The Countdown - or rather the count UP.

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1420 was built at Swindon in November 1933 – Withdrawn November 1964

4820 was completed at Swindon in November 1933 at a cost of £2285 for the engine and boiler, plus a further £70 for the automatic train control and auto-gear (push and pull equipment) with which it was fitted. The life of 1420 was spent in Wales, having been allocated to Pontrilas and Pontypool Road throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Renumbered from 4820 to 1420 in November 1946 at Cathays Shed, 1420 found itself at Fairford in 1953, Oxford in 1956 and Exeter in 1959, after a spending a nearly a year at Southall. After a time at Hereford shed, where 1420 worked the Leominster to Kington branch, it was finally withdrawn from Gloucester shed having travelled over 600,000 miles in October 1964 and entered preservation, arriving at Buckfastleigh in 1965.

1420 was given a heavy overhaul at Buckfastleigh in 1972 which enabled it to enter traffic in the following year.

The locomotive was taken out of service and placed in store at the start of 2006 season owing to a leaking foundation ring. By this time it had run for eight years since last being returned to traffic and had clocked up 29,000 miles on the seven miles from Buckfastleigh to Totnes line and some other heritage railways..

In 2017 had the boiler lifted in order to undertake its overhaul.

It was hoped that the locomotive would return to steam on the South Devon Railway in 2019 but by the end of 2017 there was still much to do. By September 2020 it looked as if it would not return to traffic until 2021.

 

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Laser Tools
Laser Tools 4821 Water Pump Pliers 400mm

 

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_4823 leaves the Cooma railway yard on its return run to Sydney in 1979

 

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BR British Railways Steam Locomotive 4825 in 1948 - 22/8/48

 

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Railway Steam Photo : 4827 ‘DURHAM SCHOOL’ LNER V2 44

 

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Southern Pacific EMD SD35 4829
The location is probably Taylor Yard in Los Angeles…

 

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Locomotive 4831, one of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s fleet of 139 GG1 electrics introduced in 1934, stands at Washington Union Station, ready to depart with a passenger train for New York in about 1940.

 

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48 Class Diesel Electric Locomotive 4833
The 165 members of the 48 class of branchline diesel locomotives were built by AE Goodwin of Auburn between 1959 and 1970, the most numerous of any diesel locomotive class acquired by the NSWGR.
Fitted with a 6-cylinder variant of the ALCo 251B engine, these units were designated DL531.
Versatile and lightweight units capable of running on all lines in the state, the 48 class served as the ‘backbone of the railways’ for many decades, and the fact that a number may still be seen in commercial service with various operators today is testament to this.
4833’s service career spanned from 1961 to 1994, before being purchased by Goodwin Alco Pty Ltd and returned to traffic with 3801 Limited, giving stirling service in the early days of the Cockatoo Run and becoming a frequent performer for over 20 years.
4833 is currently based at the NSW Rail Museum in Thirlmere.

 

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Title: Surrounded with Fall Color
Description: Q418 comes through in the peak of autum
Location: Hopewell, NJ
Locomotives: CSX 4835(SD70ACe)

 

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BNSF 4837
42E heads South on the NS New Castle District at MP-123 bound for Cincinnati.

 

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-SOUTHERN RAILWAY ENGINE #4839 REIDSVILLE NC