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[[<!--IMAGE FILE-->File: GWR_68501_2016030543106_20111126.jpg |thumb|centre|300px|link=<!--PAGE TO LINK TO-->GWR 68501 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake VanLMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 | GWR 20T LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 is the only surviving example of the class, and is affectionately referred to on the SVR as 'ToadThe Flying Pig' Brake Van 68501 . It was built at Swindon in 1925one of the SVR’s early locomotives, arriving 'light engine' direct from Lostock Hall on 2 August 1968. It features regularly in [[Demonstration Goods Train |demonstration freight trains]] and appeared Since returning to service, 43106 has been a regular on the main line in the 1985 SVR as well as appearing [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Wagons used |on the main line in preservation]] and at [[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events | GW 150 demonstration freight traingala events on other heritage railways]]. During one Gala, damage to one of the sand pipes was drawn to the Guard's attention by a passenger pointing out that 'The exhaust pipe has fallen off!'[[<!--PAGE TO LINK TO-->GWR 68501 'Toad' 20T Goods Brake VanLMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 | (Full article...)]]]]
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