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In 1972 a separate group, the '''Great Western Locomotive and Carriage Society''', was formed with the intention of saving a locomotive, [[GWR Mogul 7325 | Collett Mogul 9303/7325]], from [[Barry Scrapyard]].<ref>SVR News 25</ref> The two groups shared common aims and members, and in 1973 merged to form the '''Great Western (SVR) Association''',<ref name=SVR128>SVR News 128, "The Great Western (SVR) Association celebrates 25 years"</ref> the somewhat convoluted title being chosen to avoid any confusion with the Didcot-based Great Western Society.<ref name=SVR157/> The first Annual General Meeting of the new Association was held on 18 May 1974.<ref>SVR News 34</ref>
During 7325's restoration, the Association acquired another set of wheels from Large Prairie 4156 (which had been scrapped at Barry in 1980) to replace the original wheelsets which had very thin tyres.<ref>SVR News 68/60</ref> 7325 entered service in 1992 and was withdrawn in 2000. The original wheelsets spent many years in storage at the [[Stourport Triangle]]. In 2002 the Association received a request to sell their spare wheelsets to the Betton Grange Group.<ref>SVR News 142</ref> Although nothing came of the proposal at the time, in 2011 the GW(SVR)A agreed to loan their spare driving wheels to the 6880 Betton Grange Society.<ref>[https://www.6880.co.uk/grange-finds-its-feet/ www.6880.co.uk]</ref> They were re-tyred in 2012, with 6880 being wheeled for the first time in 2013.<ref>[https://www.6880.co.uk/category/wheels/page/2/ www.6880.co.uk]</ref> 
The Association's 25th Anniversary was noted in SVR News in 1998.<ref name=SVR128/> The Constitution which governs the Association’s status as a registered charity was adopted on 24 October 1998.<ref>Charities Commission website</ref>
== Links ==
*[http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/ Great Western (SVR) Assoc. web site]
*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/1802133566694120/ The GW(SVR)A on Facebook] (Private group)[[Category:Featured articles]]
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