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==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 25-01-January 2015.</ref>
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.
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>. [[GWR Large Prairie 4144]] was on loan to the SVR from Didcot for summer 2019, an arrangement which suited both parties. ===1450 on the main line===In 1988 she 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.
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