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The locomotive was built by Kitson & Co of Leeds in 1934 for Stewarts and Lloyds. This locomotive was built to a Manning Wardle design which Kitson acquired when Manning Wardle closed in 1926: the design dates from around 1917 when Manning Wardle built six locomotives for Stewarts and Lloyds to work at the quarry at Corby.<ref>[[Filehttps: Kitson_5474_20100621//preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.jpg |thumb|200px|right| Kitson com/kitson-works-no-5474 -47-carnarvon-0-6-0st/ Preserved British Steam Locomotives]</ref> The locomotive has 4ft 0in diameter wheels and two 16in inside cylinders. ==47 in June 2010]]service==Kitson & Co 5474 'CarnarvonStewarts and Lloyds numbered her No. 47. A number of locomotives carried the (anglicised) names of Welsh towns in tribute to the Welsh wife of the owner of the company. 47' s working life was resident on spent at Corby, hauling iron ore from local quarries to the SVR between 1969 and 1970iron works.

The locomotive was built by Kitson & Co of Leeds =='Carnarvon' in 1934 for Stewarts and Lloyds, who numbered her No. 47. Her working life was spent at Corby, hauling iron ore from local quarries to the iron works. preservation==Following withdrawal in 1969 she was purchased in working order by the Worcester Locomotive Society and moved to the SVR, where she spent the winter of 1969-70 on engineers’ trains. In 1970, the Worcester Locomotive Society moved their locomotives including 'Carnarvon' and [[GWR Pannier 5786]] to the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford.

In 1970, 'Carnarvon' was moved to the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford. During the oil crisis in 1973, 'Carnarvon' was reportedly used to shunt wagons of cider apples for Bulmers (a producer of cider), in place of the usual diesel shunters <ref>Comments on [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/5696777089 Flickr photo] of Carnarvon at Hereford</ref>. When the Centre closed, she found a new home in 1993 at the South Devon Railway.

==SourcesSee also==[[Former Residents]] ==References==

[httphttps://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/kitson-works-no-5474-47-carnarvon-0-6-0st/ Preserved British Steam Locomotives]<br>[https://www.southdevonrailwaygracesguide.co.uk/locomotives/Carnarvon Stewarts_and_Lloyds Stewarts and Lloyds, Grace'Carnarvon' on the SDR web sites Guide to British Industrial History] ==See also==<br>[[Former Residents]http://www.southdevonrailwayassociation.org/Caernarfon.html South Devon Railway]