GWR 4900 Class 5967 Bickmarsh Hall

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The GWR 4900 Class locomotive No. 5967 Bickmarsh Hall is the locomotive before No. 5972 Olton Hall. Bickmarsh Hall was built at swindon works and was completed in March 1937. First shed allocation Chester. August 1950 shed allocation Banbury. Fitted with 3 row superheater. March 1959 shed allocation Newton Abbot. Last shed allocation Westbury. Before it was withdrawn in June 1964 and sold to Barry Scrapyard where it sat till it was bought by the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway and left as the 187th departure from Barry in August 1987. It is preserved at the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway in Wales where it awaits restoration with most of the railways steam engines.

[edit] Locomotive Details

  • Builder: Great Western Railway, Swindon.
  • Built: March 1937.
  • Withdrawn: June 1964.
  • Class: Hall.
  • Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0.
  • Driving Wheel Diameter: 6' 0' '
  • Boiler Pressured: 225 psi.
  • Tractive effort: 27,275 lbs.

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Preserved GWR Hall Class locomotives

4920 Dumbleton Hall   |  4930 Hagley Hall   |  4936 Kinlet Hall   |  4942 Maindy Hall
4953 Pitchford Hall   |  4965 Rood Aston Hall   |  4979 Wootton Hall  |   5900 Hinderton Hall
5952 Cogan Hall   |  5967 Bickmarsh Hall   |  5972 Olton Hall