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From Each year from 2016 the Fund ran has run an Evening Social Special, a special train which includes [[Carriages#Set_Toplights|Great Western toplight coaches]] and provides suitable liquid refreshments. It departs from [[Kidderminster]] for a full return tripand provides suitable liquid refreshments.<ref>4150 Fund 2018 Newsletter, 2019 Newsletters</ref>
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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(CBS). At the AGM on 23 February 2019 the membership overwhelmingly approved the Trustees' proposal to proceed with this application. The fund duly became a CBS on 2 September 2019.
===FundarisingFundraising===
In 2008 a [[Severn Valley Railway Association]] raffle raised a record net total of almost £16,000 toward the boiler work. A further raffle in 2018 raised in excess of £24,500 before expenses.<ref>SVR News 202</ref><ref>[http://www.4150.org.uk/PDFs/The4150Fund-2019-Web-Newsletter.pdf 4150 Fund 2019 newsletter] (retrieved 23 February 2019)</ref>
The Fund organised [[Peep Behind the Scenes]], an annual fundraising event, between 2010 and 2016.
== See also ==
== Links ==
[http://www.4150.org.uk/ The 4150 Fund website]
[http[Category://www.4150.org.uk/ The 4150 Fund websiteSVR fundraising lotteries]]
