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[[File: 1450_20140309.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right|1450 and autocoaches at Highley]] ==1400 Class information==1450 (originally 4850) is a GWR 14xx class 0-4-2T locomotive. These locomotives, which were originally numbered in the 48xx series, were designed by C.B. Collett as a replacement for the elderly Wolverhampton '517' class, and were intended to work mainly on small branch lines. 75 were built at Swindon in three batches between 1932 and 1936, being fitted from new with auto gear for working with trailer cars and also with ATC (automatic train control) equipment. 20 other locomotives of the same class, numbered 5800-5819, were built in 1933 without auto gear and ATC, although some were retro-fitted with the latter. Following nationalisation BR rated the class 1P. Post-1945, coal shortages led to plans being put forward to convert a number of GWR engines to oil burning. 12 of the [[GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco | 2800 class freight engines]] were modified and renumbered in the 4800 series. As a result the entire 48xx class was renumbered 1400 to 1474 by BR. Three other members of the class have survived into preservation; 1420 at the South Devon Railway, 1442 at Tiverton Museum and 4866 at the Great Western Society in Didcot. 
==1450 in service==
1450 is a GWR 14xx class 0-4-2T locomotive. These locomotives were designed 4850 was built in 1935 to work on small branch lines lot number 288 and most were equipped from new to work with autocoaches. When first built entered service at Swindon they were Oxford in July 1935.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/042_1400det.htm Great Western Archive]</ref> It was re-numbered 1450 by BR in the 48xx series, 1948 and this locomotive first entered re-allocated to Slough in April 1951. While based there it was photographed in 1955 at Bourne End working an autocoach service in 1935 as Noto Maidenhead. 4850<ref>''Signalman’s Reflections'', Adrian Vaughan, 1990, p68</ref>. In 1946 the GWR decided A return to reallocate the 14xx numbers Oxford in September 1959 was followed by further re-allocations to Exeter (July 1962), Taunton (November 1963) and Yeovil Town (October 1964) before a different class of locomotives and 4850 was renumbered 1450final move to Exmouth Junction in February 1965. Following nationalisation BR rated the class 1P. 1450 was finally withdrawn from service by BR in May 1965 ,<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=102303&loco=1450 BR Database]</ref> after a working life totalling 823,012 miles.
==1450 in preservation==
1450 arrived at the SVR in March 2014, initially on hire for the year. Although not powerful enough to haul service trains, the locomotive is regularly used on Footplate Experience duties, as well as appearing at galas on the SVR and elsewhere. However, 1450 did haul a service train in 2014, double heading with [[4566]] to provide the required power, due to a number of ongoing locomotive repairs leaving the SVR unexpectedly short on engines. No announcement has yet been made on when 1450 will leave, and it has been reported that Mike Little is happy with the current arrangements (Nov. 2015).
==SourcesSee also==[[Steam Locomotives]] ==References==
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==See also==
[[Steam Locomotives]]
[[Category:Operational steam locomotives]]
[[Category:Locomotives at Bridgnorth]]
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