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5164 is a GWR Collett 5101 class 2-6-2T 'Large Prairie'. These medium-sized tank engines were used all over the GWR network for suburban and local passenger and local freight services. A number of the class were allocated to [[Kidderminster]] and [[Shrewsbury]] sheds and were regularly used on the Severn Valley Railway in its declining years. The 5101 Class was an updated version by CB Collett of Churchward's 1903 3100/5100 Class. British Railways rated the class 4MT.
[[GWR Large Prairie 4150|4150]] is also a member of this class.
==5164 in service==
5164 was built at the GWR Swindon Works as part of Lot 259 at a cost of £4,220.<ref name="5164org">5164.org</ref> The locomotive entered service at Tyseley in November 1930.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/262_5100det.htm GWR Archive] (Retrieved 28 January 2015).</ref> It remained allocated to the Wolverhampton region until 19571956, principally at Tyseley but also at Wolverhampton Stafford Road and Wellington.Duties included the haulage of local trains from Birmingham Snow Hill to Kidderminster and the SVR.<ref name="5164org">5164.org</ref> During its working life it was allocated to Tyseley 10 times, with the longest stay 3 years and the shortest 4 months.<ref name="PR1221"/>
In August 1956, it was allocated to Newton Abbot, working local trains and also acting as a banker on the Dainton and Rattery Banks.<ref name="5164org" /> In July 1959, it had an overhaul at Swindon with boiler 5743 being fitted.<ref name="PR1221">EMF Press Release issued 14 December 2021</ref>
In October 1961 it moved to Pontypool Road, from where on 4 April 1963 the loco was condemned with a slipping driving tyre.<ref name="PR1221"/> It had amassed 67,447 miles from its last overhaul at Swindon and 811,367 miles in service.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=103347&loco=5164 BRDatabase] Retrieved 28 January 2015</ref> It had been allocated to Tyseley 10 times, with the longest stay 3 years and the shortest 4 months. It was sold to [[Barry Scrapyard]] on 9 October 1963 and moved the following month.<ref name="PR1221"/>
==5164 in preservation==
Purchase was successfully completed at a cost of £2,250.<ref name="5164org" /> The locomotive was officially the 30th to leave Barry,<ref>The Barry Story, Beckett & Hardingham, 2010</ref>, arriving on the SVR on 6 January 1973 in the company of [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall]] and [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor]].
The locomotive was formerly owned by the [[The 5164 Preservation Group]]. The transfer of ownership to [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] for a nominal sum was completed in November 2021.<ref>EMF Newsletter no 78, November 2021</ref>
===First boiler ticket===
===Current status===
5164 is now awaiting its next overhaul. The locomotive was formerly owned by the [[The 5164 Preservation Group]]. In July 2020 [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] announced it was in discussion with The 5164 Preservation Group and the SVR regarding the proposed transfer of 5164 to the EMF.<ref>[https://www.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/announcement-gwr-5164/ EMF announcement] (retrieved 29 July 2020)</ref> In June 2021 all parties agreed the the formal transfer agreement.<ref>SVR News 215, Autumn 2021, p. 37</ref> The transfer of ownership for a nominal sum was completed in November 2021.<ref>EMF Newsletter no 78, November 2021</ref> The locomotive is under cover on display at Barrow Hill RoundhouseRailway Centre, where it moved in March 2014<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=964 SVR-Online forum thread 'GWR 2-6-2T 5164'] (Retrieved 14 February 2017)</ref><ref>[http://www.barrowhill.org/collections.html Barrow Hill Roundhouse] (Retrieved 26 January 2020)</ref>.
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