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[[File:GWR 5764 L95 20190331.jpg|thumb|300px|right|L95 (GWR 5764)]] [[File:7714_20170326.jpg|thumb|300px|right|7714]]
[[File:GWR_0-6-0PT_3612_being_dismantled_at_Eardington_in_1978-79.jpg |thumb|300px|right| 3612]]
The '''SVR Pannier Tank Fund''' is an unincorporated organisation, with shareholders.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljun21 Branch Lines June 2021]</ref> It owns the two GWR Collett 5700 class pannier tanks [[GWR Pannier 5764 |5764]] and [[GWR Pannier 7714 |7714]]. It also purchased [[GWR Pannier 3612|classmate 3612]] for spares recovery, which was then scrapped at [[Eardington]].

==History==
The Fund had its origins with the [[SVRA|SVRA Kidderminster Branch]] who conducted a search to find a suitable pannier tank for the SVR around 1970. None of those in use by the NCB at the time were available, so L95 (5764) was acquired from London Transport in 1971. In 1973 tender forms were received from the NCB for 7714 and further fund raising allowed the purchase of the Fund's second pannier. In 1977 the the Kidderminster branch committee recorded their thanks to those who had contributed to the Pannier Tank Fund.<ref>SVR News 46, "The Saga of the Pannier Tanks" by [[John Hill]]</ref> The three surviving ‘panniereers’ - Columb Howell, Michael Wilkinson and Peter Hudson - reunited at [[The Engine House]] on 19 June 2021 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of 5764.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljul21 Branch Lines July 2021]</ref>

In 2019 a new exhibition [[The Engine House#Current exhibitions|'L95, A Locomotive History from London to the Severn Valley Railway']] opened in [[The Engine House]]. The display includes copies of documents relating to the establishment of the Fund and the acquisition of L95.

==Social media==
The Fund does not have a public presence through social media or website. 

==See also==
[[List of preservation groups]]

==References==
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