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[[File: 75069_20190514.jpg|thumb|300px|right|BR Standard 4MT 75069]]'''The 75069 Fund ''' owns [[BR Riddles 4MT 75069 | BR Standard 4MT No 75069]] and BR Mark 1 coaches [[BR 4550 Tourist Standard Open|4550]], [[BR 25771 Corridor Second|25771]] and [[BR 34562 Brake Second Corridor|34562]]. It formerly owned [[BR 35467 Brake Corridor Second|34567]]. The Fund is one of three similar funds operating on the SVR. An initial group of 18 members formed The [[Ivatt Class 4 Group]] to purchase [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106]], a larger group formed The [[Passenger Tank Fund]] to purchase [[BR Riddles 4MT 80079]], before a still larger group formed The 75069 Fund.<ref name=RHM290>Railway Herald Magazine Issue 290, 7 November (2011), p. 16.</ref> The announcement of launch of the 75069 Fund appeared in SVR News in late 1971 with a brief article "''75069: Advance notice is given of the fund to purchase this Standard Class 4 4-6-0 from Barry, by the same team that organised the funds for 43106 and later 80079.''"<ref>SVR News 22</ref> A meeting to discuss the proposed purchase the loco was held in Birmingham on 18 May 1972, following which an initial appeal raised approximately £1,300 towards the asking price of £3,500, with shares being offered in £5 units.<ref>SVR News 35</ref> The locomotive was acquired after a further successful appeal to raise the full price before the introduction of VAT on 1 April 1973.<ref>SVR News 28</ref> In 2011 Railway Herald Magazine reported that a special meeting of The [[Passenger Tank Fund]] had been arranged for 30 October 2011 to discuss and vote on a proposed sale of the locomotive (80079) to Mr Jeremy Hosking with a view to the sale proceeds being applied to The 75069 Fund. <ref name=RHM290/> No such sale took place. The fund also is a minor shareholder of [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC]].<ref>[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/01046274/filing-history Full list of shareholders at 24 June 2016]</ref> It does not have an active presence on social media. == See also ==[[List of preservation groups]] ==References==<references />