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==Diesel Locomotives==
*'''17 ‘Highflyer’''': John Fowler & Co 150hp 0-4-0DM, Works No 22912/1940, ex Royal Ordnance Factories and Longmoor Military Railway. Lent to the SVR by Dart Valley Railway in 1971 for use on Engineers trains, later purchased. Believed scrapped Scrapped between August 1977 and July 1980after a piston "escaped" through the engine block.*'''D577 'Mary'''': Hudswell Clarke 100/120hp 0-4-0DM, Works No D577/1932, ex Staveley Lime Works. Arrived 1972. Believed scrapped Left between August 1977 and July 1980, currently at Middleton Railway.*'''402812 ‘Yellow Peril’''': Ruston & Hornsby 4wDM, Works No 402812/1957, ex British Steel Corp., Wolverhampton. Arrived September 1975 for use on Engineers trains, believed scrapped Left between August 1977 and July 1980.Last known at the Swanage Railway, believed scrapped.<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&Id=1053 UKLocos web site] Retrieved 18 March 2015</ref>
*'''D7633''': Beyer Peacock Class 25 Bo-Bo, ex British Railways. Acquired by the SVR P-Way Diesel Fund, arrived in January 1988. Sold to the Dean Forest Railway in 2003.
*'''408297''': Ruston & Hornsby 165hp 0-4-0DM, Works No 408297/1957. One of four locos bought from Patent Shaft Steelworks, Wednesbury in 1980 (of which D2961 is still at the Railway). Cannibalised for parts.
*'''11509 ‘Alan’''': Ruston & Hornsby 165hp 0-4-0DM Works No 414304/1957, ex Patent Shaft Steelworks, Wednesbury in 1980. Used as Bewdley shunter until the arrival of D3022, later used at Kidderninster Kidderminster carriage works until 1989. Believed scrapped (or moved off-site?) in 2003<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&Id=1055 UKLocos web site] Retrieved 28 February 2015</ref>.
*'''418789 ‘Archibald’''': Ruston & Hornsby 165hp 0-4-0DM Works No 418789/1957, ex Patent Shaft Steelworks, Wednesbury in 1980. Was owned by Pete Cherry, briefly used on the Railway. Scrapped 1990<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&Id=1059 UKLocos web site] Retrieved 28 February 2015</ref>.
*'''[[BR Class 37 37906|37906]]''': English Electric Class 37 Co-Co, ex British Railways. Owned by the [[Ruston 906 Group]]. Sold to Europhoenix for main line use in November 2013, and left the SVR on 11 May 2014.<ref>[http://forum.svra.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=973&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60 SVR-Online Forum], retrieved 28 February 2015</ref>.
