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[[File:Hugh llewelyn 7325 (6240789503).jpg |thumb|200px300px|right| 7325 in The Engine House (Wikimedia Commons)]]7325 (formerly numbered 9303) is a GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 (mogul) steam locomotive.
==7325 in service==
The locomotive first entered service in February 1932 as GWR number 9303, and began life allocated to Penzance. Between 1947 and 1950 the locomotive was allocated to Reading.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/260_9300det.htm GWR Archive] Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref>
==7325 in preservation==
The locomotive arrived from [[Barry Scrapyard]] on 13 August 1975. Although the owning group [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc. |The Great Western (SVR) Association]] customarily refer to the locomotive by its earlier number 9303, the locomotive first entered service in <tba> as no 7325.
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Between 1995 and 1998, 7325 made the following appearances on the main line:
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!Date!!Tour name !! Route !! Notes !! Web !!SVR News
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|19 May 1995|| || Kidderminster-Newport-Gloucester-Worcester || D/H with 7802 from Gloucester. L/E from Worcester due to hot box on tender. || ||115-44
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|04 Nov 1995|| || Stourbridge - Bristol - Swansea || Possible duplicate of 11 November<ref>Shown as 4 November in Siviter (2008)</ref> || ||
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|11 Nov 1995|| || Stourbridge - Bristol - Swansea || D/H with 70000 Britannia from Bristol || ||117-2
|-
|18 May 1996||Steam on the Met || || London Underground 'Steam on the Met' (2 weekends) || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/960518lu.htm SBJ] ||
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|19 May 1996||Steam on the Met || || London Underground 'Steam on the Met' (2 weekends) || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/960519lu.htm SBJ] ||
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|25 May 1996||Steam on the Met || || London Underground 'Steam on the Met' (2 weekends) || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/960525lu.htm SBJ] ||119-58
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|26 May 1996||Steam on the Met || || London Underground 'Steam on the Met' (2 weekends) || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/960526lu.htm SBJ] ||
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|27 May 1996||Steam on the Met || || London Underground 'Steam on the Met' (2 weekends) || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/960527lu.htm SBJ] ||
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|11 Jan 1997||Taffy Apple || Worcester-Hereford-Swansea-Gloucester-Worcester || D/H with 42968 || ||122-4
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|25 Oct 1997||Meldon Meanderer || Bristol - Exeter - Meldon Quarry || D/H with 42968 || ||125-70
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|08 Nov 1997||Pilgrims Progres || Exeter - Plymouth - Bristol || D/H with 42968 || ||125-70
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|15 Nov 1997||Hardy Flyer || Bristol Temple Meads - Yeovil Pen Mill - Bristol || D/H with 42968 || ||126-48
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|22 Nov 1997||Lickey Incliner || Bristol-Bromsgrove-Stourbridge-Gloucester || D/H with 42968, first preserved steam on the Lickey Incline || ||126-2
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|31 Jan 1998||Inclined Salopian || Gloucester - Lickey Incline - Bescot || D/H with 42968 || ||126-49
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|21 Mar 1998||Chester Chuffer || Bescot-Chester + return || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/980321pr.htm SBJ] ||
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|colspan="6"|<small>For further information on sources and references, see [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR-based locomotives which hauled revenue-earning services on the main line | The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]</small>
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7325 last saw service in August 2000 and is presently on display in [[The Engine House]], still numbered 7325. The Association's web site states “''The plan is to replace the missing weight at the next overhaul so that it can once again run as 9303, a true Great Western engine.''”
