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I have also heard that rumour: "The strategic reserve"

Again, I believe it not to be true.

However, some steam locomotives do appear to have disappeared, with no record of their fate.

Three Hunslet Austerity ST locomotives, so the story goes, moved from Vulcan Foundry, not under their own steam, to ROF Chorley, and never seen again.

But I bet they were simply nicked: the usual corruption. ie someone got their mitts on them, and simply sold them and pocketed the proceedings, leaving no trace/record.