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The Passenger Tank Fund owns [[BR Riddles 4MT 80079 | BR Standard 4MT No 80079]]
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The Passenger Tank Fund owns [[BR Riddles 4MT 80079 | BR Standard 4MT No 80079]].
  
Railway Herald magazine reported on 7 November 2011 that the Fund is one of three similar funds operating on the SVR. An initial group of 18 members formed The [[Ivatt Class 4 Group]] to purchase [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106]], a larger group formed The Passenger Tank Fund, before a still larger group formed [[The 75069 Fund]] to purchase that locomotive. A special meeting of The Passenger Tank Fund had been arranged for 30 October 2011 to discuss and vote on a proposed sale of the locomotive to Mr Jeremy Hosking.<ref>Railway Herald Magazine Issue 290, 7 November (2011), p. 16.</ref>  No such sale took place.
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An appeal by the Passenger Tank Fund to acquire the locomotive was published in SVR News in Autumn 1970.<ref>SVR News 18</ref> A share issue to raise the £3,000 purchase price was successfully completed by Spring 1971.<ref>SVR News 19</ref>
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Railway Herald magazine reported on 7 November 2011 that the Fund is one of three similar funds operating on the SVR. An initial group of 18 members formed The [[Ivatt Class 4 Group]] to purchase [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106]], a larger group formed The Passenger Tank Fund, before a still larger group formed [[The 75069 Fund]] to purchase that locomotive.
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As with several groups on the SVR the Fund has a low profile with no website or social media presence.
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A special meeting of The Passenger Tank Fund had been arranged for 30 October 2011 to discuss and vote on a proposed sale of the locomotive to Mr Jeremy Hosking.<ref>Railway Herald Magazine Issue 290, 7 November (2011), p. 16.</ref>  No such sale took place.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
[[List of preservation groups]]
 
[[List of preservation groups]]
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 20:30, 24 January 2021

The Passenger Tank Fund owns BR Standard 4MT No 80079.

An appeal by the Passenger Tank Fund to acquire the locomotive was published in SVRSevern Valley Railway News in Autumn 1970.[1] A share issue to raise the £3,000 purchase price was successfully completed by Spring 1971.[2]

Railway Herald magazine reported on 7 November 2011 that the Fund is one of three similar funds operating on the SVRSevern Valley Railway. An initial group of 18 members formed The Ivatt Class 4 Group to purchase LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106, a larger group formed The Passenger Tank Fund, before a still larger group formed The 75069 Fund to purchase that locomotive.

As with several groups on the SVRSevern Valley Railway the Fund has a low profile with no website or social media presence.

A special meeting of The Passenger Tank Fund had been arranged for 30 October 2011 to discuss and vote on a proposed sale of the locomotive to Mr Jeremy Hosking.[3] No such sale took place.

See also

List of preservation groups

References

  1. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 18
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 19
  3. Railway Herald Magazine Issue 290, 7 November (2011), p. 16.