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Stretton captions an image as being 80079 emerging from Bridgnorth tunnel on 30 August 1962 on an empty 7.27p.m. Bridgnorth to Shrewsbury; possibly a Mensing image.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Stretton (2010)]] p. 90</ref> BR Database has the loco at Croes Newydd from 15 July 1962. If so, that would be a real rarity, an SVR based loco that ran on the line in service. I can't make out a number. Is there any corroboration?--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 16:14, 21 July 2021 (UTC)--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 16:14, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
:Noting definite turned up in a quick scan of the other likely sources. [[Bibliography#Books|Tom Ferris (1995)]] in his book on the commercial history of the SVR fleet said he hadn't found a photo of 80079 on the branch but thought it possible that it could have got there from Croes Newydd. Certainly some locos did, as in the notes above. The particular service John Stretton refers to only ran from Shrewsbury to Bridgnorth and back in the late afternoon / evening – you can easily imagine a loco working its regular service from Croes Newydd up to Shrewsbury and the Operations manager going "We're short of a loco – just run down to Bridgnorth and back while you're here..." --[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 19:17, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
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