Date: 26/07/2013

One of the longest-running steam engines at the Severn Valley Railway has made its return after a seven-month overhaul. The Flying Pig has been at the popular Worcestershire tourist attraction since the official end of steam on British Railways in 1968.

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The Flying Pig returns to the Severn Valley Railway

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One of the longest-running steam engines at the Severn Valley Railway has made its return after a seven-month overhaul. The Flying Pig has been at the popular Worcestershire tourist attraction since the official end of steam on British Railways in 1968.

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Ivatt Class 4 Flying Pig 2-6-0 no 43106 at Bridgnorth in October, 1985. The locomotive is due to return to service in 2009 after 20 years out of action. [Built at Darlington in 1951 and withdrawn from 24C Lostock Hall in 1968, it is the only one of the 162 examples of the class to have survived into preservation.] [See image 39850]
Location: Bridgnorth
Company: Severn Valley Railway
26/10/1985 Andy Carr

Ivatt class 4 2-6-0 no 43106 receiving some serious attention at Bridgnorth in 1974.
Location: Bridgnorth
Company: Severn Valley Railway
//1974 Colin Miller

Ivatt 4MT 4-6-0 no 43106 at Bridgnorth on 2 August 2012.
Location: Bridgnorth
Company: Severn Valley Railway
02/08/2012 Peter Todd