Steam and diesel locomotives visiting the SVR for contract overhauls

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A list of steam locomotives visiting the SVR for contract overhauls. This does not include locomotives such as LNWR 3020 Cornwall, GWR 3717 City of Truro and LMS Stanier Class 5 45000 which then remained for a period and are therefore classed as former residents.

(potentially incomplete list):

Original owner Wheel Arrangement Class or type Number / Name Duration of visit Notes
LMS 4-6-0 Stanier 6P Jubilee 45690 Leander August 1980 to November 1981 Contract boiler overhaul (returned as a resident in 1984)
L&YR 0-6-0 Barton Wright class 25 2F 52044 [L&Y 957] Summer 1997 to Summer 2002 Contract restoration for the KWVR.
Industrial 4wVBT VCG Sentinel Sentinel 9387 March 2015 to February 2016 Cosmetic restoration.
Duke of Sutherland 0-4-4T Sharp Stewart Dunrobin May 2011 to date Contract overhaul for the Beamish Living Museum of the North.

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