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[[File:Peckett 1738 Bridgnorth 1972.jpg|thumb|300px|right|1738 at Bridgnorth in 1972]]
[[File: Pe1738_20131214.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Peckett 1738 in December 2013]]
'''Peckett 1738 ''' was resident on the SVR between 1968 and 1995, and was a Gala visitor in October 2000.
This 0-4-0ST locomotive was built as Works No 1738 of 1928 by Peckett and Sons of Bristol. In July of that year it was delivered to Hams Hall Power Station at Coleshill, near Birmingham, where it was given the number 4 and used for shunting coal wagons.<ref>SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition</ref>
1738 was declared surplus to requirements by the CEGB early in 1968 and was purchased by SVR member Mr J McNally, arriving at [[Bridgnorth]] by road on 13 July of that year. It was steamed shortly after arrival, and used on shunting duties for the rest of the year, also giving footplate rides during the August 1968 Gala.
A lengthy overhaul then followed, with the locomotive returning to traffic in September 1984. However <ref>SVR News 75</ref> It was used at Bewdley during the locomotive April 1985 [[Spring Steam Gala|Enthusiast Weekend]]<ref>SVR News 76</ref> but saw little use thereafter. By winter 1991 it was out of service, <ref>SVR News 101</ref> and in spring 1994 SVR News reported that "Anyone interested should contact Jim McNally, the owner".<ref>SVR News 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’.
Around 2005 the locomotive was 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 time as 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> The present status of 1738 is however unclear.
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