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==47383 in preservation==
A group of enthusiasts formed the Manchester Rail Travel Society in 1966 with the intention of acquiring a Jinty. A number of steam tours were organised to raise funds, four of which were jointly organised with the fledgling SVR. As a result of this relationship, 47383 became the 5th locomotive to join the SVR, arriving by road from Blackwell A Winning Colliery in on 26 May 1968,<ref name = "SB9"/> some two years before the official opening.
Following restoration, the locomotive was first steamed on 4 September 1973, following which it entered service in BR livery. Initially it saw regular use on lighter mid-week passenger services and ‘schools trains’, and apart from until being withdrawn for wheel reprofiling and bearing re-metalling throughout 1976, 47383 worked until failing with leaking tubes in summer 1979.<ref>SVR News 53</ref>.
