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BR Riddles 4MT 80079

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[[File:{{Infobox black steam loco|image = 80079.jpg|caption = 80079 at Bridgnorth|construc = BR Brighton Works|wheels = 2-6-4T|rating = 4MT|status = Out of service|locono = 80079|designed = Robert Riddles|locotype = '''BR Standard 4MT Tank'''|built = 1954|years1 = 1971|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = 1977|events2 = First steamed in preservation|thumbyears3 = 2002|300pxevents3 = Withdrawn for overhaul|rightlength = 60ft 0"|weight = 67t 18cwt}}80079 at Bridgnorth]]is a BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T tank engine designed by R.A. Riddles. The Class 4 tank engine was derived from the ex-LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T, and was used mainly on commuter and outer suburban services.

==80079 in service==

80079 is a BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T tank engine designed by R.A. Riddles. The Class 4 tank engine was derived from the ex-LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T, and was used mainly on commuter and outer suburban services.

 

80079 was built in 1954 at BR’s Brighton works and entered service at Plaistow in March of that year, before moving to Tilbury a month later.<ref name="BRDatabase">[[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=80079&loco=80079 BRDatabase]] Retrieved 29 January 2015.</ref> While hauling a passenger train on 30 January 1958, 80079 overran signals in thick fog and was in a rear-end collision with another passenger train at Dagenham, Essex. Ten people were killed and 89 were injured.<ref>Red for Danger. Rolt, L.T.C. (1955, rev. 1966)</ref>

After repair, 80079 continued in service at Tilbury, before moving to the Croes Newydd shed, Wrexham in July 1962. The locomotive was withdrawn from there in 1965 and taken to Barry.<ref name="BRDatabase" />

 

 

==80079 in preservation==

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