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BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia

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Preservation: 2022 visit for running in tests
After a period of ownership by [[The Waterman Railway Heritage Trust|Pete Waterman]], the locomotive was bought by Jeremy Hosking and was transferred to the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust.<ref>[http://www.royalscot.org.uk/ Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust web page] (Retrieved 25 February 2015)</ref> Britannia returned as a guest locomotive for the [[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|2015 and 2018 Autumn Steam Galas]]. It is operated on the main line by Icons of Steam.<ref>[http://www.iconsofsteam.com/locomotives/britannia Icons of Steam] (Retrieved 15 January 2018)</ref>
Footage of the delivery of 70000 from Crewe to Bridgnorth on 4 September 2018 was included in the UKTV programme [[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway|Train Tuckers]] first broadcast 30 August 2019. 70000 re-visited the SVR in early 2022 for running in tests after an overhaul, arriving by road on 25 January and leaving by rail on 16 February<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4178 SVR-Online Forum]</ref>.
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