A photographic charter group has sponsored the painting of 1420 into full B.R. lined black livery. And very smart it looks too!  Only two 14XX locos are believed to have received this livery, one of them being one of the regular Ashburton Branch engines, 1470. A re-creation of a genuine Ashburton branch auto won't, therefore, be long in appearing!

 
 
 

Specification:

Cylinders - Diameter: 16 inches  Stroke: 24 inches	Heating Surface -  Fire Tubes, 869.8 sq. feet Fire box, 83.2 sq. feet.  Total 953.0 sq feet
Boiler - Barrel: 10 feet 0 inches; Diameter Outside: 3 feet 9.125 inches and 3 feet 10 inches	Area of fire grate: 12.8 sq. feet
Firebox - Outside: 4 feet 6 inches by 4 feet Inside: 3 feet 9 15/16 inches by 4 feet and 3 feet 4 inches  Height: 5 feet 5.5 inches	Wheels -  Coupled, 5 feet 2 inches Pony Truck, 3 feet 8 inches
Tubes-  Fire Tubes: No. 193: diameter 1.625 inches; length 10 feet 10.187 inches. Fire Tubes: No. 2: diameter 5.125 inches; Length 10 feet 10.187 inches	Water Capacity of Tank - 800 gallons Working Pressure - 165 lbs per sq.inch Tractive Effort - 13,900 lbs
Total Weight of Engine	41 Tons 6Cwt Full  35 tons 1 Cwt Empty

Introduced: 1932
Number Range: 4800 to 4874 (Auto fitted for working with trailer cars) and 5800 to 5819
Renumbered to 14xx series on introduction of oil firing.
Duties: Light branch line passenger traffic
Data derived from GWR Engines - Names, Numbers and Classes 1946
Examples Preserved: 1420, 1450, 1466