GWR 1400 Class No. 1442 "Tivvy Bumper"

Great Western Railway (GWR) No. 1442 "Tivvy Bumper" is a 0-4-2T 1400 class tank engine preserved on static display at the Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life in Tiverton, Devon.
==Overview==
No. 1442 was built in April 1935 at Swindon Works as No. 4842 of the 4800 Class. In 1946, the locomotive along with the rest of its class were rebranded as the 1400 class, as the GWR converted twelve of its 2800 Class of Consolidations to burn oil, reassigning the 4800 class to that series of experimental locomotives.
==Operational history==
No. 1442 alternated between being based at Marlow and Slough between 1948 and 1950 before going to Oxford where it stayed until 1953 when it moved again to Reading. Its stay at Reading only lasted three months after which it returned to Oxford later in 1953 where it was based for nearly nine years later. In 1962, No. 1442 was transferred to Westbury for a month before moving on to Exeter and then Yeovil Town a year later in October 1963. 
No. 1442 spent its last years working between Tiverton and Tiverton Junction station at Willand becoming known to the locals as "Tivvy Bumper".
In May 1965, No. 1442 became one of the last two members of its class to be withdrawn from service.
==Preservation==
Following its end of service, No. 1442 was purchased by Lord Amory in 1965 for static display at Tiverton. It was originally displayed outside in the open air at Blundell's Road, but it was moved in 1978 to the inside of its present location at the Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life to protect it from the weather.
==Trivia==
*No. 1442 is one of four surviving examples of the 1400 Class in preservation.
*No. 1442 is the only preserved example of this class that is not fitted with auto train equipment.
*No. 1442 is the only preserved example of this class that is a static display piece. Nos. 1420, 1450, and 1466 are either operational or are currently undergoing an overhaul to return to service.
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