GWR 4900 CLASS

The Great Western Railway '4900 Class' or 'Hall Class' is a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett.

Contents

Overview

Preservation

References

External links

Overview

The prototype, 4900 was rebuilt from GWR Saint Class 2925 ''Saint Martin'' in 1924 with smaller driving wheels. Construction proper started in 1928. A total of 259 were built, numbered 4900-99, 5900-99 and 6900-58.
The Modified Hall Class were a later development by Hawksworth.
The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 and LNER Thompson Class B1 both drew heavily from the Hall Class.
After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways gave them the power classification 5MT.

Preservation

11 halls have survived to preservation.

Number	Name	Built	Withdrawn	Notes
4920	''Dumbleton Hall''	1929	?	Preserved at South Devon Railway
4930	''Hagley Hall''	1929	12/1963	Preserved at Severn Valley Railway ''(Currently stored at Swindon Steam Railway Museum)''
4936	''Kinlet Hall''	1929	?	Preserved at Birmingham Railway Museum
4942	''Maindy Hall''	1929	?	Preserved at Didcot Railway Centre
4953	''Pitchford Hall''	1929	?	Preserved at Birmingham Railway Museum
4965	''Rood Aston Hall''	1930	?	Preserved at South Devon Railway
4979	''Wootton Hall''	1930	?	Preserved at Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway (under restoration at private site)
5900	''Hinderton Hall''	1931	1963	Preserved at Didcot Railway Centre
5952	''Cogan Hall''	1935	?	Preserved at Cambrian Railway Trust
5967	''Bickmarsh Hall''	1937	?	Preserved at Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway
5972	''Olton Hall''	1937	?	Preserved - used to haul Hogwarts Express in Harry Potter films.

References

Collett & Hawksworth Locomotives—A Pictorial History, Brian Haresnape, Ian Allen Ltd, 1978, ISBN 0-7110-0869-8

External links

★ Great Western archives - Hall class

★ Friends of Locomotive 4930 Hagley Hall