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813 suffered from leaking boiler tubes during the 2021 [[Autumn Steam Gala]] and was withdrawn on the Friday of that event. A retube followed<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bloct21 Branch Lines, October 2021]</ref>.
 
813 suffered from leaking boiler tubes during the 2021 [[Autumn Steam Gala]] and was withdrawn on the Friday of that event. A retube followed<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bloct21 Branch Lines, October 2021]</ref>.
  
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During the 2022 [[Spring Steam Gala]] 813 suffered a failure of the grey iron casting that forms part of the rear spring housing under the coal bunker. It was [[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events#Cancelled_appearances|unable to attend]] as planned the South Devon Railway 150 celebration, and a hire period at The Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway. The failure required the casting to be removed at Bridgnorth and The Boro' Foundry at Lye, Stourbridge engaged to assist in producing a new pattern, make a new casting in spheroidal graphite iron, and machine it.<ref>SVR News 220</ref> The GWR 813 Fund Trustees launched a Crowdfunder appeal which raised around £2,250 of the estimated £15,000 cost.<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/gwr-813-failure.1420980/page-3#post-2816098 National Preservation Forum] (retrieved 1 June 2023)</ref> {{As of |2024|1}} the drag-box casting has been returned to Bridgnorth, and awaits reassembly<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blfeb24 Branch Lines, February 2024]</ref>.  
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During the 2022 [[Spring Steam Gala]] 813 suffered a failure of the grey iron casting that forms part of the rear spring housing under the coal bunker. It was [[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events#Cancelled_appearances|unable to attend]] as planned the South Devon Railway 150 celebration, and a hire period at The Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway. The failure required the casting to be removed at Bridgnorth and The Boro' Foundry at Lye, Stourbridge engaged to assist in producing a new pattern, make a new casting in spheroidal graphite iron, and machine it.<ref>SVR News 220</ref> The GWR 813 Fund Trustees launched a Crowdfunder appeal which raised around £2,250 of the estimated £15,000 cost.<ref>[https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/gwr-813-failure.1420980/page-3#post-2816098 National Preservation Forum] (retrieved 1 June 2023)</ref> Reassembly took place at Bridgnorth in Spring 2024<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blmar24 Branch Lines, March 2024]</ref>.  
  
 
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GWRGreat Western Railway 813 Saddle Tank
813 20161105.jpg
813 at Highley in November 2016
Built By Hudswell Clarke for Port Talbot Railway
Configuration 0-6-0ST
Status In Service
Loco Number 813
Other Numbers PTRPort Talbot Railway & Docks Company 26
12, NCBNational Coal Board 11
History
Built 1900
Type '
1967 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway
1976 First steamed in preservation
1996 Overhaul begun at Bridgnorth
2000 Returned to steam
2009 Withdrawn for overhaul
2016 Re-entered service
Technical
Weight 44t
Tractive effort 17,410 lb
Pressure 160 lb/sq in

Steam Locomotives

813 is an 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive built in 1900 by Hudswell Clarke for the Port Talbot Railway Company, which later became part of the GWRGreat Western Railway. It subsequently saw service at Backworth Colliery in Northumberland. The locomotive is owned by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund.

813 in main line service

The loco was originally built for the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company (PTRPort Talbot Railway & Docks Company), one of nine 0-6-0 saddle tanks owned by that company. She was built by Hudswell Clarke of Leeds, works number 555 of 1900,[1] and entered service with the PTRPort Talbot Railway & Docks Company in 1901 as number 26. Based at Duffryn Yard Depot, the locomotive was predominantly used for hauling coal trains and shunting in colliery sidings on the PTRPort Talbot Railway & Docks Company's network.[2]

In 1908 the GWRGreat Western Railway agreed to operate the PTRPort Talbot Railway & Docks Company's trains and maintain their locos. As the PTRPort Talbot Railway & Docks Company was still legally independent their locos were not fully absorbed into the GWRGreat Western Railway stock list, but with the GWRGreat Western Railway responsible for maintenance number 26 started to receive GWRGreat Western Railway standard parts to replace those originally fitted by Hudswell Clarke. The GWRGreat Western Railway took over the PTRPort Talbot Railway & Docks Company completely in 1922, and shortly afterwards 26 went to Swindon for overhaul, returning in 1924 as number 813. With the GWRGreat Western Railway keen to phase out non-standard locos from its fleet, 813 was withdrawn and put up for sale in 1933.

813 in industrial service

After 9 months on the GWRGreat Western Railway sales list, 813 was sold to Robert Stephenson & Company, who sold her on to Backworth Collieries Limited in Northumberland. Backworth renumbered her as number 12 and she survived to be passed to the NCBNational Coal Board with the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947. In 1950, she received a new boiler from her original manufacturers Hudswell Clarke, and was renumbered as NCBNational Coal Board 11. A new firebox followed in 1962, only five years before the NCBNational Coal Board withdrew her from service.

813 in preservation

The loco arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on the 25th November 1967. Following cosmetic restoration she appeared as a static exhibit at Rail 150 in 1975, and briefly returned to steam in 1976. However it was quickly found that further restoration work was required. The loco was able to steam again in 1984, and visited Didcot as part of the GW150 celebrations, but again suffered from mechanical problems and was taken out of service. The loco was stored out of use until 1996, before undergoing a thorough overhaul and rebuilding at Bridgnorth. She successfully returned to steam in summer 2000. Despite her small size, she was pressed straight into service on the SVRSevern Valley Railway due to a temporary loco shortage.

After returning to steam, 813 visited a large number of other railways around the UK before being withdrawn in 2009 for her next major overhaul at Bridgnorth Loco Works. This was completed by August 2016 and, after test runs, 813 was moved to Kidderminster for painting in September,[3] and to Bridgnorth on 8 October for signwriting.[4] The locomotive then featured in the Season Finale Gala held over the first weekend of November 2016.

At the end of 2019, 813 had recorded a total of 17,269 miles in preservation on the SVRSevern Valley Railway. The reported total may include mileage on hire to other railways[5].

813 suffered from leaking boiler tubes during the 2021 Autumn Steam Gala and was withdrawn on the Friday of that event. A retube followed[6].

During the 2022 Spring Steam Gala 813 suffered a failure of the grey iron casting that forms part of the rear spring housing under the coal bunker. It was unable to attend as planned the South Devon Railway 150 celebration, and a hire period at The Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway. The failure required the casting to be removed at Bridgnorth and The Boro' Foundry at Lye, Stourbridge engaged to assist in producing a new pattern, make a new casting in spheroidal graphite iron, and machine it.[7] The GWRGreat Western Railway 813 Fund Trustees launched a Crowdfunder appeal which raised around £2,250 of the estimated £15,000 cost.[8] Reassembly took place at Bridgnorth in Spring 2024[9].

Taffy nameplate

Around 2000 the locomotive carried wooden 'Taffy' nameplates[10].

Gallery

  • GWRGreat Western Railway 813 at Cranmore in 2008

  • GWRGreat Western Railway 813 under restoration at Bridgnorth Loco Works in May 2016

  • GWRGreat Western Railway 813 being painted inside Kidderminster Carriage Shed in September 2016

See also

Steam Locomotives
SVR-based locomotives visiting other events

References

  1. ↑ UKLocos database
  2. ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 174
  3. ↑ SVR Online Forum
  4. ↑ GWR 813 Fund 'In Steam 2016'
  5. ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 210, SVRSevern Valley Railway-based Steam Locomotive Mileage 2017-2019, Duncan Ballard
  6. ↑ Branch Lines, October 2021
  7. ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 220
  8. ↑ National Preservation Forum (retrieved 1 June 2023)
  9. ↑ Branch Lines, March 2024
  10. ↑ Dave Hill photograph of 813 at Highley on 2 September 2000 posted on Facebook, 4 May 2020 (Retrieved 4 May 2020)

Links

Loco history page on GWR 813 Preservation Fund website

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