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GWR 1450

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1450 in preservation: Main line appearance
==1450 in preservation==
1450 spent her early life in preservation at the Dart Valley Railway (now the South Devon Railway). She was eventually purchased from there and re-located to the Dean Forest Railway by [[Pull Push Limited]], her present owner, of whom Mike Little is a director.<ref>[http://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk/gone-not-forgotten/1450 SDR web site], retrieved 25 January 2015.</ref> She was purchased in 2001-02 by her present owner [[Pull Push Limited]], of whom Mike Little is a director, and re-located to the Dean Forest Railway.
1450 arrived at the SVR from the DFR in March 2014, initially on hire for the year. Subsequently 1450 has been listed as part of the home fleet. Although not powerful enough to haul service trains on her own 1450 did so 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. The locomotive is regularly used on Footplate Experience duties, as well as appearing on charters and at galas on the SVR and elsewhere. She is often paired with the owner's autocoaches [[GWR 178 Autotrailer Third | 178]] and [[GWR 238 Autotrailer Third | 238]] which are also resident on the SVR.
===1450 on the main line===
On 15 July 1973 1450 with GWR autocoaches 190 and 231 ran on the main line between Marlow and Bourne end during the "Marlow Donkey Centenary Day", an event held to commemorate the centenary of the Marlow branch. 1450 was a late replacement for Didcot's classmate 1466.<ref>[http://www.mdrs.org.uk/wycmaidmarlow.htm#1970s Photos on Marlow & District Railway Society website] (retrieved 26 November 2020)</ref><ref>[https://www.mmpa.org.uk/gallery/gallery29/p01.jpeg Timetable on MMPA.org.uk](retrieved 26 November 2020)</ref>  In 1988 she 1450 ran three days of 'The Dawlish Donkey' mainline trips, from Exeter to Newton Abbot and return.<ref>[http://www.uksteam.info/tours/trs98.htm uksteam website] (Retrieved 11 July 2019)</ref>. In subsequent years the operation was expanded, with larger locomotives hauling longer trains over longer routes.
==See also==
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