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==GWR Pannier Tank 6430==
Paul Fisher on FB says 6430 in 1996 spent some time having cracked cylinder blocks repaired at the Valley. Can anyone verify details, so it can ve added to the Timeline? Thanks--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 19:38, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
:The only reference I can find in SVR News is the Locomotive Notes in SVR News 119, Summer 1996 under 'Contract Work'. "''6430 (GWR 0-6-0 pannier tank); the complete cylinder block has arrived from the Llangollen Railway, to have specialist welding carried out on its left hand cylinder bore and to have its valve faces machined; it will possibly need new cylinder liners.''" There was no follow up report on the work being completed and it does not state whether the whole loco ever attended or just the cylinder block. Around that time there was a lot of contract work being done; the same issue mentioned that since the previous winter the SVR had made and installed 12 valve and 2 cylinder liners under contract, and as well as 6430 also referred to work in progress on 4277, 6984 Owsden Hall, 5542 75014, and 6023 King Edward II. --[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 21:55, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
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