
GWR 9466 Class 0-6-0

by Gordon James
Title
GWR 9466 Class 0-6-0
Artist
Gordon James
Medium
Photograph - Photography Digital
Description
Great Western Railway 94XX Class 0-6-0 Pannier Tank No.9466
As of 2023 this steam locomotive is based at the West Somerset 9466 was built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn Ltd in Darlington in 1952. It was initially allocated to the Gloucester depot in February 1952 but in March of that year, it moved to Worcester, where it was used on pilot work as well as shunting and on local passenger and freight duties. It stayed at Worcester for nine years, after which it was overhauled at Wolverhampton Stafford Road and then transferred to Bristol (St Phillips Marsh) in 1961.
9466 worked at Tondu depot from June 1962 and Radyr shed a year later. 9466 was withdrawn for scrap in June 1964 after a working life of less than 12 years. It spent 11 years at Woodham Brothers, before moving to Quainton in September 1975. It was bought in 1977 by Dennis Howells.
Since then, it has visited many heritage railways and has worked special steam trains for London Underground.
During 2006, it was fitted with Train Protection and Warning System and On Train Monitoring and Recording systems which are mandatory for mainline working. Following recertification at Tyseley for mainline running, 9466 hauled several trains on the main line during 2006 – 2009.
In June 2019, Jonathan Jones Pratt, the Chairman of the West Somerset Railway PLC, announced that he had purchased the locomotive, with a desire to run it on the West Somerset Railway but this could not be done until Red Route status was reinstated on the railway, which is required before heavier axle load locomotives can run on the whole line. Initially, it ran on the South Devon Railway.
By October 2019, the locomotive had been moved to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
In July 2020, it was announced that the locomotive would be moving to the Ecclesborourne Valley Railway, where it arrived at the end of September 2020.
In March 2022, it arrived at the West Somerset Railway.
Its current boiler certificate expires at the end of 2025
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December 12th, 2019
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Comments (6)

Lynnie Lang
Absolutely gorgeous, congratulations on being featured Nominated 1000 Views on 1 Image by your peers!

Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #24 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw

Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this fabulous digital artwork for special feature on the 1000 view group...t/p
Gordon James replied:
Thank you Diana. I am planning on including this image in my first exhibition in February, here in my own county in Northamptonshire, England.
Gordon James replied:
Image has been printed and is now hanging in the exhibition. It looks even better in the flesh…so as to speak! It’s the start of an exciting journey I think.

Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Gordon James replied:
Thank you Christopher. I’m still a little naive in navigating my around this particular area of the site. I certainly enjoy adding new images to my FineArt site and check daily on views etc.

Gordon James
Thankyou Gary, I have always thought that this was one of my best pieces. I’m really glad you like it.

Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the contest TRAIN
Gordon James replied:
Thank you Gary. Glad you like it. It sums up the style of image that I now aspire to.