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===SVR service===
[[File:Stanier class 5MT No 5000 at Rainhill.jpg|thumb|250px|left|LMS 5000 at Rainhill in 1980 (Wikimedia Commons)]]45000 took part in the grand parade at the [[Rocket 150 ]] celebrations at Rainhill in May 1980. Other main line working was carried out from Steam Centres around the country, including the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford. Between 1979 and 1988 the locomotive accumulated 34,774 miles on the SVR and in the course of some 20+ rail tours on the main line. Mileage by year was as follows:
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During her time at the SVR, LMS 5000 was sometimes described as Chief Engineer [[Alun Rees|Alun Rees's]] "personal locomotive",<ref>SVR News 62, 66 etc</ref> with sister locomotive 45110 becoming "the Company Black 5". In summer 1982 the locomotive was briefly withdrawn from service while a 2ft 6in crack in the steel firebox door plate was repaired.
The locomotive failed a steam test at the start of the 1989 season,<ref>SVR News 92</ref> and was returned to the [[NRM]] in the spring of 1991.<ref>SVR News 9</ref> It can normally be seen on display at Locomotion (the [[NRM]] museum at Shildon) or the [[NRM]] at York.<ref>[http://www.nrm.org.uk/OurCollection/UsingTheRailway/CollectionItem.aspx?objid=1978-7040&keywords=5000 NRM web site]</ref>
==See also==
