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'''November 2011'''
:BR Standard Tank No [[BR Riddles 4MT 80072|80072]] arrived on hire from Llangollen to help with the [[Christmas services|Santa Special services]].
==2012==
'''December 2012'''
:2857 suffered a failure of a copper steam pipe. As a result, Ian Riley’s Black 5 44871 spent 2 weeks at the SVR assisting with the [[Christmas services|Santa ServicesSpecial services]].
:‘Mighty Mogul’ 42968 bowed out of traffic on the final working day of the 2012 season.
'''Winter 2014'''
:BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No 92214 was hired in from the Great Central Railway to help with the [[Christmas services|Santa Special services]].
The total mileages recorded by the SVR's steam locomotives in 2014 were as follows:
'''December 2017'''
:On 10 December all [[Christmas services|Santa Steam Specials Special services]] were cancelled in light of heavy snow overnight and complete loss of power at Arley Station.
:On 26 December it was found [[GNR 2701 Composite Corridor]] and [[GWR 1146 Full Third]] stabled at Kidderminster Town station had been vandalised with graffiti
:The post-Christmas Festive service saw the four seviceable cars of the [[Class 108 DMU]] stood down and replaced by loco and coaches due to higher passenger traffic numbers. Visiting [[BR Class 33 33108]] ran one day (no train heating) before steam took over the remaining days.
:On 11 November [[2857]] again carried the '100' headboard, this time commemorating the centenary of Remembrance Day.
:[[6990 Witherslack Hall]] was hired to provide support to the locomotive fleet for winter services
:On 23 November the SVR made a 'Black Friday' discount offer of unsold [[Christmas services|Santa Steam Special services]] tickets.
:The [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] announced costs for [[Falling Sands Viaduct#Prospective_repairs|repairs to Falling Sands Viaduct]] had risen, and raised the appeal target to £397,000 (originally £275,000).
:[[BR Class 52 D1015 Western Champion|D1015]] was painted into BR blue livery at the [[Diesel Depot]], the first time all three 'Westerns' on the line were blue.
