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THANKS for a very interesting article in your August issue (When was the real end of BR steam?), which was a fascinating look back to the end of steam. I would draw attention to one error however – No. L92/5786 first moved to the Severn Valley Railway, initially for restoration into GWR green livery.
This was carried out at the carriage and wagon works at Bewdley under the guidance of Bob Timmins and Worcester Loco Society engineer the late Terry Dowding, formerly of Worcester Works and shed. The locomotive looked superb on completion, we as volunteers were extremely pleased with the finished product. Unfortunately, something happened between the railway and the owning group – so the locomotive was moved, as you say, to the Bulmers site at Hereford.