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|years1 = 2014
|events1 = Arrived on SVR from DFR
|years2 = 2021
|events2 = Left the SVR for overhaul
|length = 29ft 11in
|weight = 41t 6cwt
==1450 in preservation==
1450 spent her early life in preservation at the Dart Valley Railway (now the South Devon Railway)where it carried the name 'Ashburton'.<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 was regularly used on Footplate Experience duties, as well as appearing on charters and at galas on the SVR and elsewhere. She 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.
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It was withdrawn from traffic in December 2020 at the expiry of its boiler certificate and will leave the SVR as the . The owner has made arrangements to send it elsewhere for overhaulat the Flour Mill in the <nowiki>Forest of Dean</nowiki> and it left on 4 August 2021<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljul21 Branch Lines July 2021]</ref><ref>Heritage Railway magazine Issue 281, 6 July 2021</ref>.
===1450 on the main line===
==See also==
*[[Steam LocomotivesFormer Residents]]
*[[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events]]
==Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_1400_Class GWR 1400 class on Wikipedia]*[https://www.theflourmill.com/index.html The Flour Mill Ltd website] {{FormerSteamNavbox}}
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