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[[File: {{Infobox black steam loco|image = 4141_20130914.jpg |thumb|300px|right| caption = 4141 in September 2013]]|construc = GWR Swindon Works|wheels = 2-6-2T|rating = 4MT|status = Under overhaul|locono = 4141 was resident |designed = Charles Collett|locotype = '''GWR 5101'''|built = 1946|years1 = 1963|events1 = Withdrawn and sent to Barry scrapyard|years2 = 1973|events2 = Arrived on SVR|years3 = 1988|events3 = Left the SVR|years4 = 1998|events4 = Returned to steam|years5 = 2007|events5 = Visited the SVR between 1973 and 1988|length = 41ft|weight = 78t 15cwt|power = 24, although restoration was never completed. 300 lb|pressure 4141 was also a Gala visitor = 200 lb/sq in spring 2007.}}

4141 is a GWR Collett 5101 'Large Prairie', and a sister engine to the SVR’s classmate of SVR-residents [[GWR Large Prairie 4150 | 4150]]. 4141 was out-shopped from Swindon in August 1946, and was based at the Gloucester (Horton Rd) depot for its entire working life which lasted just 17 years. Following withdrawal by BR in February 1963, 4141 was sent to [[Barry ScrapyardGWR Large Prairie 5164|5164]]. In 1970 SVR member Peter Waite expressed an interest in purchasing the locomotive, and with assistance from the ‘Hampton Loade Loco Fund’ 4150 arrived It was resident on the SVR on 6 January between 1973 in a convoy which also included 5164and 1988, 4930 Hagley Hall and 7819 Hinton Manoralthough restoration was never completed.

After several months at Bewdley, ==4141 in service==4141 moved to Hampton Loade where restoration began on an isolated section of track. However progress was slow out-shopped from Swindon in August 1946, and had effectively stalled was based at the Gloucester (Horton Rd) depot for its entire working life which lasted just 17 years. Following withdrawal by 1988 when the locomotive BR in February 1963, 4141 was sold and moved away from the SVRsent to [[Barry Scrapyard]].

==4141 in preservation==In 1970 SVR member Peter Waite expressed an interest in purchasing the locomotive, and with assistance from the ‘[[Hampton Loade Loco Fund]]’ 4141 arrived on the SVR on 6 January 1973 in a convoy which included 5164, [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall|4930 Hagley Hall]] and [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor|7819 Hinton Manor]]. After several months at [[Bewdley]], 4141 moved to [[Hampton Loade]] where restoration began on an isolated section of track. However progress was slow and had effectively stalled by 1988 when the locomotive was sold and moved away from the SVR. It returned to the SVR in 2007 for an appearance at the [[Spring Steam Gala]]. In  After spells at the Llangollen and Great Central Railways, in October 2012 the locomotive moved to its latest home, the Epping Ongar Railway. In 2017 it was sent to Loughborough for overhaul.

[http://www.eorailway.co.uk/departmentsenthusiasts/rolling-stock/steam-locomotives/ #Prairie%204141 Epping Ongar Railway web page] Retrieved 27 February 201514 April 2019.<br>[https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/4144-2/ Preserved British Steam Locomotives] Retrieved 14 April 2019.