page_title: List of rolling stock preserved on the South Devon Railway
section_title: Operational
hierarchical_section_title: List of rolling stock preserved on the South Devon Railway / Locomotives / Main line steam / Operational
caption_attribution_description: English: The South Devon Railway' 'prairie tank' number 5526 was overhauled in 2016 and re-entered service carrying Great Western green livery the following spring. It is seen arriving at Totnes Riverside.
context_page_description: The South Devon Railway is a heritage railway in Devon, England. The rolling stock preserved on the South Devon Railway includes many examples of steam locomotives typical of the Great Western Railway types that would have once worked on the line, other types of steam locomotives, and a number of diesel locomotives. The engine shed is at Buckfastleigh.
  As well as locomotives in service, there are others undergoing overhaul or restoration, or which are displayed in non-working condition. The most significant one of these is Tiny a South Devon Railway 0-4-0vb shunting locomotive on display in the museum at Buckfastleigh station. This is the only original 7 ft ¹⁄₄ in broad gauge locomotive still in existence in the United Kingdom.
  There are a number of historic coaches in use including two "GWR Super Saloons", coaches once used in the Royal Train, and some auto coaches that were used on small branch lines such as this.
context_section_description: 1369 – GWR 1366 Class 0-6-0PT
  This small class of six locomotives were designed for shunting around docks and on branch lines with tight curves. 1369 was built at Swindon in 1934. It served as the Swindon works shunter until 1960 when it moved to the Weymouth Quay branch. In 1962 it was sent to Cornwall to work the Bodmin and Wenford branch which it did until replaced by diesel locomotives in 1964; the last steam locomotive working for BR in Cornwall. It arrived at Buckfastleigh on 2 April 1966. 1369 returned to service in 1996 following an extensive restoration and painted in BR unlined black livery. It was withdrawn from service in 2005 and a further overhaul was completed in 2007 which enabled it to work until 2017. It was steamed again in September 2019 following a two-year overhaul in original GWR green.
  5526 – GWR 4575 Class 2-6-2T
  These 'small prairies' were medium sized branch line locomotive; they used to haul freight trains on the Buckfastleigh line. The 4575 Class were introduced in 1927 as an improvement on the earlier 4500 Class. 5526 was built in 1928 and worked from many sheds in Devon and Cornwall: St Blazey, Bodmin, Exeter, Plymouth Millbay, Laira and Truro before being withdrawn from Westbury in 1962. It then went to Barry scrap yard from where it was purchased in 1985. It was moved to Swindon for restoration but this was not completed until it was sold to a new group and moved to Buckfastleigh, where it was restored to working order and painted in British Railways black livery. It was withdrawn from service early because of cracks in the firebox. An overhaul to working order was completed in May 2017 and the locomotive was painted in Great Western Railway green for the first time in preservation.
  Two other 'small prairies' have worked on the Buckfastleigh line in preservation. 4500 Class number 4555 worked the last BR train on the line and was first locomotive to arrive for preservation in 1965. It was joined in 1970 by 4575 Class 4588 which came from Barry scrap yard. 4555 and 4588 both moved to the Dartmouth Steam Railway ever since leaving Buckfastleigh; in 2015 4588 moved on to the Tyseley Locomotive Works.
  5786 – GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT
  The 5700 'pannier tanks' are the archetypal GWR shunting and branch line locomotive. They first appeared in 1929 and 5786 was one of the earliest ones constructed – the class eventually numbered 863 locomotives. After British Railways had no further use for 5786 it was sold to the London Transport Executive and, carrying the number L92, worked engineers trains on the Metropolitan line until 1971. Upon its eventual retirement it was preserved by the Worcester Locomotive Society and after initially being based on the Severn Valley Railway it was moved to the Bulmer's Railway Centre in Hereford for preservation before moving to the South Devon Railway in 1996. After a major overhaul 5786 returned to steam in 2001 in Great Western Green. It gave ten years reliable service before being withdrawn for overhaul in 2011. This was completed in 2013 and 5786 now wears London Transport livery as number L92.
  6412 – GWR 6400 Class 0-6-0PT
  One of 40 such locomotives built for working autotrains, it was delivered new to Swansea Landore shed towards the end of 1934. It worked in south Wales until 1963 when it was transferred to Exmouth Junction shed in Devon. It was later moved north to Gloucester and was taken out of service there in November 1964. It was sold to the Dart Valley Railway and arrived at Totnes under its own power on 5 June 1966. It hauled the first train when the line re-opened on 5 April 1969. After working on both the Buckfastleigh and Kingswear lines it was deemed as surplus to requirements and sold to the West Somerset Railway Association, moving to Taunton, again under its own power, on 25 March 1976. It was one of the first locomotives to work that line when it reopened, and starred in The Flockton Flyer television series, for which it was given "Flockton Flyer" nameplates. It was taken out of service for its ten-yearly overhaul in 2008. Although this work was 
caption: 5526
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