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===Restoration===
45000 arrived at the SVR on loan from the [[NRMNational Railway Museum]] on 19 November 1977, with the intention of being restored for main line working. Stripping the locomotive began straight away, the first task being to empty several barrow loads of ash from the smokebox left over from the last steaming 10 years earlier. However pressure of work on other SVR locomotives then delayed serious progress until late 1978, with the boiler being lifted by the [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1087|30 ton steam crane]] in Christmas week. The boiler work required complete replacement of all 21 big and 136 small tubes plus renewal of a number of firebox stays. This was completed in time for the boiler to be reinstalled on Easter Saturday, 14 April 1979. A rail tour planned for June of that year led to much ‘burning of the midnight oil’, an example of which being that 5000 moved under her own power for the first time at 1.00am on Saturday 28 April.
The restoration was duly completed and the locomotive entered service in LMS livery as No 5000, moving light engine to Hereford on 1 June 1979 in time to work a rail tour the following day<ref>SVR News 52, "Miracles take a little longer, the Story of the 5000 Renovation" (Tony Pirie)</ref>. The SVR later won the 1979 ARPS award for restoring 5 locomotives in the year including LMS 5000.<ref>SVR News 55</ref>
===SVR service===
[[File:Stanier class 5MT No 5000 at Rainhill.jpg|thumb|250px|left|LMS 5000 at Rainhill in 1980 (Wikimedia Commons)]]45000 took part in the grand parade at the [[Rocket 150 ]] celebrations at Rainhill in May 1980. Other main line working was carried out from Steam Centres around the country, including the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford. Between 1979 and 1988 the locomotive accumulated 34,774 miles on the SVR and in the course of some 20+ rail tours on the main line. Mileage by year was as follows:
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During her time at the SVR, LMS 5000 was sometimes described as Chief Engineer [[Alun Rees|Alun Rees's]] "personal locomotive",<ref>SVR News 62, 66 etc</ref> with sister locomotive 45110 becoming "the Company Black 5". In summer 1982 the locomotive was briefly withdrawn from service while a 2ft 6in crack in the steel firebox door plate was repaired.
The locomotive failed a steam test at the start of the 1989 season,<ref>SVR News 92</ref> and was returned to the [[NRM]] in the spring of 1991.<ref>SVR News 9</ref> It can normally be seen on display at Locomotion (the [[NRM]] museum at Shildon) or the [[NRM]] at York.<ref>[http://www.nrm.org.uk/OurCollection/UsingTheRailway/CollectionItem.aspx?objid=1978-7040&keywords=5000 NRM web site]</ref>
==See also==
