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82045 trial boiler fit 6/2024
'''January 2024'''
*The 2023 season ended with the SVR's first [[Winter Steam Gala]] on 6-7 January 2024. The event saw a return to passenger services after a lengthy overhaul for Stanier Mogul [[2968]] and also saw the retirement of 'Flying Pig' [[43106]] at the end of its ticket. It attracted more than 2,500 paying passengers, with revenue twice as much as had been expected.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljan24 Branch Lines January 2024]</ref>
*An indication of the continuing trading difficulties was 2023 had generated just 6,516 more [[SVR Passenger numbers|ticket sales]] than COVID-19’s 2021 (which had no services until April, followed by restricted numbers until September). This was despite 2023 having two extra galas and visitors having an incentive of a free return ticket. It was just 69% of the tickets sold in the last pre-pandemic year, 2019.
'''February 2024'''
*The SVR gained a few more yards of infrastructure when [[50035]] was used to test out the new [[Foley Park sidings]] and [[Ground Frames at Foley Park|ground frame]], the first locomotive to access it.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/svrofficial/posts/pfbid02M7MmEHiutpafkpGdygDmaPFa8CpzhRNZLJDn7PSQmx1BLBNgQPTqcuSmohMvpCCtl SVR Facebook post 13 March 2024] (Retrieved 14 March 2024)</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Peppercorn_Class_A2_60532_Blue_Peter LNER-designed Peppercorn Class A2 No. 60532 Blue Peter] arrived for running in and testing, following overhaul, in preparation for its future mainline duties.
*The Railway commemorated on social media the 50th anniversary of the recommissioning of [[Highley signal box]] on 2 March 1974, prior to the recommencement of services from Hampton Loade to Highley in April of that year. Otherwise the 50th anniversaries of the southwards extensions to Bewdley (May 1974) were unpublicised, ahead of celebrations of Kidderminster Station 40th Anniversary in July.
'''April 2024'''
'''May 2024'''
*A shunt took place at [[The Engine House]] on 7 May, with [[686 The Lady Armaghdale]] returning from a period in storage at [[Kidderminster Carriage Shed]] in exchange for [[LMS Jinty 47383]].
*[[SVR(H)]] wound up its The Charitable Trust's Survival Fund, launched in April 2023, was wound up with £500,000 raised of the £1,500,000 target. At the same time [[Severn Valley Railway Company Limited]] launched a new ''SVR Resilience Fund'', 'aimed at supporting its operational resilience in the coming years', with no specified fundraising target amount<ref>News item on SVR website, 22 May 2024</ref>. '''June 2024'''*On 3 June the partly assembled firebox, boiler shell and smokebox destined for new-build [[BR 3MT 82045]] was lowered into the frames for the first time in the [[Bridgnorth Loco Works#Boiler_shop|boiler shop]], for a successful 'trial fit'. It was then removed for further work towards completion.<ref>[http://www.82045.org.uk/news/82045_news-extra-june24.html 82045 SLT news update, June 2024] (Retrieved 6 June 2024)</ref>
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