1466 1959-02 Bovey Tracey
Often known as simply Bovey, looking south. The last passenger train was 28 Feb 1959 and this was around that date.
Bovey Tracey was on the branch line from Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead and little 1466 seen here was a regular worker on the line , spending most of its working life allocated to Newton Abbot Depot , apart from a spell at Taunton in its last months of service .
Saved for preservation by the Great Western Society following withdrawal the engine was moved down to the fledgling Society's temporary home at Totnes in March , 1964 before heading from Totnes to Didcot , by then the Society's principal base , on 2nd . December , 1967 .
A long term attraction at Didcot , 1466 was the first of four of her class saved for preservation , with 1420 and 1450 enjoying active and working lives following rstoration , whilst 1442 remains on static display within the town's museum at Tiverton , a location which 1442 served during its working life.