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==Titfield Thunderbolt?==
"The role of the pre-accident locomotive #1401 was played by two separate 14XX locomotives, facing in opposite directions to allow as much filming as possible. #1401 starred as herself while #1450 masqueraded as her sister with identical number-plates. Though #1401 was later scrapped, #1450 was preserved and today operates on steam railways throughout Britain" [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/trivia IMDB, Titfield Thuderbolt trivia]. Is this true?--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 11:26, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
:Sadly not, it appears. This [https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/titfield-thunderbolt.265126/ thread on National Preservation] suggests 1456 was the second loco. The film was released in 1953 which means filming would have been in 1952, and the trivia also mention the use of Westbury crews. The BRDatabase entries for [http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=4801&loco=4801 1401] and [http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=4856&loco=4856 1456] show both locos moved to Westbury in June 1952 and stayed for around 4 months. [http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=4850&loco=4850 1450] was at Slough at the time. --[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 14:42, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
::Thanks, I did wonder--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 19:50, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
==Early preservation history==
Making notes here before updating the article, pending checking other sources. The [https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/1450-2/ entry in preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com] suggests 1450 worked at the Dart Valley Railway (now South Devon Railway) "...''before being sold by the DVR to Mike Little and Barry Cordell in 1991. It then spent ten years on the Dean Forest Railway before moving to the Severn Valley Railway in 2014''". Pull Push Limited was not incorporated until late 2001 and the fixed asset appeared in the first accounts at December 2002, so presumably it was privately owned from 1991 before becoming a company asset in 2002. The second sentence implies it did not move to the DFR until 2004. --[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 17:52, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
