9642 Parkend 23 March 2002

On 23 March 2002, 57xx 0-6-0PT 9642 simmers quietly at Parkend on the Dean Forest Railway with a demonstration freight train during a photo charter by the EMRPS. 9642 only just qualifies as Great Western loco, having been built in 1946. It spent its last years at Southall depot, although was briefly transferred to Old Oak Common prior to being withdrawn in November 1964. It then worked for the National Coal Board at Maesteg, before entering preservation.