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'''February 2011'''
:7802 Bradley Manor’s firebox was deemed unfit for further service, 8 months before its boiler certificate was due to expire.
'''March 2011'''
:On 6 March 40 workers from the national stationery and office supplies retailer Ryman, dressed as nuns in traditional black habits, pulled D8059 over a short section of track as part of a bid to raise £10,000 for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day. The Nuns on the Pull (Planes, Trains and Automobiles) charity day pulled an aeroplane 100 yards at East Midlands Airport before moving to the SVR to pull the locomotive 100 yards along the track.<ref name=WRU0411>Express Points Web Round-Up, April 2011</ref>
:On 11 March the new wheeldrop at [[Bridgnorth Loco Works#Wheel_drop|Bridgnorth Loco Works]] was officially opened in the presence of invited guests, including representatives from First Group and Heritage Railway Awards.<ref name=WRU0411/>
:On 24 March boiler SVR1 was dispatched to the Talyllyn Railway at Tywyn. This was the first new boiler to be completed by the SVR and the first boiler completed in Bridgnorth for nearly two hundred years. It was fitted to Talyllyn Railway No 2 Dolgoch.<ref name=WRU0411/>
'''April 2011'''
'''April 2012'''
:Although 2857 had only entered service a year earlier, a decision was reluctantly made to lift the boiler to resolve an ongoing issue with leaking stays.
:On 13 April the Parliamentary All-Party Rail Heritage Group enjoyed a day at the railway.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/lfw2008/7120800097/in/set-72157629552422882/ Lord Faulkner of Worcester's Flickr page]</ref>
:The two Thomas weekends attracted 7,424 passengers.<ref name=WRU0512>Express Points Web Round-Up, May 2012</ref>
:A number of locomotive exhibits were re-arranged in the Engine House. Pannier 7714 left to begin an overhaul at Bridgnorth, while the Royal Mail TPO returned. Jinty 47383, 4930 Hagley Hall and 600 Gordon moved to the ‘back’ road, while 8F 48773 was turned and moved to the ‘front’ road.
:Severn Valley Engineering Services at Bridgnorth MPD took delivery of a Colchester 2000 to boost the number of lathes available for use, and a C.N.C. lathe to give the works the ability to produce stays and other associated items for the SVR and for contract<ref name=WRU0512/>.
'''May 2012'''
'''April 2014'''
:The SVR occupied a new [[Head Office]] building at Number One, Comberton Hill, adjacent to Kidderminster station. Long term plans for the Bewdley Station building, the former Head Office, include included a new buffet to replace the current portaportable building. In the event a further temporary building replaced it in 2020. :On 10 April the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|Charitable Trust]] raised £62,000 from an exceptional charity fundraiser at Ludlow Race Course, doubled by the [[:Category:Lottery funding#National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund|Heritage Lottery Fund]]. A guest from a West Midlands Trust donated a further £106,000 on the day to fund the training of 2 apprentices for 5 years at the newly formed [[Heritage Skills Training Academy]].<ref name=WRU0514>Express Points Web Round-cabinUp, May 2014</ref> :On 12 April at a job fair at the [[Members & Shareholders Weekend|Members & Shareholders day]] over 100 people registered their interest in volunteering and 33 names and addresses were also recorded to go forward for induction courses.<ref name=WRU0514/> :On 22 April [[BR Class 52 D1015 Western Champion|D1015 Western Champion]] hauled [[BR Class 52 D1062 Western Courier|D1062 Western Courier]] from Kidderminster to Tyseley for tyre turning, providing a maroon Western hauling another on the mainline, a scene not seen for decades.<ref name=WRU0514/>
'''May 2014'''
