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[[File:80300atHighley.jpg|thumb|300px|right|80300 in use as the visitor centre]]
80300 arrived on the SVR in on 19 March 1997 from Barton Hill near Bristol, already restored in late 1960s maroon livery, having been donated to the railway by EWS Railways.<ref Name=SVR/> It was presented to the railway on indefinite loan in a ceremony at Kidderminster on 21 March 1997 by Richard Dykes, Managing Director of Royal Mail, and Ed Burkhardt, Chairman of EWS.<ref>SVR News 122</ref>
Before the opening of the Engine House in 2008, 80300 was used as the visitor centre at Highley. This visitor centre was officially opened on 2 June 2001.<ref>SVR News 137</ref>
