The South Devon Railway has announced that GWR Large Prairie No. 4160 has arrived at Buckfastleigh today, 8th October 2020.
4160 is now under the custodianship of 5542 Ltd, who are using the South Devon Railway as their host.
The GWR locomotive’s overhaul will be completed at Buckfastleigh.
Once the locomotive’s overhaul is completed, 4160 will join the fleet of locomotives based at Buckfastleigh.
4160 was built in September 1948 and worked for 16 years with Great Western Railway, before being withdrawn in 1965. The locomotive is owned by 4160 Ltd, being based at the West Somerset Railway, and is under the custodianship of 5542 Ltd.
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the locomotive 4160 is still owned by 4160 ltd it is on hire under contract to the 5542 group for 13 years and will be returned to Four One Six O Ltd custody
Hi Mike,
Many thanks for your comment.
We have updated the story to confirm that the loco is owned by 4160 Ltd.
Regards,
Alan
Hi Alan thank you for the correction regards Mike
Well then, Looks as though the South Devon Railway (At Buckfastleigh) Have A Potential newcomer to their own fleet of locos…
Especially with Yet Another Loco Restoration Project, to Potentially keep this Fascinating Devon-shire/West Country Branch Line Heritage Railway & Transportation Destination as Busy as Ever.
I Also Believe, A Terrific Total of 10 examples (of this Classic ex-Great Western 5101 Class Loco Design) have been Preserved.
It’s Astonishingly Amuzing that there are even more Steam Locos within Preservation…
And I Beleive this ex-Great Western Steamer – whom it’s number 4160, has Potential of doing A Good Job pulling/hauling Passenger Trains up & down the route of this West Country Branch Line Heritage Railway one day…
Especially when the SDR have completed said Restoration.
“4160 was built in September 1948 and worked for 16 years with Great Western Railway”
That would have been difficult. A ‘Back to the future’ incident?
I think that the overhaul of 5239 Goliath was completed by the East Somerset Railway at Cranmore??
523 Goliath, belonging to the Dartmouth Rail and River Company underwent her overhaul at the East Somerset Railway not South Devon. Also at the ESR is 4555 and 4110.