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[[File: Kitson_5474_20100621.jpg |thumb|200px|right| Kitson 5474 =='Carnarvon' in June 2010]]service==The locomotive was built by Kitson & Co 5474 'Carnarvon' of Leeds in 1934 for Stewarts and Lloyds. The locomotive was resident on built to a Manning Wardle design which Kitson acquired when Manning Wardle closed in 1926: the SVR between 1969 design dates from around 1917 when Manning Wardle built six locomotives for Stewarts and Lloyds to work at the quarry at Corby.<ref>[https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/kitson-works-no-5474-47-carnarvon-0-6-0st/ Preserved British Steam Locomotives]</ref> The locomotive has 4ft 0in diameter wheels and 1970two 16in inside cylinders.

The At Stewarts and Lloyds, the locomotive was built by Kitson & Co became No. 47. A number of their locomotives carried the (anglicised) names of Leeds Welsh towns in 1934 for Stewarts and Lloydstribute to the Welsh wife of the owner of the company, who numbered her with No. 47receiving the name 'Carnarvon' (without the "e"). Her 47's working life was spent at Corby, hauling iron ore from local quarries to the iron works. 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, =='Carnarvon' was moved to the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford. During the oil crisis in 1973preservation==In 1969, 'Carnarvon' was reportedly used to shunt wagons of cider apples for Bulmers (a producer of cider), in place of the usual diesel shunters Stewarts and Lloyds acquired 23 Paxman Type-1 diesels from Hull Dairycoats shed.<refgroup="note">Comments The replacement locomotives were the BR Class 14, represented on the SVR by [https://www.flickr[BR Class 14 D9551|D9551]], which moved from BR to the NCB.com/photos/60790501@N04/5696777089 Flickr photo] of Carnarvon at Hereford</ref>This enabled the company to eliminate steam almost overnight from their extensive railway system. When Many of the Centre closedsteam locomotives were still in good condition and rather than sending them for scrap, she found a new home in 1993 at Stewarts and Lloyds agreed to offer them first to preservation societies through the South Devon RailwayARPS.

The [[Worcester Locomotive Society]]'s primary goal was the acquisition of [[GWR Pannier 5786]]. However four Kitson-built inside cylinder 0-6-0 saddle tanks including 'Carnarvon' were offered for as little as £330 each and were thought to be 'well worthwhile', being a relatively uncommon type.<ref group==Gallery=="note">The contemporary report in SVR News referred to four of these locomotives. No. 44 'Conway' and No. 45 'Colwyn' are preserved at the Middleton Railway and the Northampton & Lamport Railway respectively. The fate of the fourth example is not recorded.</ref> The low price meant that one could be bought without jeopardising the Society's 'Pannier Tank Fund'. After a thorough examination, No 47 was purchased by the Society on 1 August 1969 in excellent working order with plenty of spare parts.<ref>SVR News 14</ref>

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After acquisition, both locomotives were moved to the SVR where No 47 spent the winter of 1969-70 on engineers' trains. It also [[Christmas services#Early_years|carried Santa in 1969]].<ref>[http://www.southdevonrailwayassociation.org/Caernarfon.html South Devon Railway website]</ref> The SVR was still preparing to open to the public at that time; all engineers trains were steam-hauled as the first diesel locomotives had yet to arrive. However in summer 1970, the SVR's solicitor [[Richard Dunn]] announced that the SVR and the Society had failed to agree the terms on which the two locomotives would remain on the SVR. The dispute centred around the requirement that only paid up members of the Severn Valley Railway Company could work on or operate locomotives on the railway as required by the SVR's insurers and the Inspecting Officer of Railways.<ref>SVR News 17</ref>  The Society initially moved their locomotives to the Bulmer's Railway Centre at Hereford. During the oil crisis in 1973, 'Carnarvon' was reportedly used to shunt wagons of cider apples for Bulmer's (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>.  <gallery mode=packed heights=Sources=200px style="text-align:left">File:Kitson 5474 Carnarvon Bulmers.jpg|Carnarvon at the Bulmer's Heritage Centre in Hereford, 1970</gallery> When the Bulmer's Centre eventually closed, No 47 found a new home in 1993 at the South Devon Railway. There it was initially used to give footplate and brake van rides until that practice was ended as the locomotive was not vacuum fitted. After that time, it was used on Members Only days and occasional goods trains.<ref>South Devon Railway</ref> The photograph below shows 'Carnarvon' on static display at Totnes in 2010. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Kitson_5474_20100621.jpg | Kitson 5474 in June 2010</gallery> ==See also==*[[Former Residents]] ==Notes==<references group="note"/> ==References==

*[httphttps://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/kitson-works-no-5474-47-carnarvon-0-6-0st/ Preserved British Steam Locomotives]*[https://www.southdevonrailwaygracesguide.co.uk/locomotives/Carnarvon Stewarts_and_Lloyds Stewarts and Lloyds, Grace'Carnarvon' on the SDR web sites Guide to British Industrial History] ==See also==*[[Former Residents]http://www.southdevonrailwayassociation.org/Caernarfon.html South Devon Railway]