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1450 is a '''GWR Collett 1400 class ''' 0-4-2T locomotive, designed for work on small branch lines.

The GWR 1400 Class locos saw service were used on the Severn Valley Branchwhere they worked services at the southern end of the line, including some as far north as Bridgnorth. They included No. 1440 which was photographed at Arley paired with autocoach 39 on 7 September 1932.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998)]] p. 17.</ref> <ref group="note">The photo caption in Vanns gives the date as 7 September 1932. However the locomotive is numbered 1440 which it would not have carried until after renumbering in 1946.</ref> Local depots that had allocations were Hereford, [[Kidderminster Shed|Kidderminster]], Stourbridge Junction and [[Worcester]].<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&id=104251&type=S&page=alloc BR database] (Retrieved 21 October 2020)</ref>

4850 was built in 1935 to lot number 288 and first entered service at Oxford in July 1935.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/042_1400det.htm Great Western Archive]</ref> It was re-numbered 1450 by the GWR 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.<ref>''Signalman’s Reflections'', Adrian Vaughan, 1990, p68</ref>. A return to Oxford in September 1959 was followed by further re-allocations reallocation to Exeter (July 1962)which included The Locomotive Club of Great Britain's 'The West Countryman Limited' railtour over the Hemyock line on 24 February 1963 and timetabled operation of services from Tiverton.<ref>[https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/630324lc.html Six Bells Junction]</ref><ref>[https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-Tank-Engines/Collett-Tank-Engines/Collett-1400-class/1400-1409-Built-1932/i-BT52nW4/A Dimmer, M., '1450 L C G B The West Countryman Limited Rail Tour 24 February 1963 ', Railway Photography on Smugmug] (Retrieved 26 October 2020)</ref><ref>[https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-Tank-Engines/Collett-Tank-Engines/Collett-1400-class/1400-1409-Built-1932/i-q7JWPjP/A Dimmer, M., '1450 Tiverton 5 October 1963', Railway Photography on Smugmug] (Retrieved 26 October 2020)</ref> Further re-allocations followed to 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 BR in May 1965,<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=102303&loco=1450 BR Database]</ref> after a working life totalling 823,012 miles.

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 sole 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 was regularly used on Footplate Experience duties, as well as appearing on charters and at galas on the SVR and elsewhere. She is was 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>

At the end of 2019, 1450 had recorded a total of 13,503 miles in preservation on the SVR. The reported total may include mileage on hire to other railways.<ref>SVR News 210, SVR-based Steam Locomotive Mileage 2017-2019, Duncan Ballard</ref> It was withdrawn from traffic in December 2020 at the expiry of its boiler certificate.

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.

*[[Steam Locomotives]]<br>*[[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events]] ==Notes==<references group="note"/>