GWR 6400 Class No. 6412

GWR 6400 Class No. 6412
Technical specifications
Designer(s)	Charles Collett
Manufacturer(s)	GWR Swindon Works
Build date	1934
Classification	BR 2P
Rail gauge	4 Foot 8 Inches
Valve gear	Stephenson
Cylinders	Two, inside
Boiler type	GWR Standard No. 21
Boiler pressure	165 psi (1.14 MPa)
Firegrate area	16.76 sq ft (1.557 m2)
Fuel type	Steam (Coal & Water)
Performance figures
Tractive effort	16,510 lbf (73.4 kN)
Service information
Running numbers	6412
Disposition details
Disposition	Preserved
Number scrapped	37

The Great Western Railway No. 6412 is an 0-6-0 steam locomotive built for the Great Western Railway.

History

Built in Swindon in 1934, No. 6412 is one of the 40-strong 6400 class of Great Western Railway pannier tanks which were to be found on most parts of the GWR system. The 6400 class was fitted for ‘push and pull’ or auto-train working, such as was used on the Chinnor line.

No. 6412 is one of three members of the class to have been purchased for preservation and arrived at Buckfastleigh in the mid-1960s, straight from service with the Western Region of British Railways. Restored at Buckfastleigh, she hauled the first train to run on what is today the South Devon Railway.

Transferred to the Paignton to Kingswear line in the early 1970s, No. 6412 was transferred in 1976 to the West Somerset Railway. There, it repeated its 'first loco' role, hauling the WSR's inaugural train later that year, before gaining stardom as the Flockton Flyer in the 1977 children's television programme produced by Southern Independent Television - about the Carter family who move to a small village and take over the running of a preserved railway line. In 2009, No. 6412 went back to the South Devon Railway where she underwent a major overhaul which was completed in 2015.

It returned to service once again in 2022.  

Trivia

• No. 6412 is best know for her role as The Flockton Flyer from the show of the same name.

Gallery

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Preserved steam locomotives in Devon
Museums	Devon Railway Centre	No. 14 Rebecca
	Tiverton Museum	GWR No. 1442 Tivvy Bumper
	St. Marychurch Bygones Museum	Falmouth Docks No. 5 Patricia
	Leaky Finders Ltd.	BR No. 35028 Clan Line • GWR No. 9629 • GWR No. 1638 • S&L No. 47 Carnarvon • SR No. 541
Heritage Railways	South Devon Railway	GWR No. 1420 Bulliver • GWR No. 5526 • GWR No. 5542 • LT No. 92 • GWR No. 6412 • GWR No. 6430 • GWR No. 3205 • BR No. 4160 • GWR No. 1369 • EGW No. 1 Ashley • Lee Moor Tramway No. 2 • British Gypsum Lady Angela • NCB Glendower • GWR Tiny
	Exmoor Steam Railway	Exmoor • Denzil • Lorna Doone • SAR No. 115 • SAR No. 77
	Dartmoor Railway	NCB Newmarket S. 103 Firefly
	Dartmouth Steam Railway	GWR No. 5239 Goliath • GWR No. 4277 Hercules • GWR No. 4555 Warrior • GWR No. 3803 • USATC No. 2253 Omaha • GWR No. 2873 • BR No. 75014 Braveheart • GWR No. 7827 Lydham Manor
	Plym Valley Railway	Byfield Quarries No. 2 Byfield • HOS Fablok TKh49 No. 5374 Vanguard • SSEB No. 4 (No. 705) • W. G. Bagnall No. 3121 • British Sugar Corp. Albert
	Lynton & Barnstaple Railway	SR No. 762 Lyn (replica) • Vallée Heureuse & Le Haut-Banc Quarries Axe • Tongaat Sugar Sir George Newnes