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__NOTOC__ [[File:064 305 BH Yard 1064_305_BH_Yard_2.jpg|thumb|200px|right|64 305 in Bridgnorth Yard in 1975 (David Cooke)]][[File:064 305 Eardington.jpg|thumb|200px|right|64 305 on a test run back from Eardington, its only known movement outside of Bridgnorth (David Cooke)]]
DRG 64 305 was briefly resident on the SVR between 1975 and 1977.
Number 305 was purchased for use on the SVR by the ‘German 064 Klasse Fund’ in September 1974, and moved from Weiden depot near the Czech border to Stolberg. In June 1975 a move to Zeebrugge took place, with the locomotive being shipped by sea to Harwich. The locomotive finally arrived at the SVR several weeks later on 16 July 1975, after a delay in finding a suitable road route for the final part of the journey.
The locomotive was steamed later in 1975, and recorded 5 miles of travel. This is believed to have been a return trip from [[Bridgnorth]] to [[Eardington]], as of which three photographs are shown on the rightbelow.
It soon transpired that the measurements of the locomotive that had been provided prior to purchase were incorrect, and also that the Severn Valley Railway had not been built to standard GWR gauge as had been assumed. Significant modifications to the locomotive’s profile and to platform clearances would have been required before it could enter service, so in 1977 the locomotive found a new home on the Nene Valley Railway, the only UK heritage railway built to continental loading gauge.
 
==Gallery==
 
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File:064 305 Stolberg, Germany 1969.jpg|64 305 at Stolberg, Germany
File:064 305 BH Yard 1.jpg|64 305 in Bridgnorth Yard in 1975
File:064 305 shunts Bridgnorth 1975.jpg|Shunting at Bridgnorth in 1975
</gallery>
 
=== Eardington Test Run ===
 
Three photos of 64 305 on a test run back from Eardington, its only known movement outside of Bridgnorth.
 
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File:064 305 Eardington.jpg
File:064 305 Eardington 2.jpg
File:064 305 Eardington 3.jpg
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