VoR No.9 'Prince of Wales'

Prince of Wales is a 2-6-2 side tank locomotive. (Not to be confused with VoR No.2 'Prince of Wales'.)
== History ==
Prince of Wales was built in 1924 at Swindon Works by the Great Western Railway for use on the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Wales. Prince of Wales was numbered originally 1213 under the GWR this was done to make it look like the original 1213 was having a rebuild as the GWR had only permitted the building of two locomotives, many sources get this confused and think that No.9 is the rebuilt No.2 this isn't true as very few components could be shared between No.1 and 2 with No.7, 8 and 9 later the GWR renumbered 1213 to No.9. In 1948 British Railways took the GWR over and Prince of Wales was renumbered 98009 but never carried the number. The Vale of Rheidol Railway was the last steam operated line operated by British Railways, No.8 became the last loco on the line to be converted to oil burning in 1979. In the mid 1980s the VoR became a heritage railway and Prince of Wales has operated on the VoR ever since being converted back to coal burning in 2013.
== Gallery ==
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Category:Locomotives
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Category:Built in 1924
Category:1 foot 11 1⁄2 inch gauge
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