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No.88/53808 is owned by the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust (SDRT), based on the West Somerset Railway. Purchased for preservation in 1969, it returned to service following restoration in August 1987 in BR Black. The second overhaul of the engine started in 2014 and was completed in 2016. The egine was now wearing BR Black with number 53808.

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History

DateEventOwnerSeriesIdentification
1925 Build for Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway 7F / 88
1930 Take over by London Midland and Scottish Railway 7F / 9678
1932 Renumbered by London Midland and Scottish Railway 7F / 13808
1948 Take over by British Railways 7F / 53808
1964 Sold to Woodham Brothers (Barry Scrapyard) 7F / 53808
1969 Sold to Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust 7F / 53808
1969 On loan to West Somerset Railway 7F / 53808

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