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[[File:4566 20140316.jpg|thumb|300px|right|GWR Small Prairie 4566]]The '''4566 Group ''' owns [[GWR Small Prairie 4566 | GWR Small Prairie 4566]] and [[GWR 134290 Fruit A Van|GWR 'Fruit A' 134290]]. ==History==Bob Sim and the late David Rouse saw considered 4566 to be the most suitable for preservation out of several examples of the type engine at [[Barry, Scrapyard|Barry]]. They wanted to save it and in 1968 started an Appeal Fund the “45xx Appeal” fund which became the 4566 Group.<ref>[http://www.rail.co.uk/rail-news/2015/happy-birthday-dear-4566/ 'Happy birthday dear 4566', rail.co.uk, 19 June 2015] (Retrieved 3 January 2019)</ref><ref>SVR News 15</ref> The locomotive arrived on the SVR in August 1970 along with Fruit A 134290 which was recovered while awaiting scrapping at Barry.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> During restoration of the locomotive in the early 1970s, the 4566 Group was closely associated with [[The 5164 Preservation Group]] who were restoring [[5164|Large Prairie 5164]], the two groups sharing the same Birmingham Area Fund Raising Officer<ref>SVR News 24</ref> and organising joint fund raising initiatives under the umbrella of the "4566/5164 Group".<ref>SVR News 27, 28</ref> ==Social Media==The 4566 Group does not have a website and is not active on social media.
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