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[[File:4150 fund.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Fund members at work at Bewdley]]
'''The 4150 Fund ''' is an unincorporated body with a number of 'shareholders'Community Benefit Society, Registration Number 8179. The Fund publishes an annual newsletter.
==History==
The 4150 Fund began as an unincorporated body with a number of 'shareholders'. It was launched in March 1973 to purchase GWR 2‑6‑2T No [[GWR Large Prairie 4150 | 4150]] from [[Barry Scrapyard]], for the price of £2,750.
4150 left Barry in 1974 and in company with 7812 Erlestoke Manor was towed by Class 25 diesel to the Dean Forest Railway at Parkend. However site difficulties meant no work took place, and led to the Fund deciding to move the locomotive to the SVR. The move to [[Bewdley]] took place in January 1978, again by rail.
On completion of the restoration the SVR will operate 4150 on a commercial agreement with the Fund.
The Fund announced in 2019 it was consulting on applying to become a Charitable Community Benefit Society. At the AGM on 23 February 2019 the membership overwhelmingly approved the Trustees' proposal to proceed with this application.The fund duly became a Community Benefit Society as of 2 September 2019.<ref>4150 Fund September Update</ref>
===Fundarising===
