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BR Riddles 4MT 80072

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This very useful engine is based at the Llangollen Railway and is owned by 80072 Steam Locomotive Co Ltd. She has visited the SVR many times in preservation.
*[[Spring Steam Gala|Spring Galas]] s 2011 and 2013
*Winter hire for [[Christmas services]] 2011 and 2017.
In addition 80072 is a rarity, an engine that worked over the SVR in service before being preserved. She was photographed on the line on three occasions during the very cold winter of 1962-63 (whilst allocated to Swansea East Dock, 87D).<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&id=726401&type=S&page=alloc 80000 page, BRDatabase] (Retrieved 23 April 2017)</ref> It featured at the beginning of the acclaimed 1963 short film ''Snow''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI Snow (a film), dir. by Jones, G., 1963 via BFI National Archive] (Retrieved 9 December 2020)</ref> Images can be found in the [[Sellick Collection]]. 
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File:Bridgnorth-Cantern-Brook-1963-01-26.jpg | Near Bridgnorth in on 26 January 1963 (Sellick Collection)
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*[[BR Riddles 4MT 80079]]
*[[Sellick Collection]]
*[[Locomotives used on the Severn Valley Branch in commercial service]]
==References==
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