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|wheels = 0-6-0ST
|rating =
|status = Undergoing overhaulIn Service
|locono = 813
|othernos = PTR 26<br> 12, NCB 11
|designed =
|locotype = ''''''
|built = 19011900
|years1 = 1967
|events1 = Arrived on SVR
|years5 = 2009
|events5 = Withdrawn for overhaul
|years6 = 2016|events6 = Re-entered service
|length =
|weight = 44t
}}
813 is an 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive built in 1901 1900 by Hudswell Clarke and for the Port Talbot Railway Company, which later became part of the GWR. It subsequently saw service at Backworth Colliery in Northumberland. The locomotive is owned by [[The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]]. It is presently under restoration.
== 813 in main line service ==
The loco was originally built for the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company(PTR), one of nine 0-6-0 saddle tanks owned by that company. She was built by Hudswell Clarke of Leeds, works number 555of 1900, <ref>[http://prsl.uk/uklocos/final-results.asp?action=display&Id=5702 UKLocos database]</ref> and entered service with the PTR in 1901 as number 26. Based at Duffryn Yard Depot, the locomotive was predominantly used for hauling coal trains and shunting in colliery sidings on the PTR's network.<ref>SVR News 174</ref>
In 1908 the GWR agreed to operate the PTR's trains and maintain their locos. As the PTR was still legally independent their locos were not fully absorbed into the GWR stock list, but with the GWR responsible for maintenance number 26 started to receive GWR standard parts to replace those originally fitted by Hudswell Clarke. The GWR took over the PTR completely in 1922, and shortly afterwards 26 went to Swindon for overhaul, returning in 1924 as number 813. With the GWR keen to phase out non-standard locos from its fleet, 813 was withdrawn and put up for sale in 1933.
== 813 in industrial service ==
After 9 months on the GWR sales list, 813 was sold to Robert Stephenson & Company, who sold her on to Backworth CollieriesLimited in Northumberland. Backworth renumbered her as number 12 and she survived to be passed to the NCB with the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947. In 1950, she received a new boiler from her original manufacturers Hudswell Clarke, and was renumbered as NCB 11. A new firebox followed in 1962, only five years before the NCB withdrew her from service.
== 813 in preservation ==
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