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*SVR News 2019 enclosed a 'Values and Behaviours' document for working members, for them to help "us all to work collectively to keep the SVR as the best place to work, volunteer and visit in the UK."
*The new [[Kidderminster Footbridge]] was craned into place.
*[[SR 34027 Taw Valley|34027 Taw Valley]] reverted to its correct name and number, although still carrying a purple livery.<ref name=blnov22>[https://www.svrlive.com/blnov22 Branch Lines, November 2022]</ref>
*On 13 October [[Mk 3a Convertible Sleeper|Mk3a sleeping coach 10569 ‘Leviathan’]] left the SVR.<ref name=blnov22/>
*On 22 October the resurrected [[SVR Apprentices|Junior Club]] held an induction session for a new cohort.<ref name=blnov22/>
*Eight-year-old Corey Clark was the guest of some of the SVR’s volunteers. His fundraising work for the Food Share Wyre Forest Project, including a 10-mile sponsored walk, had raised £920.<ref name=blnov22/>
*On 29 October, LNER B1 Class No. 61306 ''Mayflower'' arrived behind 20107 and 20096 with [[Carriages visiting the SVR|support coach 35461]] for test running following an overhaul which included the fitting of air brakes.<ref>[https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/10/severn-valley-railway-to-welcome-steam-locomotive-61306-mayflower.html?fbclid=IwAR151ioyQT-PFgrvqFHkH8CCnoDFRBbAWKbgG8rtE-pU2KqxjzFZvaKSx3k Rail Advent, ''Severn Valley Railway to welcome steam locomotive 61306 Mayflower''] (Retrieved 29 October 2022)</ref>
*More than 2,500 passengers visited the SVR over the Halloween period.<ref name=blnov22/>
'''November 2022'''
*On 5 November [[Class 108 DMU|DMU car 51941]] was lifted off its bogies ay [[Diesel Depot|Kidderminster TMD]] and lowered back down onto a set of accommodation bogies. The removed bogies will be overhauled by an engineer in Yorkshire.<ref name=blnov22/>
*With test running completed, 61306 ''Mayflower'' left on 8 November.
*On 9 November [[GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor|7812]] made its first movements under its own steam at Tyseley Locomotive Works, following overhaul.
*On the evening of 26 November the SVR will run a diesel-hauled ‘park and ride’ public service between Kidderminster and Bewdley, for Bewdley’s Christmas light switch on.<ref name=blnov22/>
==Steam locomotives used==
