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Kitson & Co 5474 'Carnarvon'

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=='Carnarvon' in preservation==
Following withdrawal in 1969 she was purchased in working order by the [[Worcester Locomotive Society ]] and moved to the SVR, where she spent the winter of 1969-70 on engineers’ trains. In 1970, the Worcester Locomotive Society moved their locomotives including 'Carnarvon' and [[GWR Pannier 5786]] to the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford.
During the oil crisis in 1973, 'Carnarvon' was reportedly used to shunt wagons of cider apples for Bulmers (a producer of cider), in place of the usual diesel shunters <ref>Comments on [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/5696777089 Flickr photo] of Carnarvon at Hereford</ref>. When the Centre closed, she found a new home in 1993 at the South Devon Railway.
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