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813 suffered from leaking boiler tubes during the 2021 [[Autumn Steam Gala]] and was withdrawn on the Friday of that event. A retube followed<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bloct21 Branch Lines, October 2021]</ref>.
During the 2022 [[Spring Steam Gala]] 813 suffered a failure of the grey iron casting that forms part of the rear spring housing under the coal bunker. It was [[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events#Cancelled_appearances|unable to attend]] as planned the South Devon Railway 150 celebration, and a hire period at The Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway. The failure required the casting to be removed at Bridgnorth and The Boro' Foundry at Lye, Stourbridge engaged to assist in producing a new pattern, make a new casting in spheroidal graphite iron, and machine it.<ref>SVR News 220</ref> The GWR 813 Fund Trustees launched a Crowdfunder appeal which raised around £2,250 of the estimated £15,000 cost.<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/gwr-813-failure.1420980/page-3#post-2816098 National Preservation Forum] (retrieved 1 June 2023)</ref> {{As of |20232024|101}} the machined drag -box casting is at Bridgnorththe foundry having the final machining completed<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljan24 Branch Lines, awaiting fittingJanuary 2024]</ref>.
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