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1450 bows out as sister engines' overhauls make good headway

COLLETT'14XX'0-4-2No T . 1450 worked the last trains of its boiler certificate at the Severn Valley Railway on December 9 when it took part in a series of private runs for owner Mike Little.

The popular loco's extended boiler'ticket'was due to expire on December 13, so the opportunity was taken for one final fling.

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