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[[<!--IMAGE FILE-->File: 319290_201706174566_20140316.jpg |thumb|centre|300px|link=<!--PAGE TO LINK TO--> Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter 319290GWR Small Prairie 4566 | 319290 4566 is the longest serving a GWR Churchward 4500 2-6-2T '[[Whyte notation|Small Prairie]]', one of a number class of Ruston and Hornsby 165 h.p. diesel shunters acquired by the SVR. It arrived in 1972 and saw many years' service 175 small mixed traffic locomotives mainly used on Pbranch lines.Way duties before these Small prairies were taken over by more powerful locomotives. It now acts as yard shunter a common sight on the Severn Valley Branch from the 1920s; the last use there being in [[Bewdley Down Yard]]1961. [[<!--PAGE TO LINK TO--> Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter 319290GWR Small Prairie 4566 | (Full article...)]]]]
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