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[[File:GWR Prairie Class 5100 No 5164 (8062220732).jpg |thumb|300px|right|5164 at Bridgnorth in 2005 (Wikimedia Commons)]] | [[File:GWR Prairie Class 5100 No 5164 (8062220732).jpg |thumb|300px|right|5164 at Bridgnorth in 2005 (Wikimedia Commons)]] | ||
| − | The 5164 Preservation Group are the owners of [[GWR Large Prairie 5164]] which was acquired from [[Barry Scrapyard]] in the early 1970s for use on the SVR. | + | '''The 5164 Preservation Group''' are the owners of [[GWR Large Prairie 5164]] which was acquired from [[Barry Scrapyard]] in the early 1970s for use on the SVR. |
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| + | In July 2020 [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] announced it was in discussion with The 5164 Preservation Group and the SVR regarding the proposed transfer of GWR Large Prairie 5164 to the EMF. The announcement noted that "''The 5164 Preservation Group is an unincorporated organisation with a small, diminishing group of shareholders, who have agreed by a large referendum majority to offer the locomotive to the EMF for a nominal sum. If the transfer proceeds, this would secure the locomotive’s future within an incorporated, charitable organisation strongly affiliated to the SVR''"<ref>[https://www.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/announcement-gwr-5164/ EMF announcement] (retrieved 29 July 2020)</ref>. | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
*[[List of preservation groups]] | *[[List of preservation groups]] | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
*[http://5164.org.uk/ 5164 website] This is not an official group website. | *[http://5164.org.uk/ 5164 website] This is not an official group website. | ||
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The 5164 Preservation Group are the owners of GWR Large Prairie 5164 which was acquired from Barry Scrapyard in the early 1970s for use on the SVRSevern Valley Railway.
In July 2020 The Erlestoke Manor Fund announced it was in discussion with The 5164 Preservation Group and the SVRSevern Valley Railway regarding the proposed transfer of GWRGreat Western Railway Large PrairieLocomotive with a 2-6-2 wheel configuration 5164 to the EMF. The announcement noted that "The 5164 Preservation Group is an unincorporated organisation with a small, diminishing group of shareholders, who have agreed by a large referendum majority to offer the locomotive to the EMF for a nominal sum. If the transfer proceeds, this would secure the locomotive’s future within an incorporated, charitable organisation strongly affiliated to the SVRSevern Valley Railway"[1].
See Also
References
- ↑ EMF announcement (retrieved 29 July 2020)
Links
- 5164 website This is not an official group website.
