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Restoration of 4-6-0 that lost identity to be commemorated 50 years on

THE owners of an ex-Barry preserved locomotive and the volunteers who helped restore the 4-6-0 exactly 50 years ago are to commemorate the golden jubilee with a trip on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, where the engine found a home after being saved.

Built at Eastleigh in July 1936, the SR Class S15 entered traffic as No. 841, was renumbered 30841

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