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EspañolGWR 4900 CLASS 4953 PITCHFORD HALL
No. '4953 ''Pitchford Hall''' is a 4-6-0 Hall class steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works in August 1929 for a cost of £4375.
The locomotive worked from a wide variety of sheds all over the GWR network until withdrawal by British Railways in May 1963. It covered 1,344,464 miles over that period.
''Pitchford Hall'' was acquired by Dai Woodham's scrapyard in Barry, South Wales in October 1963 and there it stayed, getting everymore stripped of components, until purchase by its current owner in 1984.
Eventually no. 4953 was moved to Tyseley Locomotive Works where a full mainline standard restoration was carried out, the loco moving under its own power for the first time in February 2004. It made its first public appearance in 42 years at the Crewe Great Gathering in September 2005, being seen by over 40,000 people in three days. ''Pitchford Hall'' obtained its mainline certification in December 2005 after making the required light and loaded test runs from Birmingham to and back.
The locomotive currently carries a "transitional" livery of the 1948 period with GW lettering on the tender, unlined with a smokebox number plate, there are plans to change this in the near future.
On the 17th and 18th February 2007, ''Pitchford Hall'' performed at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway's Winter steam gala, and on the 19th May 2007 performed in tandem with 4965 Rood Ashton Hall on a trip to Bristol from their Tyseley base.
The loco also took part in the 2007 season "Harringworth Viaduct Shuttles"
The locomotive is cared for by the ''Pitchford Hall'' Engine Society.
★ Tyseley (Vintage Trains) website
★ ''Pitchford Hall'' Engine Society
★ ''Pitchford Hall Society fotopic site (password protected)
The locomotive worked from a wide variety of sheds all over the GWR network until withdrawal by British Railways in May 1963. It covered 1,344,464 miles over that period.
''Pitchford Hall'' was acquired by Dai Woodham's scrapyard in Barry, South Wales in October 1963 and there it stayed, getting everymore stripped of components, until purchase by its current owner in 1984.
Eventually no. 4953 was moved to Tyseley Locomotive Works where a full mainline standard restoration was carried out, the loco moving under its own power for the first time in February 2004. It made its first public appearance in 42 years at the Crewe Great Gathering in September 2005, being seen by over 40,000 people in three days. ''Pitchford Hall'' obtained its mainline certification in December 2005 after making the required light and loaded test runs from Birmingham to and back.
The locomotive currently carries a "transitional" livery of the 1948 period with GW lettering on the tender, unlined with a smokebox number plate, there are plans to change this in the near future.
On the 17th and 18th February 2007, ''Pitchford Hall'' performed at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway's Winter steam gala, and on the 19th May 2007 performed in tandem with 4965 Rood Ashton Hall on a trip to Bristol from their Tyseley base.
The loco also took part in the 2007 season "Harringworth Viaduct Shuttles"
The locomotive is cared for by the ''Pitchford Hall'' Engine Society.
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External links
★ Tyseley (Vintage Trains) website
★ ''Pitchford Hall'' Engine Society
★ ''Pitchford Hall Society fotopic site (password protected)
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