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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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'''November 2010'''
There were no trains to/from Bridgnorth during November, due to track re-laying on Eardington bank.<ref>Express Points Web Round Up, September 2010</ref>
'''December 2010'''
'''April 2011'''
:No Spring Steam Gala had taken place due to the engineering work. Plans for an Easter re-visit by 60163 Tornado were thwarted when the locomotive failed in late 2010 with boiler issues. Easter instead saw a ‘Postman Pat’ event at The Engine House.
'''May 2011'''
'''September 2011'''
:[[Autumn Steam Gala]] guests were 6024 King Edward I (deputising for ‘Blue King’ 6023 King Edward II which was unavailable), GWR Large Prairie 4160 (deputising for 5029 Nunney Castle also unavailable), Caledonian Railway McIntosh 812 3F no 828 (BR 57566) making a first visit in preservation to an English railway, and 60163 Tornado whose boiler had been repaired in Germany during the summer. Summer hire-in 9F 92212 also took part. By public demand a new evening fare was introduced for travel on trains between 6.00pm and midnight.
:Phil Brown was appointed to the vacant post of Operations Manager, coming from the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway where he was Deputy Operating Manager.
:Negotiations were under way with locomotive owners with a view to establishing a new Rolling Stock Agreement.
:The SVR was again short of locomotives, partly resulting from a succession of spring failures which eventually resulted in a change of spring supplier. Didcot Railway Centre’s GWR Pannier 3650 arrived in July. Having been booked with a cover leaking, investigation showed a long-term cracked cylinder block. This was stitched with Metalock, the owners allowing the locomotive to take part in the Autumn Steam Gala in thanks.
:An SVR landmark disappeared with the demolition of the two 230ft high silos on the former British Sugar Corporation site at Foley Park.
: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'''
:The SVR announced its [[Annual Family Pass]]
:A 'Visit Heart of England Promotion' allowed one child to travel free with each adult ticket purchased until 25 November 2012.<ref>Express Points Web Round Up, September 2012</ref>
'''December 2012'''
:The [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Share_offers|share offer]] officially closed, having just passed a total of £2m.
:The Autumn Steam Gala saw visits from LMS Stanier 8P Princess Coronation class No 46233 Duchess of Sutherland (replacing the booked [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia|70000 Britannia]]), SR Maunsell Schools class No 925 Cheltenham (BR 30925, replacing the booked SR 850 Lord Nelson), Metropolitan Railway 0-4-2T Number 1, and [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall|GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall ]] which would remain on hire over the winter season. Talyllyn Railway 2 ft 3 in gauge 0-4-2ST ‘Sir Haydn’ travelled the line as part of the freight workings, and would later spend the winter on display in The Engine House.
:An SVR Family Campaign launched, to increase family visitors and to build a sustainable base level of passengers by showcasing the Railway as a great family day out in its own right on a ‘normal’ operating day. It featured TV adverts, posters on key high traffic sites, adverts in local magazines and newspapers, adverts on London Midland trains and posts on social media.
'''October 2013'''
:On 6 October a special Shareholders' and [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust]] day was held at [[The Engine House]] to witness the removal of [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall]].<ref>Express Points Web Round-Up, September 2013</ref> :Gala visitors No. 925 'Cheltenham' and [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall|No. 4936 'Kinlet Hall' ]] additionally operated service trains on 12 and 13 October.
:The Lord Lieutenants of Worcestershire and Shropshire presented the [[Awards|The Queens Queen's Award for Volunteering]] on 21 October. '''November 2013''':On 2 November the 'Blue Bell Explorer' rail tour ran from Bridgnorth to the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, becoming the first rail tour to use the newly re-signalled [[Connection to Network Rail|main line connection at Kidderminster]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150521020833/http://www.svr-association.org.uk/railtours1.html SVRA website via Internet Archive Wayback Machine]</ref>.
'''December 2013'''
:Mike Little’s locomotive No 1450 and two Auto Coaches arrived, initially for the 2014 season.
:The Spring Steam Gala saw visits from BR(W) Hawksworth 1600 class Pannier Tank No 1638, from the Kent & East Sussex Railway, GWR Collett 6400 class Pannier Tank No 6435 from the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, BR(W) 7800 Manor Class No 7828 Odney Manor from the West Somerset Railway, and [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall |4936 Kinlet Hall]] which had remained at the SVR since being hired last summer. 7828 had in recent years been running as ‘Norton Manor’ at the WSR, but reverted to its original name during the SVR visit. 4936 finally left the SVR in early summer.
'''April 2014'''
:[[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'''
:The railway announced A presentation to the purchase of 10 acres October Board included a comprehensive review of land to track condition along the West of Bridgnorth stationRailway, including [[Bridgnorth#Pan Pudding Hill|Pan Pudding Hill]]. The purchase was done to safeguard based upon measurements undertaken by the land from any developments such as housing estates, with plans including more permanent parking facilities (PWay team using the fields had previously been used for overflow parking), Abtus trolley and other uses such as a new volunteer accommodation buildingmeasuring equipment that was on test on the Railway.<refname=WRU1015>SVR Notice Board Issue NBIExpress Points Web Round-H-276 "Purchase of 10 Acres of Land to the West of Bridgnorth"Up, October 2015</ref>
:Guests at the 2015 Diesel Gala were summer visitor Deltic 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier, Class 14 D9531, [[Clayton Class 17 Bo-Bo D8568|Class 17 D8568]], Class 35 D7076 and Class 52 D1015 Western Champion.
:On 8 October [[Class 108 DMU|Driving Motor Composite M52064]] returned after work at Rowsley, Peak Railway.<ref name=WRU1015/> :LNER A1 No 60163 '''Tornado''' arrived on the SVR for a 3 week visit, operating from 6-27 October. Tornado had previously visited in 2009 and 2011.
:Having stayed at the SVR after its appearance at the Autumn Steam Gala, 46100 Royal Scot underwent high speed testing between Bewdley and Kidderminster, in preparation for a return to mainline service. During two weekends, Royal Scot was also used on passenger services alongside Tornado.
:On 11 October the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.]] ran the a special train to celebrate the launch into service of [[GWR 650 Brake Third Open (Excursion)|GWR Collett open brake third 650]] and to celebrate 100 years of [[GWR 3930 Full Third|3930]].<ref>Express Points Web Round-Up, August 2015</ref>
'''November 2015'''
:The SVR and Auctus Apprentice Training Agency entered into a new partnership aimed at boosting the number of apprentices in the rail industry.
'''October 2016'''
:On 22 October a new event at [[The Engine House]], the Christmas Gift Fayre, was held for the first time.<ref name=WRU0916>Express Points Web Round-Up, September 2016</ref>
:On 22 October the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.]] ran the 'Collett to Bridgnorth' special train from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth and back to celebrate the re-launch into service of [[GWR 6562 Brake Composite|Collett Brake Composite 6562]].<ref name=WRU0916/>
'''November 2016'''
:The SVR launched a [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Share_offers|share offer]] on 1 November, seeking to raise up to £2.5m towards the [[Bridgnorth#Bridgnorth Development Project | redevelopment of Bridgnorth station]]. Contractors arrived on site on 7 November to begin work on the first phase of the project, SVR staff and volunteers having already carried out some preliminary site clearance work.
:The [[Western Locomotive Association|WLA’s]] AGM on 12 November incorporated a ‘SWINDON '16’ event to celebrate the purchase of [[BR Class 52 D1062 Western Courier|D1062 Western Courier]] 40 years beforehand, the first ‘Western’ in preservation. :A three day Season Finale Gala from 4 to 6 November was held featuring visiting locomotives LMS 'Crab' No 13065, GWR 4200 class 2-8-0T No 4270, and a return visit of LNER-design A1 No. 60163 Tornado. The event also saw the return from overhaul of ex-Port Talbot Railway 0-6-0ST [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank | 813]].
'''December 2016'''
'''January 2018'''
:On 1-2 January [[SR 34053 Sir Keith Park]] completed farewell turns in advance of her departure to the Swanage Railway on 10 January
:The SVR announced the hire of [[Diesel Locomotives hired by the SVR|diesels 37688 and 40135]] for 2018-2019, the former for PWay work and the latter to utilise its steam heat capability. [[BR Class 50 50026 Indomitable|50026 Indomitable]] arrived for commercial repairs in the [[Diesel Depot]]. Didcot Railway Centre announced 6023 'King Edward II' would be moved by road to the SVR in February for testing of her revised draughting, then operating some timetabled trains and attending the [[Spring galaSteam Gala]].
:Winter works saw track either side of [[Bewdley Tunnel]] being cleaned of badly contaminated ballast; the last part of the remedial work to the embankment slippage around the [[Accommodation bridge near Severn Lodge|County Boundary]] area; the partial rebuilding of the platform face at [[Eardington]]; lining of the loco water tank at [[Kidderminster]], and at the same location swapping the water column adjacent to platform 1 runround from a fixed column to a standard GWR swing arm type. At [[Waterworks Crossing|Waterworks straight]] welding was completed to a position that restored line speed following Winter Works in 2017. Permanent Way work also took place at [[Highley|Highley bank]] and [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]].<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/winter-works-2018 SVRLive]</ref>
:On 16 January the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] announced it had reached its appeal target of £10,000 in under a month, for the cost of repairing the vehicles damaged by graffiti in December. A total of £13,000 was raised.
'''August 2018'''
:On 2 August Class 40 No. 40145 delivered sister [[BR Class 40 40106 Atlantic Conveyor]] for a short [[Diesel Locomotives hired by the SVR|hire period]].
:On 4 August the SVR staged a special event to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of steam on British Railways. Guests included former footplate crews from Lostock Hall and Rose Grove sheds and members of the 'Master Neverers Association'. [[45110]] and [[48773]] appeared on static display at Kidderminster, while an evening special ran to recreate the 'Fifteen Guinea Special'. This was hauled by [[43106]] due to a delay in the planned arrival of guest locomotive LMS Stanier Class 5 45231 The Sherwood Forester. In the event 45231 was unable to visit and on 21 August LMS Stanier Royal Scot 8P Class 4-6-0 46100 Royal Scot was announced as an Autumn Steam Gala visitor instead of 45231.
:The [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] appeal for [[Falling Sands Viaduct]] passed £200,000 towards the £275,000 target<ref>Express Points, August 2018</ref>
'''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 Steam Gala]] on 24 September [[2857]] carried a '100' headboard denoting she had reached 100,000 miles of service in preservation<ref>SVRLive</ref>
:Construction of [[Bridgnorth#Bridgnorth_Development_Project|Bridgnorth Development Project]] Phase IIa (car park and access roads) commenced.
'''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 Steam 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'''
:On 14 February the Charitable Trust closed its [[Falling Sands Viaduct|Falling Sands]] appeal, having passed its (increased) target of £397,000
:On 16 February [[BR Riddles 4MT 75069]] returned to traffic after an overhaul costing more than £900,000 and involving more than 25,000 man hours of effort. The locomotive had last steamed in 1994.
:With both [[Diesel Locomotives hired by the SVR|hired-in BR Class 40 40106Atlantic Conveyor]] and [[Class 108 DMU]] unavailable all services were steam-hauled
:On 18 February [[GWR 14984 Workshop Van (Signal Dept)|GWR 6 Wheeled Tool Van 14984]] moved to the SVR
:On 2 and 3 March a Small Engines Weekend featured locomotives 7714, 1501 and doubleheaded 813 and D9551
:A mammoth five day shunt at [[The Engine House]] moved everything around. Taking up residence were [[7819]] as the new footplate accessible locomotive, [[5764]] in its LT guise as L95 and No. 7 'Typhoon' visiting from the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
:On 15 March visiting LNWR Webb 0-6-2T Coal Tank 58926 (LNWR 1054) failed on the first day of the [[Spring Steam Gala]]. Staff at [[Bridgnorth MPD]] pulled out the stops to make sure she was ready to work her scheduled services on the following days. Other visiting engines for the gala were [[GWR Large Prairie 4144]], GWR 5600 Class [[GWR 5600 Class 5619|5619]] and 6400 class pannier tank 6430.
:The next day 4144 became trapped on the points outside Kidderminster station, also causing delays. For the following weekend's service No 1 Engine Line at Kidderminster was not available for use and trains using platform 1 required a loco change rather than the loco running round its train. It produced a mini-gala with 2857, 4144, 5619, 6430, 7714, 7802, 34027 and 75069 all in use on the standard 3/4 train, plus Footplate Experience, timetable!
:On 20 March 2019 freight operator GB Railfreight and [[The Class 50 Alliance]] unveiled [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules|50007 Hercules]] and [[BR Class 50 50049 Defiance|50049 Defiance]] into GBRf livery, with the locomotives available to operate selected GBRf trains on a ‘spot-hire’ basis.<ref>Class 50 Alliance, 15 January 2019</ref><ref>GB Railfreight Facebook 20 March 2019</ref>
:On 8 July [[BR Class 08 D3022]] departed by road to Bristol, St Phillp's Marsh depot for tyre turning
:The railway was closed between Kidderminster and Arley from 14 July to 17 July while three days of filming took place. Passenger services ran between Bridgnorth and Highley using a special 'Timetable D'.
:A summer promotion offered any family purchasing a £49 Family Freedom of the Line ticket could travel again for £19.70, between 20 July and 1 September. The 'hook' was the SVR has been running steam trains since 1970 and this is to celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary. The Summer theme was 'A Very British Summer!' with a myriad of traditional summer activities.
:On 22 and 23 July, due to a [[Tales from the Severn Valley#Minor_Derailments|fallen tree]] on the line between [[Highley]] and [[Hampton Loade]], trains ran between [[Kidderminster]] and Highley only with a vintage bus service operating between [[Arley]] and Bridgnorth. On 23 July [[7714]] offered footplate rides at Bridgnorth<ref>[https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/attractions/2019/07/23/fallen-tree-causes-disruption-to-severn-valley-railway/ Shropshire Star 23 July 2019] (Retrieved 29 July 2019)</ref>.
'''August 2019'''
:On 8 August a donation wall was erected at [[The Engine House]] to recognise contributors to the [[Falling Sands Viaduct|‘helping hands for Falling Sands’]] appeal
:On 9 August Class 09s [[BR Class 09 D4100|D4100]] and [[BR Class 09 09107|09107]] replaced [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106|43106]] between Bewdley and Kidderminster. With services running late and the crew's hours up, due to a person on the line at Bridgnorth, the decision was made so as to get 43106 back to Bridgnorth without holding the last passenger service from Kidderminster.:On 20 August out of ticket [[45110]] was taken by low loader for exhibition at the Great Dorset Steam Fair, there to be towed by traction engines.:On 22 August [[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway#TV_News_and_Documentary|ITV's News at Ten]] carried an item on the need for heritage railway volunteers, featuring the [[Heritage Skills Training Academy]]. :On 30 August the SVR launched its [[Christmas services|Steam in Lights]] service in the run up to Christmas '''September 2019''':On 1 September [[Bewdley]] held its tenth and final bus gala, the event having outgrown the site.<ref>Express Points, September 2019</ref>:The [[Autumn Steam Gala]] on 19-22 September had a Southern theme, with guests Maunsell Q class 0-6-0 30541, Bulleid West Country Class Pacific 34092 City of Wells and BR Standard 4MT class Mogul 76017. At [[Eardington]] the volunteer team attempted to ‘recreate’ the scenes of some of the very limited number of photographs that exist of the tiny station from before the 1960s. :A team of volunteers from Network Rail spent a day at Highley clearing vegetation on the embankment and pathways around [[The Engine House]], as part of NR's Corporate Social Responsibility programme. '''October 2019''':The Autumn Diesel Gala on 3-6 October mainly featured the home fleet. The event included the first passenger runs for [[BR Class 09 09107]] and [[Class 50 Alliance Limited|Class 50 50033 Glorious]].:With Virgin Trains handing over the West Coast trains franchise in December, it donated a collection of Class 390 'Pendolino' name and cone plates to be auctioned in support of the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|SVR Charitable Trust]] and [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]].<ref>Express Points, October 2019</ref>:[[Helen Smith]] was announced as [[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation#General_Manager|General Manager]] of both SVR(H) and the Guarantee Company on 11 October 2019, in succession to [[Nick Ralls]].
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