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5164 @ Knowlesands

5164 @ Knowlesands viaduct near Bridgnorth circa. April 1982.

5164 was chosen by the 5164 Fund as the best of the 10 large prairies at Barry, and purchased at a cost of £2,250. The locomotive was officially the 30th to leave Barry, arriving on the SVR on 6 January 1973 in the company of GWR 4930 Hagley Hall and GWR 7819 Hinton Manor.

Restoration was completed in October 1979. It ran in service until July 1984. After a lengthy period out of use it received its second boiler ticket in 2004 running until 2014.

Ex-GWR Designed by: C. B. Collett. Built: Swindon, 1930

Class: 5101

Wheel arrangement: 2-6-2T

Boiler pressure: 200 psi

Owner: 5164 Preservation Group.

Currently on loan to Barrow Hill Roundhouse as a static exhibit from 5th March 2014.

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Uploaded on February 24, 2017