GWR 7800 Class 7827 Lydham Manor

Great Western Railway 7800 Class No. 7827 Lydham Manor is a preserved British steam locomotive. It is currently owned by and based on the Dartmouth Steam Railway.

The locomotive was built in December 1950. Its first shed allocation was at Chester. In March 1959 its shed allocation was moved to Oswestry. It Conducted improved draughting tests in February 1954. In May 1965 it received its last shed allocation at Shrewsbury. 7827 was withdrawn in October 1965 and acquired by Woodham's, Barry in May 1966. 7827 was sold to Dart Valley Railway and left the scrapyard as the 5th departure from Barry in June 1970. 7827 was restored in 1973.

It carried the Great Western Livery which it would never have carried while in mainline service, as it was built two years after the end of the Great Western Raiwlay (GWR). In 2011 Lydham Manor was re-introduced at the Churston Heritage Festival carrying British Rail all-black livery and bearing the temporary nameplates Torquay Manor for the festival. The locomotive's current boiler certificate expires in 2015.

Lydham Manor has been on loan to other heritage railways/centres including, Didcot Railway Centre, South Devon Railway and the West Somerset Railway in recent years.

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