An old friend returns: GWR 1450 back on the SDR in August and September

The South Devon Railway is looking forward to welcoming a third visiting locomotive in 2010 as a former Buckfastleigh based ex Great Western Railway tank locomotive returns to the line.

No 1450 was withdrawn from Exmouth Junction in 1965 and came straight into preservation at Buckfastleigh. This much loved engine worked services on our line throughout the 1970s and 1980s before being sold by her owners to Mike Little.

Now 1450 is coming back and will be a special guest at the SDR's Rails & Ales event over the August Bank Holiday, 28th - 30th August and the Heritage Transport Gala on September 11th - 12th.

Click here for more information on 1450.

14th July 2010 

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1450 at Crowcombe on the West Somerset Railway. Photo: Don Bishop.

 The 14xx class worked on the SDR in GWR and BR days. Here, one of the line's regular engines, 1427 stands at Buckfastleigh in the late 1950s - a very different view from today. Photo: Peter Gray.