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Add reference to loco being last one overhauled at Newton Abbot, and photo in service 1960.
4566 is a GWR Churchward 4500 '[[Whyte notation|Small Prairie]]', a class of small mixed traffic locomotives mainly used on branch lines. The class was rated 4MT by British Railways.
4566 was built in Swindon in 1924 and entered service at Newton Abbot. Post-War, the locomotive worked in the far Southwest, including allocations to St. Ives and Penzance sheds. 4566 was notable for being the last steam locomotive overhauled at Newton Abbot works, completed on 15 July 1960, before being ceremonially driven out of the works by the chairman of the local urban district council (a mainline diesel driver).<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1417780338248850&id=161421647218065 Didcot Railway Centre Facebook Page], retrieved 15 Jul 2016</ref> The engine was withdrawn from service at Plymouth Laira shed by BR in April 1962.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/262_4500det.htm The Great Western Archive] retrieved 27 January 2015.</ref>
==4566 in preservation==
4566 is owned by the [[4566 Group]].
==Gallery==
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File:St Ives station panorama geograph-3987952-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|4566 with a local service at St Ives, 23 April 1960.
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==See also==
