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[[File:{{Infobox black steam loco|image = 80079.jpg|caption = 80079 at Bridgnorth|construc = BR Brighton Works|wheels = 2-6-4T|rating = 4MT|status = Out of service|locono = 80079|designed = Robert Riddles|locotype = '''BR Standard 4MT Tank'''|built = 1954|thumbyears1 = 1971|300pxevents1 = Arrived on SVR|rightyears2 = 1977|events2 = First steamed in preservation|years3 = 2002|events3 = Withdrawn for overhaul|length = 60ft 0"|weight = 67t 18cwt|power = 25,515 lb|pressure = 225 lb/sq in}}'''80079 ''' is a '''BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T''' tank engine designed by R.A. Riddles. The Class 4 tank engine was derived from the ex-LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T, and was used mainly on commuter and outer suburban services. A total of 155 were built, of which 15 have survived into preservation. They had a BR route availability classification of RA5; when used on BR Western Region running lines such as the Severn Valley branch this equated to a [[GWR Power and Weight Classification|Blue route availability]].<ref>British Railways Western Region, Locomotive Route Availability, June 1963</ref> Towards the end of their life members of the class were regularly based at Shrewsbury, from where they saw occasional [[Locomotives used on the Severn Valley Branch in commercial service| use on the Severn Valley Branch during commercial service]], particularly at Bridgnorththe north end of the line.<ref group="note">Between Buildwas and Bewdley was 'Dotted Blue', meaning the class should have been restricted to 25mph.</ref> These included 80079, one of only two present day SVR residents to have done so (the other being [[GWR Large Prairie 4150]]).<ref>SVR News 201</ref> Classmate 80078 was also recorded on the Branch in service;<ref>Picture in SVR News 15</ref> it has since [[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|visited the SVR in preservation]]as has 80136.
80079 In early 1987 work was built carried out on the boiler in 1954 at BR’s Brighton works and entered service at Plaistow in March of that an attempt to extend the 'ten year, before moving to Tilbury ticket' for a month laterfurther three years.<ref name="BRDatabase">[[http:SVR News 83</ref> This was partially achieved, with 80079 being withdrawn due to loose/www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=80079&loco=80079 BRDatabase]] Retrieved 29 January 2015thin flue tube ends in early 1989.<ref>SVR News 92</ref> While hauling a passenger train on 30 January 1958Apart from the boiler, 80079 overran signals the locomotive was considered in thick fog and was good condition mechanically, so when an overhaul began in a rear-end collision with another passenger train at Dagenham1990 the work mainly comprised new bunker platework, new pipework, Essexreconditioned cab fittings and repairs to the tanks. Ten people were killed and 89 were injured<ref>SVR News 98</ref> Some attention was also required to the frame.<ref>Red SVR News 105</ref> In spring 1991 an [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA Birmingham Branch raffle]] helped raise funds for Dangerthe boiler work. Rolt, L.T.C. (1955, rev. 1966)<ref>SVR News 98/99</ref>
After repair, 80079 continued returned to service in service at TilburyMay 1993, making an early appearance on the Central Wales main line before moving to spending the summer at the Llangollen Railway.<ref>SVR News 106-107</ref> During the second ticket the Croes Newydd shedlocomotive was a consistent performer and in 2000 recorded 12, Wrexham 849 miles, the highest mileage of any SVR locomotive in July 1962any single year between 1967 and 2004. The locomotive was withdrawn from there finally succumbed to tube failure in 1965 and taken to Barrysummer 2002, shortly before the 'ten year certificate' expiry date.<ref name="BRDatabase" >SVR News 140</ref>
While at the SVR, {{As of|2024}} 80079 has also worked been turned to face south again and is back in the 2008 location. The locomotive is owned by The [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | on the main linePassenger Tank Fund]] and took part in the grand parade at the Rocket 150 celebrations at Rainhill in May 1980.
80079 is currently ==Reported sale==Railway Herald magazine reported on display in [[The Engine House]]. It is owned by The [[7 November 2011 that a special meeting of the Passenger Tank Fund]]had been arranged for 30 October 2011 to discuss and vote on a proposed sale of the locomotive to Mr Jeremy Hosking.<ref>Railway Herald Magazine Issue 290, 7 November (2011), p. 16.</ref> No such sale took place.
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==80079 in service==
80079 is was built in 1954 at BR's Brighton works and entered service at Plaistow in March of that year, before moving to Tilbury a month later.<ref name="BRDatabase">[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=80079&loco=80079 BRDatabase] Retrieved 29 January 2015.</ref> From there, 80079 mainly worked passenger services between London Fenchurch Street and Tilbury, Southend and Shoeburyness.<ref name=StockBook>SVR Stock book 9th edition</ref> While hauling a passenger train on 30 January 1958, 80079 overran signals in thick fog and was in a BR Standard Class 4 rear-end collision with another passenger train at Dagenham, Essex. Ten people were killed and 89 were injured.<ref>Red for Danger. Rolt, L.T.C. (1955, rev. 1966)</ref><ref>[http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Dagenham1958.pdf Ministry of Transport Accident report]</ref> After repair, 80079 continued in service at Tilbury until rendered redundant by electrification of those lines. A number of the 2-6-4T class were then transferred to the Western Region, with 80079 moving to the Croes Newydd shed, Wrexham in July 1962, from where it would regularly have worked services to Shrewsbury. John Stretton captions an image of 80079 emerging from [[Bridgnorth Tunnel]] on 30 August 1962 on the 7.27p.m. Bridgnorth to [[Shrewsbury]].<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Stretton (2010)]] p. 90</ref> The locomotive was withdrawn from Croes Newydd in July 1965 and taken to [[Barry Scrapyard]], arriving in January 1966<ref name="BRDatabase" /><ref name="BarryList"> Beckett and Hardingham (2010), The Barry List 10th Edition</ref>. ==80079 in preservation==[[File:BR class 4MT tank engine designed No 80079 at Rainhill.jpg|thumb|250px|right|80079 at Rainhill, May 1980]][[File:80079 and 43106 approach Tram Inn.jpg |thumb|250px|right| Welsh Marches Pullman with 43106, February 1983]] 80079 was considered the best of the 14 standard tanks at Barry. An appeal by Rthe 'Passenger Tank Fund' for funds to acquire the locomotive was published in SVR News in Autumn 1970.<ref>SVR News 18</ref> Ashare issue to raise the £3,000 purchase price was successfully completed by Spring 1971<ref>SVR News 19</ref> and 80079 became the 13th locomotive to leave Barry,<ref name="BarryList" /> arriving at the SVR by rail on 15 May, 1971. RiddlesA video of the move "From Barry to Bridgnorth" is available on [https://youtu.be/ckKvZhxPvuE YouTube] (external link). <div id="MainLine"></div>Restoration began immediately at Bridgnorth. The Class 4 tank locomotive was steamed in early 1977, including a test run to Hampton Loade, and entered revenue earning service on 17 April 1977. It quickly gained a reputation as a strong free-steaming engine was derived from ,<ref>SVR News 43-44</ref> and despite a limited water capacity, went on to make an impressive number of appearances [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | on the exmain line]]. A number of these were in tandem with fellow classmate 80098. A list of these is set out below. {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"!Date!!Tour name !! Route !! Notes !! Web !!SVR News|-|19 Apr 1980||Black Countryman || Hereford - Manchester Victoria (+ Northwich L/E) || D/H with 5000. 80079 first main line run || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/800419_1.htm SBJ] ||56-9|-|20 May 1980||[[Rocket 150]] Rainhill || Northwich-Bold Colliery || L/S, with 35028 || ||56-9|-|09 Jun 1980||Rocket 150 Rainhill || Bold-Colliery-Bridgnorth || D/H + LMS Fairburn coach || ||56-9|-|19 Feb 1983||Welsh Marches Pullman || Shrewsbury - Craven Arms - Leominster - Hereford || D/H with 43106 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/830219wm.htm SBJ] ||68-30|-|26 Feb 1983||Welsh Marches Pullman || Hereford - Newport - Hereford || D/H with 43106 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/830226_1.htm SBJ] ||67-31|-|16 May 1993||The LlanDod Local || Shrewsbury?-Knighton-Llangynllo-?Carmarthen? || || ||107-9|-|30 May 1993||Pembroke Coast Limited || Carmarthen - Tenby, Carmarthen - Swansea || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/930530fs.htm SBJ] ||107-45|-|31 May 1993||Pembroke Coast Limited || Carmarthen - Milford Haven - Carmarthen - Swansea* || *D/H with 44767 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/930531fs.htm SBJ] |||-|06 Jun 1993|| || Carmarthen-Shrewsbury || D/H with 44767 || ||108-51|-|30 Aug 1993||Jolly Fisherman || Nottingham - Skegness - Nottingham || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/930830_1.htm SBJ] |||-|03 Oct 1993||Cambrian Coast Limited || Crewe - Aberystwyth - Crewe || D/H with 80080 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/931003fs.htm SBJ] |||-|23 Oct 1993|| || Pantyffynnon - Shrewsbury || D/H with 80080 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/931023fs.htm SBJ] |||-|01 May 1994||Semper Fidelis || Bristol Temple Meads (or Barnstaple)? - Exeter St Davids || Top/Tail with 80080 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/940501fs.htm SBJ] |||-|02 May 1994|| || Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple - Exeter St Davids - Paddington || D/H with 80080 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/940502_2.htm SBJ] |||-|07 May 1994||Folkestone Harbour Shuttles || Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone East (multiple) || Top/Tail with 80080 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/940507fh.htm SBJ] ||111-40|-|29 May 1994||Steam on the Met || Amersham - Harrow-on-the-Hill shuttles || London Underground 'Steam on the Met' (2 weekends) || ||111-41|-|19 Nov 1994||Capital Envoy || Worcester Shrub Hill - London Paddington || D/H with 46521, prior to working Santa specials in the London area || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/941119fs.htm SBJ] ||113-9|-|01 Jan 1995|| || Didcot-Worcester || D/H with 46521 || |||-|20 May 1995||Steam on the Met || Amersham - Harrow-on-the-Hill shuttles || London Underground 'Steam on the Met' (2weekends) || ||115-51|-|28 May 1995||Steam on the Met || Amersham - Harrow-on-the-Hill shuttles || London Underground 'Steam on the Met' (2 weekends) || ||115-51|-|29 May 1995||Steam on the Met || Amersham - Harrow-on-the-Hill shuttles || London Underground 'Steam on the Met' (2 weekends) || ||115-51|-|24 Sep 1995|| || Snow Hill - Stourbrige Junction Shuttles x4 || Snow Hill Line reopening specials || ||116-17|-|21 Dec 1996||Bletchley to Bedford 150 || Bletchley-Bedford (4 round trips) || || ||122-11|-|10 May 1997||Private Charter || Snow Hill-Didcot +return || || ||123-13|-|05 Oct 1997|| || Shrewsbury-Tywyn-Shrewsbury || || ||125-9|-|29 Mar 1998||Cambrian Coast Express || Shrewsbury-Tywyn-Shrewsbury || Did this run? || UKS |||-|29 Apr 1998|| || Worcester-Hereford-Shrewsbury-Crewe || Did this run? || UKS |||-|02 May 1998||Conwy Climber || Crewe-Blaenau-Crewe || Ran to Bettwys-y-Coed only (stalled near Roman Bridge) || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/980502pr.htm SBJ] ||127-62|-|03 May 1998||Conwy Climber || Crewe-Blaenau-Crewe || First standard gauge steam loco to Blaenau in 30 years || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/980503pr.htm SBJ] ||127-62|-|04 May 1998||Malvern Tank || Crewe-Hereford-Worcester || Failed at Shrewsbury || UKS |||-|10 Oct 1998||Ynys Mon Express || Crewe-Holyhead + return || || UKS |||-|11 Oct 1998||Conwy Climber || Chester-Llandudno Jct-Blaenau + return x2 || || UKS |||-|20 Mar 1999|| || Bristol-Tytherington/Westerleigh Shuttles || Ran as scheduled || UKS |||-|21 Mar 1999||Avonmouth Shuttles || Bristol-Avonmouth x3 || Ran as scheduled || UKS |||-|02 Apr 1999||Dawlish Donkey || Exeter-Newton Abbot-Exeter x3 || || ||130-32|-|03 Apr 1999||Dawlish Donkey || Exeter-Newton Abbot-Exeter x3 || || ||136-60|-|03 Apr 1999||Dartmoor Pony || Exeter-Meldon Quarry +return || || |||-|04 Apr 1999||Dawlish Donkey || Exeter-Newton Abbot-Exeter x3 || || |||-|04 Apr 1999||Globe & Laurel || Exeter-Exmouth + return || || |||-|05 Apr 1999||Exeter-Newton Abbot-Exeter x3 || Exeter-Newton Abbot-Exeter x3 || || |||-|05 Apr 1999||Heathfield Mule || Exeter-Heathfield + return || || |||-|01 May 1999||London Standard || Leicester-Corby -Bletchley-Stratford || With 80098 || |||-|02 May 1999||LTSR Steam Shuttles || Fenchurch St-Shoeburyness + return || With 80098 || ||130-60|-|03 May 1999||LTSR Steam Shuttles || Fenchurch St-Shoeburyness + return || With 80098, ran as scheduled || ||130-62|-|22 May 1999||Inter-City Tanks || Finsbury Park-Kemble -Stourbridge Jct-Tyseley || With 80098 || |||-|16 Oct 1999||Three Spires Local || Birmingham Int-Aston-Lichfield-Derby -Leicester-Crewe || With 80098 || |||-|17 Oct 1999||Slate Miner || Crewe-Blaenau-Crewe || With 80098 || ||131-74|-|11 Dec 1999||Midlander || Bromsgrove-Blackwell || Banking 45110 over the Lickey Bank || |||-|colspan="6"|<small>For further information on sources and references, see [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR-4T, based locomotives which hauled revenue-earning services on the main line | The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]</small>|-|} In December 1981 filming took place for an episode of [[List of film and was used mainly TV productions filmed on commuter the Severn Valley Railway#TV Commercials and other | ITV’s ''Game for a Laugh'']]. This featured musician and outer suburban servicesentertainer Joe Brown firing 80079, a job he previously did for BR while a fireman at Plaistow.
80079 has recorded 103,509 miles in preservation. The mileage by year as reported in SVR News is as follows:<ref>SVR News 152</ref>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed "
|-
! <b>Year</b> !! style="text-align:right;" | <b>Mileage</b>
|-
| 1977 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,775
|-
| 1978 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,235
|-
| 1979 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,935
|-
| 1980 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,260
|-
| 1981 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,457
|-
| 1982 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,776
|-
| 1983 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,663
|-
| 1984 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,024
|-
| 1985 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,826
|-
| 1986 || style="text-align:right;" | 153
|-
| 1987 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,698
|-
| 1988 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,161
|-
| 1989 || style="text-align:right;" | 462
|-
| 1993 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,045
|-
| 1994 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,027
|-
| 1995 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,426
|-
| 1996 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,161
|-
| 1997 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,872
|-
| 1998 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,553
|-
| 1999 || style="text-align:right;" | 9,241
|-
| 2000 || style="text-align:right;" | 12,849
|-
| 2001 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,160
|-
| 2002 || style="text-align:right;" | 750
|-
| <b>Total</b> || style="text-align:right;" | 103,509
|}
After cosmetic restoration at Bridgnorth, 80079 was temporarily placed on display at the [[National Railway Museum | NRM Shildon]] in March 2005.<ref>SVR News 150</ref> It was then one of the first batch of locomotives to be displayed in [[The Engine House]] at [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2008 | opening in 2008]]. It has remained on display there since, although it has occasionally been shunted outside to be re-positioned or turned on [[Kidderminster Turntable]] (locomotives at either end of the Engine House generally face towards the centre as seen below).
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">80079_20090822.jpg|80079 in preservation==2009 after entry in 2008, facing south[[File:BR class 4MT tank engine No 80079 at Rainhill80079_20110305.jpg|thumb|300px|right|80079 at Rainhill]]in March 2011 after being moved80079_20110527.jpg|80079 arrived from [[Barry Scrapyard]] on 15 in May, 19712011 after being turned to face north80079_20120708. After restoration, jpg|80079 entered service in 1977.July 2012 after being moved</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Steam Locomotives]]<br>*[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]*[[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events]]*[[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas]]*[[Steam Locomotives hired by the SVR]]*[[Locomotives used on the Severn Valley Branch in commercial service]] for further details of the Class's use on the Severn Valley branch ==Notes==<references group="note"/>
==References==
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==Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR_Standard_Class_4_2-6-4T BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T on Wikipedia]
*[http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=289 Ministry of Transport Report on the Collision which occurred on 30th January 1958 at Dagenham East Station]
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