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The 4150 Fund

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[[File:4150 fund.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Fund members at work at Bewdley]]
 The Fund is an unincorporated body with a number of 'shareholders'. The Fund publishes an annual newsletter.  The 4150 Fund 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.
Restoration began after a period in storage, but by By the mid-80s fund raising and restoration progress had slowed. In 2007 a new committee was formed to restart and complete the restoration. Since then, progress has continued steadily on the ‘bottom end’, including the fabrication of new bunker and tankswhich continues. {{As  In 2008 a [[Severn Valley Railway Association]] raffle raised a record net total of|2017|03}}almost £16, 000 toward the bunker and tanks are nearing boiler work. The Fund organised [[Peep Behind the stage where they can be lifted on to the framesScenes]], an annual fundraising event, with the boiler now the major remaining task before 4150 can return to steamuntil 2017.
== See Also also ==
:[[List of preservation groups]]
:[[GWR Large Prairie 4150]]:[[Peep Behind the Scenes]], an annual fundraising event organised by the 4150 Fund
== Links ==
[http://www.4150.org.uk/ The 4150 Fund website]
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