GWR Large Prairie 4141
4141 is a GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 5101 'Large PrairieLocomotive with a 2-6-2 wheel configuration' and a classmate of SVRSevern Valley Railway-residents 4150 and 5164. It was resident on the SVRSevern Valley Railway between 1973 and 1988, although restoration was never completed.
4141 in service
4141 was out-shopped from Swindon in August 1946, and was based at the Gloucester (Horton Rd) depot for its entire working life which lasted just 17 years. Following withdrawal by BRBritish Rail or British Railways in February 1963, 4141 was sent to Barry Scrapyard.
4141 in preservation
In 1970 SVRSevern Valley Railway member Peter Waite expressed an interest in purchasing the locomotive, and with assistance from the ‘Hampton Loade Locomotive Fund’ 4141 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 6 January 1973 in a convoy which included 5164, 4930 Hagley Hall and 7819 Hinton Manor.
After several months at Bewdley, 4141 moved to Hampton Loade where restoration began on an isolated section of track. However progress was slow and had effectively stalled by 1988 when the locomotive was sold and moved away from the SVRSevern Valley Railway. It returned to the SVRSevern Valley Railway in 2007 for an appearance at the Spring Steam Gala.
After spells at the Llangollen and Great Central Railways, in October 2012 the locomotive moved to its latest home, the Epping Ongar Railway. In 2017 it was sent to Loughborough for overhaul.
See also
Former Residents
Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas
References
SVRSevern Valley Railway News
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book, seventh edition
Epping Ongar Railway web site
Links
Epping Ongar Railway web page Retrieved 14 April 2019.
Preserved British Steam Locomotives Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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