GWR 6959 Class 6989 Wightwick Hall
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The Great Western Railway steam locomotive, no. 6989 Wightwick Hall s a 4-6-0 Modifield Hall class locomotive. Wightwick Hall was completed on the 25th March 1948 at Swindon Works. First shed allocation Hereford. August 1950 and March 1959 shed allocations Hereford. Last shed allocation Gloucester. ”Wightwick Hall” covered 640,645 miles in 16 years of service. She operated in an area mainly bounded by Cardiff, Weston Super Mare, Banbury and London, working in the fast freight and express passenger role. She spent 10 years working out of Hereford, 4 years out of Worcester and finally 2 out of Gloucester Horton Road. she was withdrawn in June 1964.She was sold to Woodham Brothers Scrap Yard in Barry South Wales on 17th July 1964. 6989 made her last journey on BR metals as part of a special train from Gloucester to Barry on 6th August 1964 in company with 6960 "Raveningham Hall", 7F No 53809 and Class 48xx No 48431. She then spent 13 years 5 months languishing in the salt air of Barry, before being rescued by the Quainton Railway Society. She was the 88th engine to leave Barry to go into preservation.
[edit] Preservation
"Wightwick Hall" is under restoration at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
[edit] Technical Details
Engine:
- Swindon Works Lot Number 366.
- Class Modified Hall.
- Wheel arrangement 4-6-0.
- Driving wheel diameter 6 feet.
- Wheel base 27 feet 1 inch.
- Weight 75 tons 16 hundredweight.
- Number of cylinders 2.
- Cylinder dimensions 18.5 inches diameter, 30 inches stroke.
- Valve gear - Stephenson (piston valves).
- Swindon No 1 boiler, current boiler 9296. As new 9241. Boilers 9236, 9281, 9264 and 9269 also fitted at various times.
- Boiler pressure 225 pounds per square inch.
- Heating surface 2,104 square feet.
- Fire grate area 27.1 square feet.
- Ash Pan – 3 hopper.
- Tractive effort 27,275 pounds.
Tender:
- Coal capacity 6 tons.
- Water capacity 4,000 gallons.
- Weight 46 tons 14 hundredweight.
- Tender No as new 4048.
- Tender No on disposal 2938.
- Current tender last coupled with Willington Hall.
Tender and Engine:
- Engine and tender overall weight 121 tons 14 hundredweight.
- Engine and tender overall length 63 feet.
[edit] External links
| Preserved GWR Modified Hall Class locomotives |
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6960 Raveningham Hall | 6984 Owsden Hall | 6989 Wightwick Hall | 6990 Witherslack Hall |
