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==80079 in preservation==
[[File:BR class 4MT tank engine No 80079 at Rainhill.jpg|thumb|300px250px|right|80079 at Rainhill, May 1980]][[File:80079 and 43106 approach Tram Inn.jpg |thumb|250px|right| Welsh Marches Pullman with 43106, February 1983]]
80079 was considered the best of the 14 standard tanks at Barry. An appeal by the 'Passenger Tank Fund' for funds to acquire the locomotive was published in SVR News in Autumn 1970.<ref>SVR News 18</ref> A share issue to raise the £3,000 purchase price was successfully completed by Spring 1971<ref>SVR News 19</ref> and 80079 became the 13th locomotive to leave Barry,<ref name="BarryList" /> arriving at the SVR by rail on 15 May, 1971.
