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The GWR 813 Preservation Fund owns the [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank File: 813_20161105.jpg |thumb|300px|right| GWR 813 Saddle Tank locomotiveat Highley]] and many of the '''The GWR 813 Preservation Fund''' was founded in 1966 as an unincorporated membership organisation.<ref>[[Goods Wagons|goods wagonshttp://www.gwr813.org/index.html GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] on the SVR</ref> In October 2021 it became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered charity number 1196114, as well as a company number of other items on the SVR CE026885.<ref>Baxter, Nick J.P., GWR 813 Preservation Fund Facebook page, 11 October 2021 (Retrieved 11 October 2021)</ref> There is currently no annual subscription and on other preserved lines, with their collection numbering almost 100membership is granted to those making a minimum donation amount. See The Fund owns [[:Category:Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund Saddle Tank | Rolling stock owned by The 0-6-0ST locomotive GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] for a full list (originally Port Talbot Railway No 26), together with an extensive collection of the Fund's wagons and other rolling stock based at the SVR.

==History==When [[GWR 813 Saddle Tank | GWR 813 Saddle Tank locomotive]] was offered for sale by the National Coal Board, it was last surviving item of any form of Port Talbot Railway rolling stock. Although the locomotive was in the usual appalling 'Coal Board Condition', Paddy Goss set up the Fund to preserve it. The purchase price was paid in August 1967 with delivery from Backworth Colliery, Northumberland to Bridgnorth following on 25 November 1967.<ref name=SVR103>SVR News 103, "''813, An Unfortunate Case of How Not to Restore a Loco''", Simon Marshall</ref> While restoration was still in progress, the Fund began to preserve other items of rolling stock. This began in 1969 when attempts were being made to save the Collett coaches from the Swindon Test Train. The Fund runs acquired [[GWR 1146 Full Third| Full Third 1146]], one of five which were secured for the SVR and arrived on 19 December 1969.<ref name=SVR103/> The purchase of coach 1146 was followed by many GWR [[Goods Wagons|goods wagons]], [[Other rolling stock#Cranes and jib runners|cranes]] and other coaches including [[GWR 98 Full Brake|Full Brake 98]] and [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|former resident Corridor Third 4872]]. By summer 1992 these totalled 72 vehicles,<ref name=SVR103/> more than half of which were on the SVR with the rest at a number of other preserved railways. The collection has increased further since, now numbering around 100 items of rolling stock.<ref>Rolling stock list on GWR 813 Preservation Fund website</ref> See [[:Category:Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund | Rolling stock owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund]] for a full list of the Fund's rolling stock based at the SVR. On 23 November 2019 the Rouse family donated to the Fund a large portion of [[Image Collections#David_Rouse_Collection|David Rouse's photographic archive]]. It will take some time for the Fund to go through the collection.<ref>The GWR 813 Preservation Fund Facebook page 23 November 2019</ref> ==Other information==For many years the 813 Fund ran a sales stand at [[Kidderminster]]. In October 2021 the Fund announced that in future the [[GWR 813 Sales Stand | sales stand]] would be based at [[Kidderminster Bewdley | KidderminsterBewdley station]] in [[GWR 55 Riding/Dormitory Van]] Station.<gallerymode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left">File: 813shop.jpg | The former GWR 813 Preservation Fund sales standat Kidderminster

== See Also also ==*[[List of preservation groups]]*List of [[Charities associated with the SVR]]

*[http://www.gwr813.org/ The GWR 813 Preservation Fund website]*[https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5181186/charity-overview The GWR 813 Preservation Fund on the Charities Commission website]*[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/CE026885The GWR 813 Preservation Fund on Companies House website]