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SR 34053 Sir Keith Park

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==34053 in preservation==
[[File: 34053_20120919.jpg |thumb|300px|right| 34053's slide bars]]
34053 left Barry in 1984. Evidence of her time spent there can still be seen today in the form of the words "Sold Mr Woodham" which are visible on the lower left slide bar. After various owners and lengthy periods in store, restoration was finally completed by [[Southern Locomotives Limited]] (SLL) in May 2012. Having no need of the locomotive at Swanage, agreement was reached for 34053 to come to the SVR, with the agreement carrying a break clause every two years. The locomotive arrived at Bridgnorth on 10 May and after some 'fine tuning', during running-in pulled its first passenger train in 47 years on 31 July by assisting a struggling [[GWR 5700 Class 3650]]. It entered service in on 24 August 2012. <ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2419 SVR Forum]</ref>  In August 2017 the SVR announced it had mutually agreed with [[Southern Locomotives Limited|SLL]] that the option to renew would not be actioned at the end of 2017, with 34053 moving to the Swanage Railway for the rest of the locomotive's certificate.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/34053-sir-keith-park SVRLive 23 August 2017]</ref> SKP ran her last SVR services on 2 January before winter maintenance works and her move to Swanage on 10 January 2018.<ref>SVR News 200</ref>.
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