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The GWR 813 Preservation Fund

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[[File: 813_20161105.jpg |thumb|300px|right| GWR 813 at Highley]]
'''The GWR 813 Preservation Fund ''' is an unincorporated membership organisation founded in 1966. There is currently no annual subscription and membership is granted to those making a minimum donation amount. The Fund owns [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank | 0-6-0ST locomotive GWR 813]] (originally Port Talbot Railway No 26), together with an extensive collection of wagons and other rolling stock.
It owns the ==History==When [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank | GWR 813 Saddle Tank locomotive]] and many was offered for sale by the NCB in 1967, it was last surviving item of any form of Port Talbot Railway rolling stock. Although the GWR [[Goods Wagons|goods wagons]] on locomotive was in the SVRusual appalling 'Coal Board Condition', as well as a number of other items Paddy Goss set up the Fund to preserve it. The purchase price was paid in August 1967 with delivery to Bridgnorth following on the 25 November 1967.<ref name=SVR103>SVR and on other preserved linesNews 103, with their collection numbering almost 100. See [[:Category:Rolling stock owned by The GWR "''813 Preservation Fund | Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] for , An Unfortunate Case of How Not to Restore a full list of the FundLoco''s rolling stock based at the SVR.", Simon Marshall</ref>
While restoration was still in progress, the Fund began to preserve other items of rolling stock. This began in 1969 when attempts were being made to save the Collett coaches from the Swindon Test Train. The Fund runs a acquired [[GWR 1146 Full Third| Full Third 1146]], one of five which were secured for the SVR and arrived on 19 December 1969.<ref name=SVR103/> The purchase of coach 1146 was followed by many GWR [[Goods Wagons|goods wagons]], [[Other rolling stock#Cranes and jib runners|cranes]] and other coaches including [[GWR 813 Sales Stand 98 Full Brake|Full Brake 98]] and [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR| sales standformer resident Corridor Third 4872]] . By summer 1992 these totalled 72 vehicles,<ref name=SVR103/> more than half of which were on the SVR with the rest at a number of other preserved railways. The collection has increased further since, now numbering around 100 items of rolling stock.<ref>Rolling stock list on GWR 813 Preservation Fund website</ref> See [[Kidderminster :Category:Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | KidderminsterRolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] Stationfor a full list of the Fund's rolling stock based at the SVR.
On 23 November 2019 the Rouse family donated to the Fund a large portion of [[Image Collections#David_Rouse_Collection|David Rouse's photographic archive]]. It will take some time for the Fund to go through the collection.<ref>The GWR 813 Preservation Fund Facebook page 23 November 2019</ref>
{{As of==Other information==The Fund runs a [[GWR 813 Sales Stand |2021sales stand]] at [[Kidderminster |1}} the Fund intends to secure charitable status in the near futureKidderminster]] Station.<ref>Baxter, Nick J.P., GWR 813 Preservation Fund Facebook page, 1 January 2021 (Retrieved 1 January 2021)</ref> <gallerymode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left">
File: 813shop.jpg | The GWR 813 Preservation Fund sales stand
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{{As of|2021|1}} the Fund intends to secure charitable status in the near future.<ref>Baxter, Nick J.P., GWR 813 Preservation Fund Facebook page, 1 January 2021 (Retrieved 1 January 2021)</ref>
== See also ==
 
[[List of preservation groups]]
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