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==Status from mid-2021 on==
The Branch Lines article reads "''We don't have the capacity to work on the locomotive currently and so the owner has made arrangements to send it elsewhere for overhaul.''" Patrick's recent update is worded"...''and will leave the SVR as the owner has made arrangements to send it elsewhere for overhaul''". The former would be like 7812 going to Tyseley, ie remaining a resident loco but temporarily elsewhere. "Leave the SVR" sounds more like becoming a former resident. Is there any reason to think it won't return to the SVR once overhauled?--[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 10:30, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
::I think it's moot. The loco's on a "steaming fee" contract whereby the owner is paid by use, with the SVR having no liabilities for its overhaul. Pull Push accounts (a) show an annual loss of around £50k and (b) a net deficit of £1m in directors' loans so it's dependent on the owners substantially funding its use. The owners are Mike Little and the widow of his former co-owner, both of advanced years. Everything I've heard is that both Mr Little and the SVR are content with the current arrangement: I guess that once overhauled its return would depend on agreement between the then owner and SVR, and enough work to be found for it. I intended to wait for the next announcement or changes on the SVR website before making any material change to its status.--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 11:59, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
