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|locotype = '''GWR 4300'''
|built = 1932
|years1 = 1964|events1 = Withdrawn from service|years2 = 1975|events1 events2 = Arrived on SVR|years2 years3 = 1992|events2 events3 = Entered SVR service|years3 years4 = 2000|events3 events4 = Withdrawn for overhaul
|length = 58ft 1¼"
|weight = 62t 0cwt
==9303/7325 in service==
The locomotive was completed at Swindon to Lot No. 276. She first entered service in February 1932 as GWR number 9303, and began life allocated to Penzance. Between 1947 and 1950 the locomotive was allocated to Reading.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/260_9300det.htm GWR Archive] Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref>
In 1953, 9303 moved to Tyseley, followed by Banbury two years later. In 1958 No 9303 was renumbered by BR as 7325, who also modified the locomotive to remove the additional buffer beam weight in order to increase its route availability. After further allocations to Ebbw Junction (Newport) and Severn Tunnel Junction, 7325 was withdrawn from service at Pontypool Road in July 1963April 1964.<ref> [http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=9303&loco=7325 BRDatabase] Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref>
==7325 in preservation==