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== 813 in preservation ==
The loco arrived on the SVR on the 25th November 1967. Following cosmetic restoration she appeared as a static exhibit at [[Rail 150 ]] in 1975, and briefly returned to steam in 1976. However it was quickly found that further restoration work was required. The loco was able to steam again in 1984, and visited Didcot as part of the GW150 celebrations, but again suffered from mechanical problems and was taken out of service. The loco was stored out of use until 1996, before undergoing a thorough overhaul and rebuilding at Bridgnorth. She successfully returned to steam in summer 2000. Despite her small size, she was pressed straight into service on the SVR due to a temporary loco shortage.
After returning to steam, 813 visited a large number of other railways around the UK before being withdrawn in 2009 for her next major overhaul at [[Bridgnorth Loco Works]]. This was completed by August 2016 and, after test runs, 813 was moved to Kidderminster for painting in September,<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3188&start=15 SVR Online Forum]</ref> and to Bridgnorth on 8 October for signwriting.<ref>[http://www.gwr813.org/insteam2016.html GWR 813 Fund 'In Steam 2016']</ref> The locomotive then featured in the Season Finale Gala held over the first weekend of November 2016.
813 suffered from leaking boiler tubes during the 2021 [[Autumn Steam Gala]] and was withdrawn on the Friday of that event.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 The Boro' Foundry at Lye, Stourbridge 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> The GWR 813 Fund Trustees launched a Crowdfunder appeal which raised around £2,250 of the estimated £15,000 cost.<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/gwr-813-failure.1420980/page-3#post-2816098 National Preservation Forum] (retrieved 1 June 2023)</ref> Reassembly took place at Bridgnorth in Spring 2024<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blmar24 Branch Lines, March 2024]</ref>. However, previous internal patches and filler repairs of the saddle tank were found to be no longer sound and numerous leaks occurred, so the tank was deemed to have succumbed to corrosion and old age. {{As of|2024|4}} options are being explored to return the loco to traffic<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blapr24 Branch Lines April 2024]</ref>.
===Taffy nameplate===
Around 2000 she the locomotive 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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