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==Structure==
DTG Limited is a private limited company number 05012555 incorporated on 12 January 2004.<ref>[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06524306 Companies House] (retrieved 5 January 2017)</ref> It DTG Limited oversees the running of [[BR Class 52 D1015 Western Champion | D1015 Western Champion]]. To allow the DTG to operate in today's financially demanding world it formed a wholly owns a owned trading subsidiary, DTG Trading Limited.<ref>Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2015</ref> <ref>[http://www.westernchampion.co.uk/about.php 'About Us', DTG website] (Retrieved 17 November 2018)</ref> DTG Trading Limited is a shareholder in [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Notable_shareholdings|SVR(H)]].
Membership to the group is by purchasing shares, when they become available, in a locomotive. The group therefore has a very low turnover of members. It operates a non-profit system whereby should a locomotive later be sold the member is returned only the face value of their original share. In January 2017 the Group offered new shares to raise funds for a replacement engine for [[BR Class 52 D1015 Western Champion | D1015 Western Champion]].<ref>SVRLive</ref> This was successful and the appeal closed the following month.<ref>[http://www.westernchampion.co.uk/index.php D1015 ENGINE APPEAL - update 11th February, DTG website] (retrieved 30 March 2017)</ref>
==Locomotives==
*[[BR Class 42 D821 Greyhound | D821 Greyhound]]: Class 42 ‘Warship’ (based at SVR)
*[[BR Class 35 D7029 | D7029]]: Class 35 ‘Hymek (based at SVR)
*[[BR Class 52 D1015 Western Champion | D1015 Western Champion]]: BR Class 52 ‘Western’ (based at Boden RailSVR)**D8568: BR [[Clayton Class 17 ‘Clayton Type 1’ Bo-Bo D8568|D8568]] (based at Chinnor & Princes Risborough) D8568, and before it became resident D1015, periodically visited the SVR for [[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas | Diesel Galas]] or attention from the DTG Engineering Staff. <gallery>File: D821_20110522.jpg | D821 Greyhound in 2011File: Kidderminster Town - D7029 outside the museum.JPG | D7029 in 2015File: D1015_20160829.jpg | D1015 Western Champion in 2016File: Bewdley - D8568 arriving from Kidderminster.JPG| D8568 in 2015</gallery>
==Mainline operations==
<nowiki>*</nowiki>The Group's main line operations are carried out in conjunction with Pathfinder Tours & and Vintage Trains (Tyseley).<ref>DTG web site</ref> From time  ==Other activity==The DTG regularly offers assistance and advice to time D1015 has visited other locomotive owning groups. They have helped maintain [[BR Class 27 D5410]] at the SVR for on behalf of the owner, Sandwell Council.  The DTG also supported the [[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas | Diesel GalasDepot]] or attention from the DTG Engineering Staff.
==See also==
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