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At least one ex-Stourport power station locomotive has been preserved. Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST works number 2088/1940 "Sir Thomas Royden" was delivered new on 28th May 1940. The locomptive was named after the Chairman of the Edmundsons Electricity Corporation which operated the power station at the time. It remained in service until 1977, and is now preserved at Rocks by Rail, formerly known as the Rutland Railway Museum.<ref>[http://www.rocks-by-rail.org/exhibit/ab-2088-sir-thomas-royden/ Rocks by Rail] (Retrieved 13 June 2016)</ref>
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File:Rocks by Rail - train of mineral wagons (geograph 4740737).jpg | Sir Thoas Thomas Royden at Rocks by Rail (Wikimedia Commons)
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==Closure==
Coal continued to be delivered to the power station by rail via Hartlebury until coal trains ceased in March 1979,<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Mitchell & Smith (2007)]]</ref> the line itself finally being taken out of use on 12 January 1981.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Vanns]] p. 94.</ref> The power station closed in 1984 and has since been demolished, with the area now mainly being a housing estate.
== See also ==
