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GWR 6800 Class No. 6880 Betton Grangeis a steam locomotive built between 1998 and 2024 as a "new-build" project, originally based on the Llangollen Railway in Denbighshire, Wales, then subsequently at Tyseley Locomotive Works. Described[by whom?] as "building the 81st Grange", the project started in 1998, and the locomotive was earlier expected to be operational by 2013, but subsequently by Autumn 2021, which was then pushed back to 2024. It was expected to be launched under steam in a private member event in January 2024 but was postponed a week before the event.[1] On 11 April 2024, 6880 was steamed up for the first time after more than 25 years of work.[2] All of the original GWR 6800 Class Grange locomotives were withdrawn for scrap by the end of 1965;[3] this project is a creation, from an assemblage of original GWR and newly manufactured components, of a member of this class.
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