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Added a note about 46443 operations at Bristol Temple Meads (I was on it!)
'''[[46443]]''' arrived on the SVR in steam in April 1967 facing south. In September 1969 it visited the Tyseley Railway Museum, piloted by a BR Class 47, and returned facing north, becoming the only SVR locomotive to face in both directions before opening day in May 1970. In early 1978 it was again piloted by a BR diesel when turned on the main line to face south for filming [[Hanover Street]] and [[The Thirty Nine Steps]]. Late in 1978 another piloted main line reversal was carried out to face north for filming [[A Man Called Intrepid]].
In summer 1985 46443 made three visits to Bristol for running the Bristol to Portishead shuttles. <ref group="note">Operationally 46443 could enter Bristol Temple Meads either from the west or routed to run via St Philip's Marsh and North Somerset Junction to enter the station from the east, so facing Portishead for the next service without running round. This had the effect of 46443 possibly turning direction regularly.</ref> Only the first visit resulted in a reversal to face south again. 46443's final reversal to face north followed a day of operating main line shuttles on 26 September 1987 to mark the last day of the old Moor Street Station.
'''[[45110]]''' arrived at the SVR in steam in August 1970 facing south. In August 1973 the locomotive attended a Derby Litchurch Lane Carriage Works "Open Day", travelling there and back in steam with [[LMS 24617 Corridor Composite]], [[LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor]] and [[LMS 2886 Six-wheel Passenger Brake (later 32919)|Stove R 32919]] and thereby becoming the first Severn Valley locomotive and rolling stock to work unassisted on the BR network in preservation. The formation was turned at Burton, with 45110 returning facing south.<ref>SVR News 29</ref>
Locomotives which worked regularly on the SVR before 1994 but never changed direction before the commissioning of the turntable include [[5164]] (1979-1984 facing south), [[7325]] (from 1992 facing north), [[42968]] (from 1990 facing north), [[43106]] (from 1970 facing south), [[LMR 600 Gordon]] (from 1972 facing south) and [[WD 193 Shropshire]] (1971-1981 facing north).
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