Preserved GWR Modified Hall Class locomotives

This is a list of GWR 6959 (Modified Hall) Class locomotives that survive in preservation.

6960 "Raveningham Hall"

The locomotive was built in March 1944 at Swindon Works. Its first shed allocation was Old Oak Common. The locomotive was withdrawn from service in June 1964 and sold to Woodhams' Scrapyard in Barry for cutting up. However it was saved for preservation and left the yard in October 1972, being the 26th engine to leave Barry. It is now based on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway along with two other members of the class.

6984 "Owsden Hall"

This locomotive was built in February 1948 at Swindon Works. Its first shed allocation was Hereford. It was withdrawn from service with in 1966 and sold for scrap to Woodhams' Scrapyard. In 1986 it was saved for preservation and moved to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway where restoration work began. The locomotive is undergoing repairs, and is not currently serviceable.

6989 "Wightwick Hall"

6989 was completed on the 25th March 1948 at Swindon Works, and was first based at Hereford. The locomotive was withdrawn in June 1964, and sold to Woodham's Scrapyard in Barry South Wales on 17th July 1964. In 1978, the locomotive was purchased by the Quainton Railway Society. It was the 88th engine to leave Barry to go into preservation, and is currently under restoration at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.

6990 "Witherslack Hall"

6990 was built at Swindon in 1948 and withdrawn in January 1966. It was bought by the Witherslack Hall Locomotive Society and it arrived on the Great Central Railway in November 1975. Restoration was completed in 1986. It is now being restored once again for use at the GCR.

6998 "Burton Agnes Hall"

The locomotive was built by British Railways to GWR specifications at Swindon in January 1949, and named after the Yorkshire stately home. Initially based at Cardiff, it was finally withdrawn by British Rail in 1966. The locomotive was acquired by the Great Western Society in the same year, and moved to the Didcot Railway Centre in 1967. Since 1996 the locomotive has been a stationary exhibit.

7903 "Foremarke Hall"

The locomotive, like 6998, was built in 1949 at Swindon Works. First shed allocation was Old Oak Common, and it was named after the Derbyshire stately home. The locomotive was withdrawn from service in 1964 and sold to Woodhams' Scrapyard. Nearly twenty years later, in 1981, it was moved to the Swindon and Cricklade Railway where restoration work began. Restoration was completed 22 years later in 2003, and the locomotive was used on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway before moving to the nearby Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway in 2004, where it is now based.

7927 "Willington Hall"

Whilst not strictly preserved, the frames of this locomotive have been purchased as part of a project to re-create a GWR 1000 "County" Class locomotive, No.1014 "County of Glamorgan". The boiler is going to be used for new-build Grange Class No. 6880 "Betton Grange".

External links

* [http://www.gwsr.com/html/owsden_hall.html 6984 pages at the GWSR website]
* [http://wightwick-hall-6989.com/index.html The 6989 "Wightwick Hall" Restoration Group]
* [http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/locos/e6990.htm 6990 page at the Great Central Railway website]
* [http://www.7903foremarkehall.co.uk/ 7903 Foremarke Hall homepage]
* [http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/locos/1014/1014.html Re-creating 1014]