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|pressure = 225 lb/sq in}}'''6960 Raveningham Hall''', a GWR 6959 Class 'Modified Hall', was resident on the SVR between 1977 and 1996and returned on hire in 2019. The SVR’s [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall | 4930 Hagley Hall]] is an example of the original Collett design of the successful 4900 Hall Class mixed traffic locomotive. In 1944 F.W. Hawksworth, Collett’s successor as GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer, introduced a modified version of the Hall with improved cylinder steam passages, a longer wheelbase with extended main frames, and a re-designed bogie.

6960 was out-shopped from Swindon in March 1944, and in as the second member of Lot 350. The locomotive initially operated without cab side windows as part of wartime blackout regulations. In June 1947 it received the name Raveningham Hall after a stately home in East Anglia.<ref name=SB8>SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition</ref>. The locomotive worked out of London’s Old Oak Common in the 1940s, Reading in the 1950s and latterly Oxford until being withdrawn from service by BR in June 1964.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=6960&loco=6960 BRDatabase]</ref>

The locomotive was restored at 6960 left [[Barry Scrapyard|Barry]] in October 1972 as the 26th departure and moved to ‘Steamtown’, now the site of West Coast Railways base at Carnforth. <ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Beckett & Hardingham (2010)]] p. 74.</ref> There it was acquired by Mr Brian Thomas and following restoration took part in the [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1975|1975 Rail 150 celebrations at Shildon]].<ref name=SB8/> In May 1977, then owner Brian Thomas moved the locomotive to the SVR, where it continued in service until 1981. Following an overhaul 6960 returned to service in 1983; this second ‘ticket’ lasted the full 10 years to 1993. A third period of service began in late 1995, before the locomotive left the SVR in 1996 following a change of ownership.

While at the SVR Raveningham Hall recorded 69,392 miles as follows:{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"! <b>Year</b> !! style="text-align:right;" | <b>Mileage</b>|- | 1977 || style="text-align:right;" | 380|-| 1978 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,540|-| 1979 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,890|-| 1980 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,300|-| 1981 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,382|-| 1983 || style="text-align:right;" | 115|-| 1984 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,261|-| 1985 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,224|-| 1986 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,514|-| 1987 || style="text-align:right;" | 7,527|-| 1988 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,798|-| 1989 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,144|-| 1990 || style="text-align:right;" | 2,922|-| 1991 || style="text-align:right;" | 8,419|-| 1992 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,399|-| 1993 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,016|-| 1995 || style="text-align:right;" | 51|-| 1996 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,510|-| <b>Total</b> || style="text-align:right;" | 69,392|} Following a decision by the owner to sell the locomotive, 6960 left the Severn Valley Railway in late 1996, initially moving to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.<ref>Severn Valley Railway News 121,p. 20.</ref> 6960 is now based at the West Somerset Railway. In 2019 an agreement was reached to send [[7802]] to the WSR between May and October with Raveningham Hall coming to the SVR for a similar period, including the [[Autumn Gala]].<ref>NBI 21 May 2019</ref>

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