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The Great Western Railway (GWR) No. 6430 is one of three 6400 Class 0-6-0PT Pannier Tank engines currently in preservation.

History[]

Built at GWR's own Swindon Works in March 1937, she served the railway for nearly 30 years before her withdrawal by British Railways (BR) in October 1964.

Originally sold to John Cashmore Ltd. as scrap, she was immediately re-sold to the Dart Valley Railway, being towed by her sister, No. 6412, in 1966.

For another 20 years, she was used for spare parts, until being purchased by her current owner, Hugh Skipton, in 1990. Shortly thereafter, her restoration began at Long Marston, before being moved again to the Llangollen Railway in 1996, slowly but steadily progressing till making her first successful test run in early 2004.

No. 6430 currently remains in operation on the South Devon Railway , decked in an original BR Lined Green livery. Her boiler ticket is due to expire in 2025.

Gallery[]

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 LineGWR No. 9629GWR No. 1638 • S&L No. 47 CarnarvonSR No. 541
Heritage Railways South Devon Railway GWR No. 1420 BulliverGWR No. 5526GWR No. 5542LT No. 92GWR No. 6412GWR No. 6430GWR No. 3205BR No. 4160GWR No. 1369 • EGW No. 1 AshleyLee Moor Tramway No. 2 • British Gypsum Lady Angela • NCB Glendower • GWR Tiny
Exmoor Steam Railway ExmoorDenzilLorna DooneSAR No. 115SAR No. 77
Dartmoor Railway NCB Newmarket S. 103 Firefly
Dartmouth Steam Railway GWR No. 5239 Goliath • GWR No. 4277 Hercules • GWR No. 4555 WarriorGWR No. 3803 • USATC No. 2253 OmahaGWR No. 2873 • BR No. 75014 Braveheart • GWR No. 7827 Lydham Manor
Plym Valley Railway Byfield Quarries No. 2 Byfield • HOS Fablok TKh49 No. 5374 VanguardSSEB 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
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