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[[File:48773_WD307_20180630.jpg|thumb|300px|right|48773 cosmetically painted in WD livery, June 2018]]Although in working order, 48773 arrived was refused permission by BR to travel south from Rose Grove under power, despite [[43106]] having been allowed to do the same from Lostock Hall a week earlier.<ref name=SVR11>SVR News 11</ref> The locomotive was therefore towed by BR diesel via Rotherham, Chesterfield and Derby to Tyseley, where it appeared at an open day. From there it was towed to Bewdley, arriving on 30 September 1968.<ref>SVR News 10</ref> At the time Bewdley was still a working BR station, although the SVR had a presence in the yard. It took several months to get clearance from BR to proceed further, as no 8F had previously worked as far north as Bridgnorth.<ref name=SVR11/> The locomotive was finally steamed on 28 December before running to Bridgnorth on 4 January 1969 ,<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4291 SVR-Online Forum]</ref> the official arrival date shown in working order direct from BRsubsequent stock books.  During the early years it 47383 ran under its LMS number as 8233. Since then it has achieved the greatest mileage in preservation of any of the SVR locos, logging 151,805 miles (including a few [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | main line excursions]]) and going through a set of tyres in the process.