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46443 saw use on the SVR in the early gala events before the official opening of the SVR, and was one of the locomotives used on the opening weekend in May 1970. [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] bought the locomotive in 1972. She was taken out of service in early 1973 after the right trailing axle box caught fire. Repairs lasted until the following year, with the locomotive re-entering revenue earning service on 19 May 1974.<ref>SVR News 34</ref>. She continued in use until being withdrawn at the end of 1979 due to the poor condition of the flue tubes. She had covered more than 29,000 miles on around 600 steaming days, more than any other SVR locomotive in the same period.
In late 1983 SVR(H) announced that the locomotive had been sold as part of the deal that brought [[LMS Stanier Jubilee 45690 Leander|45690 Leander]] to the SVR, and that the locomotive would move to Loughborough after repairs to the boiler had been carried out.<ref>SVR News 70</ref> However the move did not take place, and a fund was launched to 'buy back' the locomotive,<ref>SVR News 71-72</ref> during which time it gained the nickname 'The Peoples Engine'. A part of the successful fund-raising entailed the sale of T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase "46443 The Peoples Engine". Part of the proceeds of the summer 1984 [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA raffle]] were alo earmarked to help the fund (the rest being used to fund better washing facilities for working volunteers).<ref>SVR News 73, 74</ref> It is now owned by the [[SVR 46443 Fund]], having been re-acquired in Autumn 1984.<ref>SVR News 73</ref>. Following completion of the boiler repairs, the locomotive re-entered service in October 1974.<ref>SVR News 75</ref>
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