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Then future (and now former) SVR residents [[MR Midland Compound 1000 | 1000]], [[LMS Stanier Jubilee 45690 Leander | 5690 Leander]] and [[GWR 6960 Raveningham Hall | 6960 Raveningham Hall]] also took part.<ref name="railcentre"/>
 
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Midland_Compound_1000.jpg | Midland Railway 1000 by the coal drops at Shildon
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After taking part in Cavalcade, 43106 returned to the Railway "''under its own steam''" with 600 Gordon and the three coaches. 8233 did not return to the SVR until 6 September "''due to circumstances beyond the control of the Severn Valley Railway''", spending a week in the BR diesel depot adjoining the newly opened National Railway Museum at York<ref>SVR News 37, 38</ref>.
As part of the Rail 150 celebrations excursion trains were run from various parts of the country on Sundays in September 1975, with steam haulage between Sheffield and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Serendipitously, on 14 September [[BR Class 52 D1013 Western Ranger | D1013 Western Ranger]] (still then in BR service) hauled one such train, The Bristolian-Tynesider, from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street and return<ref>[https://features.rcts.org.uk/haulage-highlights/rail-150-cavalcade-1975/ Railway Correspondence and Travel Society] (Retrieved 17 January 2023)</ref><ref>[https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/ht1975.html 'The Railtour Files - 1975', Six Bells Junction website]</ref>.
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File:PT26_GWR_813_at_Shildon.jpg | GWR 813 at Shildon
File:Midland_Compound_1000.jpg | Midland Railway 1000 by the coal drops at Shildon
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==See also==
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