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__NOTOC__ [[File:Peckett 1738 Bridgnorth 1972.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right|1738 at Bridgnorth in 1972]][[File: Pe1738_20131214.jpg |thumb|200px300px|right| Peckett 1738 in December 2013]]'''Peckett 1738 ''' was resident on the SVR between 1968 and 1995, and was returned as a Gala visitor in October 2000.

This ==Service==Peckett and Sons of Bristol produced more than 50 of their W5 class 0-4-0ST locomotives between 1926 and 1940, of which more than half were still in existence as late as 1968. This particular locomotive was built as Works No 1738 of 1928 by Peckett to the order of the City of Birmingham Electricity Service and Sons of Bristol. In delivered in July of that year it was delivered to their Hams Hall Power Station at Coleshill, near Birmingham, where it was given the number 4 and used for shunting coal wagons.An identical W5 class Peckett had been delivered there a few months earlier.<ref name=SVR10>SVR News 10</ref>

1738 was declared surplus to requirements by The locomotives' main duties at Hams Hall were shunting coal wagons between the exchange sidings on the CEGB early in 1968 LMS line and was purchased by SVR member Mr J McNally, arriving at [[Bridgnorth]] by road in July of that yearthe power station. It was steamed shortly after arrivalAs the power station grew, larger and more powerful locomotives were obtained and used on shunting by the 1960s the Pecketts were relegated to lighter duties for the rest and eventually stored out of the yearuse, also giving footplate rides during with much of the August 1968 Galatraffic being worked by more modern diesel locomotives. <ref name=SVR10/>

A lengthy overhaul then followed, with the locomotive returning In early 1968 seven steam locomotives at Hams Hall were declared surplus to traffic in September 1984. However requirements by the locomotive saw little use thereafter, CEGB and eventually left the SVR circa November 1995offered for sale by tender, moving to of which 1738 (CEGB No 4) was considered in the South Devon Railwaybest condition.

1738 made ==Preservation==By mid-1968 the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] had established a return visit presence at [[Bridgnorth]] and the first five steam locomotives had arrived,<ref group="note">GWR 3205, LMS 46443, MW 2047, GWR 813 and LMS 47383</ref> although opening to Hampton Loade was still several years off. 1738 was purchased by SVR member Jim McNally who was already one of the SVR 's drivers at the time, and was intended for a ‘Thomas’ weekend stock shunting at Bridgnorth without the need to raise steam in October 2000, appearing one of the larger locomotives<ref name=SVR13>SVR News 13</ref> (all shunting at that time was by steam locomotives as ‘Percy’ alongside [[LMS Jinty 47383]] as ‘Thomas’the first diesel shunter did not arrive until 1971).

{{As 1738 arrived at [[Bridgnorth]] by road on Saturday 13 July 1968 and was steamed shortly after arrival. Concerns that it would be too small for use were allayed when it was found "possible to shunt in Bridgnorth Yard at 2 hours' notice with a few shovelfuls of coal".<ref name=SVR10/> It was used on shunting duties for the rest of the year and also gave footplate rides during the August 1968 Gala.<ref name=SVR13/>  1738 was steamed again in 1969<ref>SVR News 26</ref>, although the nature ofits role at Bridgnorth meant that only 2 miles of use had been recorded when the locomotive was withdrawn for a major overhaul. By mid-1970 it had been dismantled and was "in the midst of major restoration" at Bridgnorth<ref>SVR News 18</ref> On 30 June 1973 it had been steam tested and was turned to face north using a hired crane, before being finished in GWR livery. It was steamed twice in 1973, although only for working around Bridgnorth yard.<ref>SVR News 29/30</ref>In September 1975 1738 was again recorded as undergoing a major overhaul, requiring a set of new tubes to be fitted. It was expected to re-enter traffic at some time in 1976, probably for shunting at Bewdley.<ref>SVR News 37</ref> However no further reports appeared in SVR News until the locomotive returned to traffic in September 1984.<ref>SVR News 75</ref> It was used at Bewdley during the April 1985 [[Spring Steam Gala|2015}} Enthusiast Weekend]]<ref>SVR News 76</ref> but saw little use thereafter. By winter 1991 it was again out of use having accumulated a total of just 14 miles in service, and in spring 1994 SVR News reported that "Anyone interested should contact Jim McNally, the owner".<ref>SVR News 101, 110</ref> It eventually left the SVR circa November 1995, moving to the South Devon Railway. 1738 made a return visit to the SVR for a ‘Thomas’ weekend in October 2000, appearing as ‘Percy’ alongside [[LMS Jinty 47383]] as ‘Thomas’.<ref>SVR News 134</ref> Around 2005 the locomotive was in taken into private ownership at Titley Junction Station in Herefordshire, <ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/final-results.asp?action=display&Id=3226 UKLocos.Com]</ref> where it was still used as ‘Percy’ from time to timeas seen in the 2013 photograph. The Kingfisher Line and Titley Junction Station are privately owned and entry to the public is strictly forbidden. The former website is archived but in 2018 the line was still extant: a 'Steam and and Tea Afternoon' was organised on 18 August with a steam train ride.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110112030041/http://www.titleyjunctionstation.co.uk/kingfisher_line.html Archived Kingfisher Line website]</ref><ref>[https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/16297395.steam-and-tea-afternoon-to-take-place-at-titley-junction/ Hereford Times, 18 June 2018]</ref> A [https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5215384075244992&set=a.817934718323305 Facebook post] in July 2022 showed the locomotive at Titley Junction, which had just passed its steam test. ===Sister locomotives===One other W5 class Peckett survives in preservation at the Appleby-Frodingham RPS, Works no 1438 of 1916 ex-CEGB, Nechells Power Station, Birmingham. The article in SVR News 10 suggested that several of the class worked at the power stations at [[Ironbridge power station |Ironbridge]] and [[Stourport Power Station|Stourport]] on the Severn Valley Branch. However the three preserved examples which saw service there are the later W6 class which shared the same wheelbase, wheel diameter and cylinder dimensions but was slightly longer, wider in the boiler, tank and cab, and was not fitted with smokebox wing plates<ref>[https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/166246-peckett-saddle-tank-classes-e-vs-w5-or-w6/&tab=comments#comment-4532773 RMWeb Forum]</ref>.

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*[[Former Residents]] ==Notes==<brreferences group="note"/>

SVR News<brreferences />Severn Valley Railway Stock Book, seventh edition.

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