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GWR 813 Saddle Tank

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813 in preservation: crowdfunder appeal
813 suffered from leaking boiler tubes during the 2021 [[Autumn Steam Gala]] and was withdrawn on the Friday of that event. A retube followed<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bloct21 Branch Lines, October 2021]</ref>.
During the 2022 [[Spring Steam Gala]] 813 suffered a failure of the grey iron casting that forms part of the rear spring housing under the coal bunker. It was [[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events#Cancelled_appearances|unable to attend]] as planned the South Devon Railway 150 celebration, and a hire period at The Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway. The failure required the casting to be removed at Bridgnorth and a local foundry engaged. They will to assist in producing a new pattern, make a new casting made in spheroidal graphite iron and machine it before it is refitted<ref>SVR News 220</ref>. {{As of |2023|05}} the new drag box has been cast and is awaiting machining. The GWR 813 Fund Trustees have launched a [https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/gwr-813s-drag-box-casting-1 Crowdfunder appeal] to help to cover the cost of the project which is estimated at £15,000<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/gwr-813-failure.1420980/page-3#post-2816098 National Preservation Forum] (retrieved 1 June 2023)</ref>.
===Taffy nameplate===
Around 2000 she the locomtive carried wooden 'Taffy' nameplates<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10213475830728481&set=gm.10157260045426989&type=3&theater&ifg=1 Dave Hill photograph of 813 at Highley on 2 September 2000 posted on Facebook, 4 May 2020] (Retrieved 4 May 2020)</ref>.
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