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'''April 2010'''
:A Network Rail test train was used to check On 21 April [[Diesel Locomotives hired by the full length of SVR|E6005 (73005)]] left the line for track twists and dipped rail joints. Those found were dealt with SVR by the Proad.W. staffIt had suffered an axle bearing fault and seized turbo around 2005.<ref name=WRU0510>Express Points Web Round-Up, May 2010</ref> :On 24 April DEMU 1001 operated Hastings Diesels Limited’s 'Severn Explorer' railtour from Hastings to [[Bridgnorth]].<ref>[http://www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/news/articles/2010a04/ Hastings Diesel Limited] (Retrieved 24 April 2018)</ref><ref name=WRU0510/> :On 26 April a Network Rail test train was used to check the full length of the line for track twists and dipped rail joints. Those found were dealt with by the P.W. staff.<ref name=WRU0510/> :On 28 April [[BR Class 08 D3022|D3022]] conducted a big shunt at [[The Engine House]] with [[LMS 798 Royal Coach]] being moved in.
'''May 2010'''
:The SVR ran a special train on 1 June with proceeds going to help the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, which had suffered two successive embankment collapses. The GWSR was one of the railways which had come to the aid of the SVR following the flood damage in 2007.
:Members of the cast of the TV series 'Allo 'Allo were interviewed prior to 2011 Severn Valley Railway [[Step Back to the 1940s|1940s weekend]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlCSyObHpj4&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2G-KCxUrQnq3Y5uQ4DgZtmAqtmGt3wd0quneGXnSqc3rBWpJWrSMwDpoo, Youtube, 24 June 2011] (Retrieved 28 June 2019)</ref>.
'''Summer 2011'''
'''Summer 2012'''
:The connection between the SVR and the main line at Kidderminster was upgraded. The work was done in conjunction with Network Rail who were transferring responsibility for main line signalling from the Kidderminster main line signal box to the West Midlands Signalling Centre.
:A 'Visit Heart of England' promotion saw one child travelling free with each adult 'Freedom of the Line' ticket purchased.
[[File: 7812_Hampton_Loade_20120825.jpg|thumb|200px|right|7812 Erlestoke Manor with gold smokebox]]:On 29 August [[GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor]] masqueraded as sister [[GWR 7802 Bradley Manor]] and was given a Bradley Wiggins-style makeover with a coat of gold paint and sideburns in honour of Team GB’s success at London 2012 Olympics.<ref>Midlands Business News, 29 August 2012</ref>
:English Heritage published a report on signalboxes in England, noting: "... three on the Severn Valley Railway, all good examples in their original locations and in excellent condition; Bewdley North (1878), Bewdley South (date not known) and Highley (1883). All three would be potential listing candidates [...] while the box formerly at Yorton (1882), now moved to Arley on the Severn Valley Railway, is a well-preserved all-timber box."
: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 4T 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.
:S&T rewired [[Hampton Loade signal box]] from 9 September, with an amended timetable in operation.
:The [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.Association]] ran a special train on 18 September to mark the completion of GWR Saloon 9103. This was the first chance to see the tthree saloons 9055, 9369 and 9103 together. The train included a stop at Bewdley to view progress on GWR Collett open brake third 650.
'''October 2013'''
:On Monday 27 April, a Pump Trolley Challenge took place between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade, with 13 teams of volunteers in fancy dress taking part. Teams were judged on their costumes and enthusiasm (not speed!), with the Bridgnorth Engineering Services team being awarded first place.
:A Monster Raving Loony Party general election address proposed that HS2 be replaced by an extension of the Severn Valley Railway under a new company to be called the Eighth Valley Railway.<ref>Express Points Web Round-Up, May 2015</ref>
'''May 2015'''
: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.Association]] 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'''
'''April 2016'''
:Tickets to ride behind Flying Scotsman and Tornado at the autumn ‘Pacific Power’ event went on sale on 5 April. All 7,000 tickets were sold by the end of the day.
:On 5 April [[LNER 7960 Kitchen Composite]] was displayed at King's Cross station in connection with the unveiling of a sculpture of Sir Nigel Gresley. :The 'first [[Open House Weekend']], formerly known as the '[[Members and & Shareholders' weekendWeekend]], was held on 16-17 April. Steam featured the SVR's two Manors and two Bulleids, with 1501 operating local services. [[BR Class 50 50049 Defiance|50049 Defiance]] returned to service following an overhaul. A number of [[Models of the Severn Valley Railway | model railway layouts]] were displayed at Highley and Kidderminster Railway Museum. :On 30 April [[BR Class 14 D9551|D9551]] ran its first test runs at the SVR in an undressed state with side panels not fitted, with 50049 assisting. [[BR Class 20 D8188|D8188]] ran its first diagrammed passenger turn following return from overhaul.<ref>Express Points Web Round-Up, May 2016</ref>
'''May 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.Association]] 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'''
:At [[Eardington]] contractors finished brickwork for the restored platform, incorporating around 6,000 GWR bricks reclaimed and donated from the GWR main line electrification.
:The [[Northern Belle]] stock was rebased at Carnforth by 9 March, by which time the compound was cleared and only two spare vehicles remained on the SVR.<ref>[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk/news_letters/Newsletter_68-2018.pdf LNER Coach Fund Newsletter No. 68]</ref>
:On 11 March the Thompson B1 Locomotive Trust announced that Thompson B1 61624 61264 would be unable to attend due to overrunning winter maintenance. S&DJR 53808 was announced as a replacement visitor on 13 March. The Spring Steam Gala was unusual with only three of the home fleet (1450, 1501 and 7714) timetabled for use, the fewest since 2009 (two), with six [[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|visiting locomotives]]. In the event home-fleet 43106 also made an appearance.
:On 28 March [[BR 4593 Tourist Standard Open]] was moved to the dock in front of the [[Bewdley|Bewdley buffet]] to be used as seating for staff and the public, as a prelude to demolition of the buffet building (but not the more recent toilet block and kitchen.) The building had recently been assessed by the SVR's consultant civil engineer and its increasing external dilapidation led to the decision to demolish it.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/epapril18 Express Points, April 2018] </ref>
:The polystyrene patterns for [[4930]]'s new cylinders were transported to Shakespeare Foundry in Preston for casting<ref>[https://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/new-cylinders-cast-for-hagley-hall/ Railway Magazine website]</ref>.
'''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>
:On 11 August the 'Steam on the Road' event featured an return appearance by [[Other rolling stock visiting the SVR#2018|'Plimsoll']], a rail-mounted Land Rover, which made another return trip between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster during the day.
'''July 2019'''
:[[Step back Back to the 1940s ]] attracted 5,562 visitors (2018: 6,664).<ref name=NBI050320/> :On 4 July Bewdley P-Way laid a panel of track at Chateau Impney, Droitwich Spa. [[686 The Lady Armaghdale]] was extricated from [[The Engine House]] by [[BR Class 08 D3201|13201]] and transported from Bridgnorth for display at the Chateau Impney Hill Climb Motorsport event the following weekend
:On 7 July [[GWR 7802 Bradley Manor|7802 Bradley Manor]] suffered a broken piston rod whilst working on the West Somerset Railway, with significant consequential damage. [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] announced she would be out of service for a considerable period.
: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 of [[Enola Holmes]] 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. The concept brought in families who might not have visited otherwise and passenger numbers were strong.<ref name=NBI050320/>
: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>.
: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.
:Stephen Turner, ORR HM Principal Inspector of Railways, spent two days at the SVR conducting a scheduled routine inspection. He wrote that “the railway in general appears to be well managed and operated”.<ref>SVR(H) annual report and financial statements for the period ended 5 January 2020</ref>
'''October 2019'''
:The SVR delivered £4,000 of toys to Birmingham Children's Hospital and children’s charities across the West Midlands.<ref>[https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/attractions/2019/12/18/severn-valley-railway-delivers-4k-of-toys-to-birmingham-childrens-hospital/ Shropshire Star, 18 December 2019].</ref>
:The Chairman of the Diesel Committee advised [[BR Class 27 D5410]] was no longer a SVR resident.
:A 200' long westward extension to the[[Bridgnorth Loco Works]] footprint was added by the building of a wall of concrete sleepers, for additional storage space.<ref>SVR News 210</ref>
:From 30 December the line was closed between [[Bewdley]] and [[Kidderminster]] for a three month period, for work on [[Falling Sands Viaduct]].
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| style="text-align:right;" | 515
| style="text-align:right;" | X1,724| style="text-align:right;" | X1,592| style="text-align:right;" | X1,344
| Returned to service November 2016
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| style="text-align:right;" | 1,714
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,297
| style="text-align:right;" | X 2,640 | style="text-align:right;" | X 3,487 | style="text-align:right;" | X 1,178
| Arrived on SVR March 2014.
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,356
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,755
| style="text-align:right;" | X 5,546 | style="text-align:right;" | X 8,042 | style="text-align:right;" | X 5,311
| Returned to service September 2012
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,828
| style="text-align:right;" | 8,216
| style="text-align:right;" | X 5,278 | style="text-align:right;" | X 8,209 | style="text-align:right;" | X 8,605
| Returned to service summer 2011
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| style="text-align:right;" | 5,644
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,346
| style="text-align:right;" | 84
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| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 366
| style="text-align:right;" | X 7,770 | style="text-align:right;" | X 7,105
| style="text-align:right;" | 9,253½
| Returned to service December 2016
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,238
| style="text-align:right;" | 9,139
| style="text-align:right;" | X 7,592 | style="text-align:right;" | X 8,739 | style="text-align:right;" | X 4,328 | Withdrawn Feb 2011. Returned Nov 2015. Withdrawn 2019.
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| [[7812|7812 Erlestoke Manor]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 7,725
| style="text-align:right;" | 9,402
| style="text-align:right;" | X 7,278
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| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,265
| style="text-align:right;" | 7,716
| style="text-align:right;" | X 5,956 | style="text-align:right;" | X 7,241 | style="text-align:right;" | X 7,002
| Returned to service May 2015
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| style="text-align:right;" | 8,130
| style="text-align:right;" | 7,054
| style="text-align:right;" | X6,375| style="text-align:right;" | 132
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| Returned to Swanage at the end of the 2017 season
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,247
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,767
| style="text-align:right;" | X9,934| style="text-align:right;" | X7,911| style="text-align:right;" | X4,779
| Mid-term overhaul in 2013
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| Withdrawn January 2012
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| [[75069]]
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| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | 310
| style="text-align:right;" | 7,214
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| [[GWR 2884 Class 3802|3802]]
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| style="text-align:right;" |X 465 (W) | style="text-align:right;" | 1,259
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| style="text-align:right;" | X (Spring)
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| style="text-align:right;" | X 680 (W)| style="text-align:right;" | 48
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| style="text-align:right;" | 414
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| style="text-align:right;" | X 5,742 (S)
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| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | X 4,659 (S+W)
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| style="text-align:right;" | <b>56,147</b>
| style="text-align:right;" | <b>59,573</b>
| style="text-align:right;" | <b>63,613</b>| style="text-align:right;" |<b>58,496</b>
| style="text-align:right;" | <b>61,439</b>
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