6412 - '64xx' class pannier tank locomotive, built 1934. Normally resident on the West Somerset Railway.

Photograph copyright Keith Lawrence, 2003

Wheel arrangement:

0-6-0PT

Origin:

Great Western Railway

Introduced:

1932 - one of several classes of pannier tank locomotives on the Great Western.

Working weight:

45 tons

Water capacity:

1,100 gallons

Purpose:

Light passenger work. This class was fitted with 'push-pull' equipment, enabling it to propel special coaches with connections so that the driver could operate the locomotive from the front of the coach, when the engine was pushing. This engine was local - based at Gloucester, it operated the last push-pull 'Chalford Shuttle' service between Gloucester and Chalford in 1962. No. 6412 has been a regular visitor to the GWR over the past two years.