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[[File:48773_WD307_20180630.jpg|thumb|300px|right|48773 cosmetically painted in WD livery, June 2018]]Although in working order, 48773 was refused permission by BR to travel south from Rose Grove under power, despite [[43106]] having been allowed to do the same from Lostock Hall a week earlier.<ref name=SVR11>SVR News 11</ref> The locomotive was therefore towed by BR diesel via Rotherham, Chesterfield and Derby to Tyseley, where it appeared at an open day. From there it was towed to Bewdley, arriving on 30 September 1968.<ref>SVR News 10</ref> At the time Bewdley was still a working BR station, although the SVR had a presence in the yard. It took several months to get clearance from BR to proceed further, as no 8F had previously worked as far north as Bridgnorth.<ref name=SVR11/> The SVR initially were concerned too, mostly about the axle load of the tender, with the tender restricted to 4½ tons of coal and 2,500 gallons of water for some time.<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/when-and-what-was-the-last-ex-br-steam-engine-cut-up-by-a-scrap-merchant.1417945/page-5 Norman, J., National Preservation 22 April 2020] (Retrieved 22 April 2020)</ref> The locomotive was finally steamed on 28 December before running to Bridgnorth on 4 January 1969,<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4291 SVR-Online Forum]</ref> the official arrival date shown in subsequent stock books.
During the early years 48773 ran under its LMS number as 8233. Since then it On 1 September 1971 8233 was briefly renumbered 48188 for a film concerning the heroism of Driver John Axon G.C. who was killed when the real 48188 ran away at Chapel-en-le-Frith in 1957. Filming involving freight train scenes took place on 1 September 1971.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Williams (1974)]] p. 44.</ref> The locomotive has achieved the greatest mileage in preservation of any of the SVR locos, logging 151,805 miles (including a few [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | main line excursions]]) and going through a set of tyres in the process.
One of the main line excursions was in [[Severn_Valley_Railway_Timeline_1970-1979#1975 | 1975]] when 48773 travelled to Shildon to take part in the Rail 150 celebrations, piloting a short train which also included [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 | 43106]] and three carriages. A full list of main line activities is as follows:
