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[[File:42968AtHighley.jpg|400px300px|right| 42968 at Highley in 2011]]The Stanier Moguls were one of the first classes designed by Stanier after his arrival on the LMS, the first loco of the single production lot emerging from Crewe in October 1933.
== 42968 in service ==
== 42968 in preservation ==
Following withdrawal 42968 was purchased for scrap by [[Barry Scrapyard | Woodham Bros]]. By 1969 all other members of the class had been cut up, and the [[Stanier Mogul Fund]] was formed to preserve her as an important example of an early Stanier locomotive. After four years the Fund had raised Woodham Bros's asking price, and the loco was hauled to the SVR by rail in December 1973. Restoration began the following year.
:On 3rd January 1998, 42968 set off on a rail tour from Shrewsbury to Newport and Gloucester via the Central Wales line. At Llandrindod Wells it was discovered that the track ahead was flooded, so 42968 drew the train back to Craven Arms running tender first, then ran around to take a detour via the Welsh Marches route. This was the first time that a steam-hauled special had been rerouted mid-tour.
In 1998 she was withdrawn for a full overhaul, which was completed in 2003, and she re-entered service in BR livery. She remained in service until the expiry of her boiler certificate in 2013; her current overhaul began in early 2014. {{As of|2016|05}} the boiler is stored outside [[Bridgnorth Loco Works]] on [[BR 901010 Weltrol MV]]. The Stanier Mogul Fund intends for her to re-enter service carrying her original number, 13268.<ref>Severn Valley Railway News 189 (Spring 2015), p57.</ref> ==Gallery== <gallery>File:42968 boiler on 901010.JPG|42968's boiler at Bridgnorth in May 2016</gallery>
== See Also ==
