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.Like the 'Granges', the 'Manors' used parts from the 43XX Moguls but just on the first batch of twenty. Twenty were built between 1938 and 1939, with British Railways adding a further 10 in 1950. Nine are preserved, with three of the class being preserved at the Severn Valley Railway

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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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Preserved Great Western Railway 7800 Manor Class steam locomotives

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