Preservation
Bought for its scrap value of £2,400 by Patrick Whitehouse in 1966, it ownership was then passed to 7029 Clun Castle Ltd. In preservation it has always been based at Tyseley TMD, now Tyseley Locomotive Works.
In 1967, carrying (non-authentic) Great Western livery it hauled trains to mark closure of the G.W.R. route to Birkenhead, from King's Cross to Newcastle, and over the Settle-Carlisle Railway. In 1972 it joined in the "Return to Steam" tours. After a major overhaul, it emerged in British Railways livery in 1985. In 1986 it hauled the last train from the old Birmingham Moor Street station.
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