GWR 6959 Class
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The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6959 Class or Modified Hall Class is a class of steam locomotive. They were a development of the earlier Hall Class by Frederick Hawksworth.
The most obvious visual difference is that the steam pipes exit the smokebox slightly higher and from a frontal aspect, the leading pony truck has a solid bar across the front. Some of them were also equipped with flat, high-sided Hawksworth tenders, but once he was CME many earlier locomotives received these tenders also, so a Hawksworth tender does not necessarily mean a Hawksworth locomotive.
They were numbered 6959-6999 and 7900-7929.
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[edit] Preservation
A total of 7 have survived to preservation.
| Number | Names | Dates | Notes | |
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| Built | Withdrawn | |||
| 6960 | Raveningham Hall | 1944 | ? | Preserved at Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway |
| 6984 | Owsden Hall | 1948 | ? | Preserved at Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway |
| 6989 | Wightwick Hall | 1948 | ? | Preserved at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre |
| 6990 | Witherslack Hall | 1948 | ? | Preserved at Great Central Railway (preserved) |
| 6998 | Burton Agnes Hall | 1949 | ? | Preserved at Didcot Railway Centre |
| 7903 | Foremarke Hall | 1949 | ? | Preserved at Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway |
| 7927 | Willington Hall | 1950 | ? | Dismantled for use in two new-build projects |
[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 |
| Broad gauge locomotives | |
| Brunel: | Haigh Foundry - Mather, Dixon - Sharp, Roberts - Charles Tayleur - Hurricane - Thunderer |
| Gooch: | Ariadne - Banking - Bogie - Caesar - Firefly - Hercules - Iron Duke - Leo - Metropolitan - Premier - Prince - Pyracmon - Star - Sun - Victoria - Waverley |
| J. Armstrong: | Hawthorn - Rover - Sir Watkin - Standard Goods - Swindon - 1076 Class |
| Dean: | 3001 Class - 3501 Class - 3541 Class - Experimental locomotives |
| Standard gauge locomotives | |
| Dean: | Dean Goods - Aberdare - Dean Single - Duke - Bulldog - 3600 - Badminton |
| Churchward: | The Great Bear - 1361 - County Tank - 2800 - Saint - 3100 - City - County - Star - 4200 - 4300 - 4400 - 4500 - 4700 |
| Collett: | 1366 - 1400 - 2251 - 2884 - ex-ROD 2-8-0 - Earl - Castle - 4575 - Hall - 5101 - 5205 - 5400 - 5600 - 5700 - 5800 - King - 6100 - 6400 - Grange - 7200 - 7400 - Manor |
| Hawksworth: | County - 1500 - 1600 - Modified Hall - 9400 |
| Locomotives of: | BR (steam) • LMS • LNER • Southern |
