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Whilst 1450 was winterised at [[Bridgnorth MPD]] over 2017-18 she returned to GWR livery, at the owner's request, for the remainder of its current boiler ticket.<ref>[https://twitter.com/svrofficialsite/status/947815226602348545 SVR Twitter 1 January 2018]</ref>  
 
Whilst 1450 was winterised at [[Bridgnorth MPD]] over 2017-18 she returned to GWR livery, at the owner's request, for the remainder of its current boiler ticket.<ref>[https://twitter.com/svrofficialsite/status/947815226602348545 SVR Twitter 1 January 2018]</ref>  
  
During 2019 the locomotive will be visiting the Didcot Railway Centre from the end of April until early September<ref>[https://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk Didcot Railway Centre website]</ref>.
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During 2019 the locomotive will be visiting the Didcot Railway Centre from the end of April until early September<ref>[https://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk Didcot Railway Centre website]</ref>.  [[GWR Large Prairie 4144]] was on loan to the SVR from Didcot for summer 2019, an arrangement which suited both parties.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 19:00, 27 April 2019

GWRGreat Western Railway 1450
1450 20150320.jpg
1450 at Bewdley in 2015
Built By GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon Works
Configuration 0-4-2
Power class 1PThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic.
Status In Service
Loco Number 1450
Other Numbers 4850
History
Built 1935
Designed By Charles Benjamin CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941
Type GWRGreat Western Railway 1400
2014 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway from DFR
Technical
Length 29ft 11in
Weight 41t 6cwt
Tractive effort 13,900 lb
Pressure 165 lb/sq in

Steam Locomotives

1450 and autocoaches at Highley

1450 is a GWRGreat Western Railway CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 1400 class 0-4-2T locomotive, designed for work on small branch lines.

1400 Class information

1450 (originally 4850) is a GWRGreat Western Railway 1400 class 0-4-2T locomotive. These locomotives, which were originally numbered in the 4800 series, were designed by C.B. CollettCharles Benjamin Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the Great Western Railway 1922-1941 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 ATCAutomatic Train Control, a form of limited cab signalling developed by the GWR in 1906, superseded by BR's Automatic Warning System (automatic train control) equipment. 20 other locomotives of the same class, numbered 5800-5819, were built in 1933 without auto gear and ATCAutomatic Train Control, a form of limited cab signalling developed by the GWR in 1906, superseded by BR's Automatic Warning System, although some were retro-fitted with the latter. Following nationalisation BRBritish Rail or British Railways rated the class 1PThe British Railways system of classifying steam locomotives by power using a number from 0, least powerful, to 9, most powerful, followed by either F for freight, P for Passenger or MT for Mixed Traffic..

Post-1945, coal shortages led to plans being put forward to convert a number of GWRGreat Western Railway engines to oil burning. 12 of the 2800 class freight engines were modified and renumbered in the 4800 series. As a result the entire 4800 class was renumbered 1400 to 1474 by the GWRGreat Western Railway in 1946.[1]

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

4850 was built in 1935 to lot number 288 and first entered service at Oxford in July 1935.[2] It was re-numbered 1450 by the GWRGreat Western Railway in 1946 and re-allocated to Slough in April 1951. While based there it was photographed in 1955 at Bourne End working an autocoach service to Maidenhead.[3]. A return to Oxford in September 1959 was followed by further re-allocations to Exeter (July 1962), Taunton (November 1963) and Yeovil Town (October 1964) before a final move to Exmouth Junction in February 1965. 1450 was finally withdrawn from service by BRBritish Rail or British Railways in May 1965,[4] after a working life totalling 823,012 miles.

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 DeanWilliam Dean, Chief Locomotive Engineer of the Great Western Railway 1877-1902 Forest Railway by Pull Push Limited, her present owner, of whom Mike Little is a director.[5]

1450 arrived at the SVRSevern Valley Railway 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 SVRSevern Valley Railway unexpectedly short on engines. The locomotive is regularly used on Footplate Experience duties, as well as appearing on charters and at galas on the SVRSevern Valley Railway and elsewhere. She is often paired with the owner's autocoaches 178 and 238 which are also resident on the SVRSevern Valley Railway.

Whilst 1450 was winterised at Bridgnorth MPD over 2017-18 she returned to GWRGreat Western Railway livery, at the owner's request, for the remainder of its current boiler ticket.[6]

During 2019 the locomotive will be visiting the Didcot Railway Centre from the end of April until early September[7]. GWR Large Prairie 4144 was on loan to the SVRSevern Valley Railway from Didcot for summer 2019, an arrangement which suited both parties.

See also

Steam Locomotives
SVR-based locomotives visiting other events

References

  1. Rail UK Steam Loco Class Information -- GWR 1400
  2. Great Western Archive
  3. Signalman’s Reflections, Adrian Vaughan, 1990, p68
  4. BR Database
  5. SDR web site, retrieved 25-01-2015.
  6. SVR Twitter 1 January 2018
  7. Didcot Railway Centre website

Links

GWR 1400 class on Wikipedia