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|construc = Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns
|wheels = 0-6-0ST
|status = Serviceable, temporarily residentStored
|locono = WD 71516
|othernos = Works Number RSH 7170/1944
On 27 February 2020 WD 71516 arrived by road at Bridgnorth. The SVR announced that it had ''...agreed to host Welsh Guardsman while the owner decides on the operating opportunities for the loco during the 2020 season. [[Bridgnorth Loco Works|Bridgnorth Locomotive Works]] will undertake some examination and maintenance work and we will potentially have the chance to use the locomotive''.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blmar20 'Welsh Guardsman touches down', Branch Lines March 2020] (Retrieved 7 December 2020)</ref> The [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]] meant the locomotive stayed at Bridgnorth with occasional steamings within station limits only for exam purposes until, on 7 December 2020, the SVR announced that the locomotive was on hire to the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.<ref>[https://www.svr.co.uk/MeetTheLoco.aspx?id=20 'Meet Our Locomotives', SVR Website] (Retrieved 7 December 2020)</ref> A further loan period followed in 2021/22 before the locomotive returned, making its SVR formal debut at the 2022 [[Spring Steam Gala]] before hauling service trains.
In 2022 investigation of a steam blow at the front end revealed that the cylinder block casting had failed, with the block beyond repair.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljun22 Branch Lines, June 2022]</ref>
The locomotive is owned by '''Felinfoel Brewery'''<ref name=Gwili/>.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunslet_Austerity_0-6-0ST Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST on Wikipedia]
*[https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/robert-stephenson-hawthorn-works-no-7170-wd-71516-welsh-guardsman/ WD 71516 on Preserved British Locomotives]
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