridgnorth#Pan Pudding Hill|Pan Pudding Hill]]. The purchase was done to protect its boundaries safeguard the land from any potential developments such as housing encroachment estates, with plans including more permanent parking facilities (the fields had previously been used for overflow parking), and other uses such as a valuable element new volunteer accommodation building.<ref>SVR Notice Board Issue NBI-H-276 "Purchase of 10 Acres of Land to the West of Bridgnorth Development Project. "</ref>
'''October 2015'''
:A presentation to the October Board included a comprehensive review of track condition along the Railway, based upon measurements undertaken by the PWay team using the Abtus trolley and measuring equipment that was on test on the Railway.<ref name=WRU1015>Express Points Web Round-Up, October 2015</ref>
'''October 2018'''
:The SVR hosted from 4-6 October [[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]]
:On 10 October [[GWR 4786 Full Third]] was moved to [[Bewdley Down Yard]] for restoration work to begin in earnest
'''November 2018'''
