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[[File: 78019_20100307.jpg |thumb|200px|right| 78019 crossing Victoria Bridge in 2010]]
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[[File:78019 Bridgnorth Lorry 1973.jpg|thumb|200px|right|78019 arrives at Bridgnorth by road from Barry. (David Cooke)]]
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78019 was resident on the SVR between 1973 and 1998, and was a Gala visitor in spring 2010.
 
78019 was resident on the SVR between 1973 and 1998, and was a Gala visitor in spring 2010.
  
 
The BR Standard 2MT 2-6-0 was essentially a development of the LMS 2-6-0 ‘Mickey Mouse’, of which the SVR’s [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443 | 46443]] is an example.  78019 was built at BR’s Darlington Works and entered service in 1954 at Kirkby Stephen in Cumbria. The locomotive was eventually with drawn from service in November 1966.
 
The BR Standard 2MT 2-6-0 was essentially a development of the LMS 2-6-0 ‘Mickey Mouse’, of which the SVR’s [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443 | 46443]] is an example.  78019 was built at BR’s Darlington Works and entered service in 1954 at Kirkby Stephen in Cumbria. The locomotive was eventually with drawn from service in November 1966.
  
SVR member Mr Charles Newton had already bought [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521 | 46521]] before purchasing 78019 as a longer term restoration project.  78019 arrived by road from Barry on 10 March 1973.   
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SVR member Mr Charles Newton had already bought [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521 | 46521]] before purchasing 78019 as a longer term restoration project.  78019 arrived by road from [[Barry Scrapyard]] on 10 March 1973.   
  
 
Some restoration work took place during the following years, but was still not complete when in 1998 a group from the Great Central Railway at Loughborough offered to complete the restoration of the locomotive on agreement that it then remained at the GCR for an undisclosed period of time. This move was completed and became permanent.  
 
Some restoration work took place during the following years, but was still not complete when in 1998 a group from the Great Central Railway at Loughborough offered to complete the restoration of the locomotive on agreement that it then remained at the GCR for an undisclosed period of time. This move was completed and became permanent.  
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78019 returned to the SVR as a gala visitor in spring 2010.
 
78019 returned to the SVR as a gala visitor in spring 2010.
  
==Sources==
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==Gallery==
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File:78019 Bridgnorth Lorry 1973.jpg|78019 arrives at Bridgnorth by road from Barry in 1973
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File:78019 Bridgnorth Yard 1973.jpg|78019 in Bridgnorth yard in 1973
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File:78019 Bridgnorth Yard 1975.jpg|78019 under restoration in Bridgnorth Yard in 1975
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==See also==
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[[Former Residents]]<br>
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[[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas]]
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==References==
 
SVR News<br>
 
SVR News<br>
 
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book, eighth edition<br>
 
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book, eighth edition<br>
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[http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/the-railway/locomotives/78019-2/ GCR 78019 web page] Retrieved 27 February 2015.
 
[http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/the-railway/locomotives/78019-2/ GCR 78019 web page] Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  
==See also==
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Revision as of 08:50, 29 September 2017

78019 crossing Victoria Bridge in 2010

78019 was resident on the SVRSevern Valley Railway between 1973 and 1998, and was a Gala visitor in spring 2010.

The BRBritish Rail or British Railways Standard 2MTThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic. 2-6-0 was essentially a development of the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 2-6-0 ‘Mickey Mouse’, of which the SVRSevern Valley Railway’s 46443 is an example. 78019 was built at BRBritish Rail or British Railways’s Darlington Works and entered service in 1954 at Kirkby Stephen in Cumbria. The locomotive was eventually with drawn from service in November 1966.

SVRSevern Valley Railway member Mr Charles Newton had already bought 46521 before purchasing 78019 as a longer term restoration project. 78019 arrived by road from Barry Scrapyard on 10 March 1973.

Some restoration work took place during the following years, but was still not complete when in 1998 a group from the Great Central Railway at Loughborough offered to complete the restoration of the locomotive on agreement that it then remained at the GCRGreat Central Railway for an undisclosed period of time. This move was completed and became permanent.

78019 returned to the SVRSevern Valley Railway as a gala visitor in spring 2010.

Gallery

See also

Former Residents
Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas

References

SVRSevern Valley Railway News
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book, eighth edition
Great Central Railway 78019 web page

Links

GCR 78019 web page Retrieved 27 February 2015.