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==7325 in preservation==
The locomotive arrived from [[Barry Scrapyard]] on 13 August 1975 in convoy with [[GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco|GWR 2857]].<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> In Autumn of that year a [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries| raffle organised by the SVRA Stourbridge Branch]] helped raise funds for the purchase of locomotive,<ref>SVR News 39</ref> while in 1982 another [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA raffle]] was held to raise funds for work on the boiler and tender.<ref>SVR News 63</ref> A further [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|raffle organised by the SVRA Stourbridge Branch]] was held in spring 1988.<ref>SVR News 89, 90</ref>
Although the owning group [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. |The Great Western (SVR) Association]] customarily refer to the locomotive by its earlier number 9303, the locomotive first entered service in summer 1992 as no 7325.
