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GWR Large Prairie 4150

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planned move to boiler shop
===The boiler===
A record net total of almost £16,000 from the annual [[Severn Valley Railway Association]] raffle proceeds were allocated to 4150 in 2008, which was ring-fenced for spending on the boiler.<ref>[http://www.4150.org.uk/4150_new-beginning.html 4150 Fund website] (Retrieved 20 January 2018)</ref>
By November 2016 the Fund had received confirmation that 4150 had a slot in the Bridgnorth Boiler Shop in the last quarter of 2017.<ref>4150 Fund Newsletter 2017, January 2017</ref> The Fund intended it to go to Bridgnorth in November 2017 for overhaul and in March 2017 it was lifted onto [[GWR 40554 Chaired Sleeper Wagon|wagon 40554]] for preparation work to begin.<ref>[http://www.svr.co.uk/pdf/Special%20Events/SVR%20Peep%20Behind%20the%20Scenes%202017.pdf Peep Behind The Scenes leaflet July 2017]</ref>
Workload at in the boilershop meant that instead it was decided that boilershop staff would provide assistance to the owning group to accelerate the boiler overhaul at Bewdley.<ref>SVR News 200, Winter 2017</ref>
{{As of|By January 2018|01}} the boiler and firebox cladding had been completed and then dismantled. The boiler had passed an ultrasonic test on the thickness of the plates and passed a non-destructive test for cracks. Work has had commenced on drilling out firebox steel stays and grinding off rivet heads holding the foundation ring before the boiler heads headed north.<ref>Howard A, 4150 Fund Facebook, 20 January 2018</ref><ref>[http://www.4150.org.uk/news/4150_jan18.html The 4150 Fund - Restoration update January 2018]</ref> {{As of|2018|04}} the Fund has agreed with the SVR that the boiler will go into the boiler shop in late May 2018. Once there, volunteers will continue to work on it under the supervision of paid staff. It is anticipated that the locomotive frames will stay at Bewdley until February 2019, and then move to Bridgnorth in time to be made ready to for the boiler.<ref>Shareholder update email, 11 April 2018</ref>
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