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→48773 in preservation: Last Days of Steam
:''That engine's last ticked [sic] started before the SVR installed the reverse osmosis water treatment, as a result both boiler and firebox need major work. All tyres are down to scrapping size. The right hand cylinder is broken, and although the welded repair has so far held up, a new cylinder is highly desirable. The tender tank is badly corroded and a replacement tank is needed, all these above all the normal work needed for an overhaul.''<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/back-of-the-shed.1136536/page-4 National Preservation, 20 April 2018]</ref>
On 20 June 2018 48773 was moved from the Engine House to storage in Kidderminster in readiness for an event to mark the 50th anniversary end of BR steam in August 1968. The locomotive appeared in WD livery as WD 307, complete with mock air brake equipment, for the 2018 'Step Back to the 1940s' event which began on 30 June, before reverting to the BR 48773 livery for the 'Last Days of Steam' event on 4 August 2018.<gallery>File:48773 20180804.jpg|48773 at Kidderminster, 4 August 2018File:48773 20180805.jpg|48773 at Kidderminster, 5 August 2018 </gallery>
==Railway Royal Engineers' memorial==
