GWR 7800 Class

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One of the nine preserved locomotives (out of a class of just thirty), 7822 Foxcote Manor.

7803 Barcote Manor at Dovey Junction on the Up Cambrian Coast Express, 1 August 1961. The Manors were associated with the Cambrian Line and its famous express.

7812 Erlesoke Manor on the Down Cambrian Coast Express to Aberystwyth at Machynlleth on 6 August 1965.

Cookham Manor

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 7800 Class or Manor Class is a class of steam locomotive. They were designed as a lighter version of the GWR Grange Class. Twenty were built between 1938 and 1939, with British Railways adding a further 10 in 1950.

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[edit] Preservation

Nine survive to preservation, these being:

• 7802 Bradley Manor
• 7808 Cookham Manor
• 7812 Erlestoke Manor
• 7819 Hinton Manor
• 7820 Dinmore Manor
• 7821 Ditcheat Manor
• 7822 Foxcote Manor
• 7827 Lydham Manor
• 7828 Odney Manor

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