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|othernos = 4850
|designed = Charles Benjamin Collett
|locotype = '''GWR 14xx1400'''
|built = 1935
|years1 = 2014
|weight = 41t 6cwt}}
1450 is a GWR Collett 14xx 1400 class 0-4-2T locomotive, designed for work on small branch lines.
==1400 Class information==
1450 (originally 4850) is a GWR 14xx 1400 class 0-4-2T locomotive. These locomotives, which were originally numbered in the 48xx 4800 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 4800 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.
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==Links==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_1400_Class GWR 1400 class on Wikipedia]
[[Category:Operational steam locomotives]]
[[Category:Locomotives at Bridgnorth]]
