GWR 4575 Class
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4575 Class is a class of steam locomotive. They are 2-6-2T small prairie type based on the 4500 Class but with larger side tanks.
[edit] Preservation
No less than 11 of these tank engines survived:
- 4588, at Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway - under overhaul (GWR Green and for sale)
- 5521, currently working in Poland (GWR Green)
- 5526, at South Devon Railway - Operational (BR Black and auto-fitted)
- 5532, at Llangollen Railway - Under Restoration
- 5538, at Dean Forest Railway - Under Overhaul (GWR Green)
- 5539, at Llangollen Railway - Under Restoration
- 5541, at Dean Forest Railway - Under Overhaul (BR Lined Green)
- 5542, at West Somerset Railway - Operational (GWR Green) - auto-fitted
- 5552, at Bodmin and Wenford Railway - Operational (BR Lined Green)
- 5553, at West Somerset Railway - Operational (BR Lined Green)
- 5572, at Didcot Railway Centre - On static display awaiting overhaul
Number 5553 was the last steam engine to leave Woodhams' Scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, in January 1990.
[edit] In fiction
One of these locomotives with the GWR Shirtbutton logo was featured in the train chase sequence from the 1977 Disney film, Candleshoe.
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