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== Sources ==
[http://www.staniermogulfund.org.uk/ Stanier Mogul Fund website]
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The Stanier Moguls were one of the first classes designed by Stanier after his arrival on the LMS, the first loco of the single production lot emerging from Crewe in October 1933. 42968 was originally numbered 13268, and entered traffic on 24th January 1934, allocated to Willesden shed. She was renumbered as 2968 in September 1935, and over her lifetime was allocated to a wide variety of sheds on the LMS Western Division, mostly in the North-West but including spells at Aston, Bescot and Nuneaton. Her final shed before withdrawal in 1966 was Springs Branch. By 1960, she had covered over 700,000 miles.
== 42968 in preservation ==
Following withdrawal 42968 was purchased for scrap by [[Barry Scrapyard | Woodham Bros]]. By 1969 all other members of the class had been cut up, and the [[Stanier Mogul Fund]] was formed to preserve her as an important example of an early Stanier locomotive. After four years the Fund had raised Woodham Bros's asking price, and the loco was hauled to the SVR by rail in December 1973. Restoration began the following year.
The loco moved for the first time under her own steam in preservation in 1990, and officially entered SVR service in April 1991 in LMS livery and numbered 2968. Unfortunately, she had to be withdrawn from traffic in December 1993 due to a loose tyre. Following tyre replacement she re-entered service in December 1994. In 1996 she was mainline-certified, and over the next two years hauled a number of [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | main-line railtours]], including the Settle-Carlisle line from Crewe to Carlisle. She also took part in the 1998 "Steam On The Met" event.
In 1998 she was withdrawn for a full overhaul, which was completed in 2003, and she re-entered service in BR livery. She remained in service until the expiry of her boiler certificate in 2013; her current overhaul began in early 2014. The Stanier Mogul Fund intends for her to re-enter service carrying her original number, 13268.<ref>Severn Valley Railway News 189 (Spring 2015), p57.</ref>
== See Also ==
[[Steam Locomotives]]<br>
[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]
==References==
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== Links ==
[http://www.staniermogulfund.org.uk/ Stanier Mogul Fund website]
[[Category:Locomotives at Bridgnorth]]
