- A last chance to photograph 1466 in BR black before it departs for overhaul and return to GWR livery, Saturday 17th November 2018
A last chance to photograph 1466 in BR black before it departs for overhaul and return to GWR livery, Saturday 17th November 2018
Join us for an afternoon, early evening in the last chance saloon with No.1466 in British Railways black, heavily weathered to approximate its condition on withdrawal from BR service, to photograph the locomotive before overhaul
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About this event
On Saturday 17th November, we will have our last chance photographic opportunity to capture '1400/4800' Class 0-4-2T No.1466 in British Railways black livery before the locomotive is dispatched to a private site for overhaul. The engine will appear in weathered condition courtesy of the TimeLine team and with grateful thanks to the GWS for allowing it to happen. Our event will take a nostalgic look back to the early days of preservation as the star of BR main line steam was finally waning.
The story started in 1961 when a group of four young enthusiasts - John Barlow, Mike Peart, Angus Davis and Graham Perry - decided to attempt to preserve a '1400' Class tank engine. At Southall Depot, where the boys frequented the footbridge over the railway to watch passing trains, there were very few passenger classes of loco as most of the fleet based there were goods engines. This meant that they developed a special affection for the '1400' tanks based there for auto-train working.
Our event aims to showcase 1466 in the condition in which it last ran on BR metals and in which it was withdrawn from service in the early 1960s before the loco was repainted into GWR green livery. This will definitely be the last opportunity to photograph 1466 in British Railways livery for some considerable time. Shortly after this event, the locomotive will leave the Museum bound for a private site for overhaul and on its return will appear in GWR green livery as either 1466 or in its earlier guise as 4866. The TimeLine team will be busy in the run up to the charter ensuring that the locomotive looks suitably weathered for the occasion, so why not join us for one more trip back to the early preservation years of the 1960s.
Event cost £30.00 per person.