GWR 1400 Class
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The Great Western Railway 1400 Class is a class of steam locomotive designed for branchline passenger work, originally classified as the 4800 Class. The later 5800 Class were very similar. The defining feature between the two classes of locomotive was that the 14xx was fitted for autotrains with a mechanical system linking them and the autocoach. The autocoach was a specialist coach, designed for this purpose, which could also be used with the GWR 5400 Class and GWR 6400 Class.
[edit] Preservation
Four have been preserved, these being 1420, 1442, 1450 and 1466.
- 1420 is under overhaul on the South Devon Railway Trust
- 1442 is a static exhibition at the Tiverton Museum
- 1450 is on the Dean Forest Railway
- 1466 is at the Didcot Railway Centre
[edit] The 1400 class in fiction
A fictional 1400 class locomotive (Oliver the Western Engine) appears in The Railway Series of children's books written by the Rev. W. Awdry, and in the spin-off TV series (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends).
One of these engines played a prominent role in the film The Titfield Thunderbolt as the main locomotive of the Titfield-Mallingford branch, and as a stolen locomotive.
[edit] External links
- http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_042.htm
- http://www.southdevonrailway.org/1420.html
- http://www.tivertonmuseum.org.uk/
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