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GWR 4930 Hagley Hall

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|events3 = First steamed in preservation
|years4 = 1986
|events4 = Withdrawn for overhaul|years5 = 2013-2022|events5 = Overhaul
|length = 63ft 0¼"
|weight = 75t 0cwt
|}
4930 was withdrawn from service in October 1986 following failure of several boiler stays. Mileage completed during her first  <Gallery>File:4930 HAGLEY HALL at Wistanstow.jpg | Welsh Marches Express 26 Feb 1983File:Opening train - geograph.org.uk - 248546.jpg | Kidderminster opening July 1984 </gallery> ===Overhaul and second boiler ticket===4930 had not steamed since 1986, the longest period any current locomotive has spent ‘out of ticket’ after working at the SVR. The intervening years were initially spent in store at Bridgnorth. Following a cosmetic restoration in 1999, 4930 was placed on loan as a static exhibit at the Designer Shopping Complex (sited on the former GWR Swindon Works).  On 7/8 June 2007, 4930 returned from Swindon with the intention of featuring in the new [[The Engine House | Engine House]] at [[Highley]]. En route 4930 spent a day at the real Hagley Hall courtesy of Lord and so far Lady Cobham, probably the onlytime a Hall class locomotive has visited the hall after which it was named.<ref>[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/pages/4930_returns_home.html Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall - The Journey Home]</ref> The move into the Engine House was then delayed until 2008 by the [[2007 Storm Damage | storm damage in 2007]].  4930’s long-awaited overhaul began with a move from the Engine House to [[Bridgnorth Loco Works]] on 6 October 2013. In March 2017 the [[Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall | Friends of Hagley Hall]], in partnership with Severn Valley Engineering Services, formulated a detailed programme for completion of the overhaul. This "''2020 Vision''" envisaged a return to steam in 2020.<ref>[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/news/news.html Friends of Hagley Hall News update 7 March 2017 '4930 Our 2020 VISION']</ref> This was stymied by the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]. Overhaul continued until 2022, with the first movements in May 2022.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blmay22 Branch Lines May 2022]</ref> Notable features of the overhaul included:*4930 is now paired with the correct Collett style tender rather than her previous Hawksworth style one, following an exchange with the custodians of [[6990 Witherslack Hall]] on 8 October 2013. In 2017 a new tender tank was delivered and fitted.*On 10 April 2018 the boiler ticket departed for Northern Steam Engineering Ltd. at Stockton, for overhaul. *The cylinder block was found to have been previously patched, and was considered beyond repair. New cylinder blocks were produced: 3D Computer Aided Design work by Stafford Road Design Ltd., casting by Shakespeare Foundry in Preston, Lancashire and machining by Harco Engineering. Machined cylinders returned to Bridgnorth on 14 June 2019.<ref>Railway Magazine, July 2019, p.72</ref>*The driving wheels were sent to the South Devon Railway in 2018 for fitting of new tyres. A record of the overhaul can be found on the news section of the [http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/news/news.html Friends of Hagley Hall web site]. ===Ownership and support===4930 is owned by SVR(H), but has its own support group, the [[Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall | Friends of Hagley Hall]]. By September 2016 the Friends had raised over £110,000 towards the overhaul.<ref>[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/news/news.html Friends of Hagley Hall web site]</ref> In addition, thanks to a [[:Category:Lottery funding#National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund|Heritage Lottery Fund]] grant in February 2014 of £95,000 to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]], apprentices from the Heritage Skills Training Academy playing an active part in this work.<ref>[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-projects/hagley-hall.html Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust website] (Retrieved 15 February 2017)</ref> In all the Charitable Trust was the conduit for nearly £800,000 of funds for the second overhaul<ref>Charitable Trust accounts to 30 June 2021, p. 6, </ref>.  4930’s sister locomotive [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall|4936 Kinlet Hall]] has visited the SVR on several occasions. ===Mileage===Mileage is as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! <b>Year</b> !! style="text-align:right;" | <b>Mileage</b>
|-
| 1986 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,964
|-
| 2022 || style="text-align:right;" |
|-
| <b>Total</b> || style="text-align:right;" | 33,213
|}
 
<Gallery>
File:4930 HAGLEY HALL at Wistanstow.jpg | Welsh Marches Express 26 Feb 1983
File:Opening train - geograph.org.uk - 248546.jpg | Kidderminster opening July 1984
</gallery>
 
===Current status===
4930 has not steamed since 1986, the longest period any current locomotive has spent ‘out of ticket’ after working at the SVR. The intervening years were initially spent in store at Bridgnorth. Following a cosmetic restoration in 1999, 4930 was placed on loan as a static exhibit at the Designer Shopping Complex (sited on the former GWR Swindon Works).
 
On 7/8 June 2007, 4930 returned from Swindon with the intention of featuring in the new [[The Engine House | Engine House]] at [[Highley]]. En route 4930 spent a day at the real Hagley Hall courtesy of Lord and Lady Cobham, probably the only time a Hall class locomotive has visited the hall after which it was named.<ref>[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/pages/4930_returns_home.html Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall - The Journey Home]</ref> The move into the Engine House was then delayed until 2008 by the [[2007 Storm Damage | storm damage in 2007]].
 
4930’s long-awaited overhaul began with a move from the Engine House to [[Bridgnorth Loco Works]] on 6 October 2013. In March 2017 the [[Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall | Friends of Hagley Hall]], in partnership with Severn Valley Engineering Services, formulated a detailed programme for completion of the overhaul. This "''2020 Vision''" envisaged a return to steam in 2020.<ref>[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/news/news.html Friends of Hagley Hall News update 7 March 2017 '4930 Our 2020 VISION']</ref> This was stymied by the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]] and {{As of|2020|10|lc=y}} the latest target date is 2022.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bloct20 Branch Lines October 2020]</ref>
*As part of the overhaul, 4930 will run with the correct Collett style tender rather than her previous Hawksworth style one, following an exchange with the custodians of [[6990 Witherslack Hall]] on 8 October 2013. In 2017 the new tender tank was delivered for work on restoring the tender to continue. By March 2019 the new tender tank was fitted to the refurbished and rewheeled tender chassis.
*By August 2015 the boiler had been lifted from the frames. On 10 April 2018 it departed from Bridgnorth by road for the workshops of Northern Steam Engineering Ltd. at Stockton, where overhaul commenced. The overhaul completed and the boiler returned in December 2020.
*The cylinder block was removed and examined. This revealed that the cylinders had been previously patched, and were therefore considered beyond repair. New cylinder blocks were produced: 3D Computer Aided Design work by Stafford Road Design Ltd., casting by Shakespeare Foundry in Preston, Lancashire and machining by Harco Engineering. Machined cylinders returned to Bridgnorth on 14 June 2019.<ref>Railway Magazine, July 2019, p.72</ref>
*The driving wheels were removed from the frames on 14 July 2018, so they could be sent to the South Devon Railway for fitting new tyres.
 
Updates on the overhaul can be found on the news section of the [http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/news/news.html Friends of Hagley Hall web site].
 
4930 is owned by SVR(H), but has its own support group, the [[Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall | Friends of Hagley Hall]]. By September 2016 the Friends had raised over £110,000 towards the overhaul.<ref>[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/news/news.html Friends of Hagley Hall web site]</ref> In addition, thanks to a [[:Category:Lottery funding#National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund|Heritage Lottery Fund]] grant in February 2014 of £95,000 to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]], apprentices from the Heritage Skills Training Academy are playing an active part in this work.<ref>[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-projects/hagley-hall.html Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust website] (Retrieved 15 February 2017)</ref>
 
4930’s sister locomotive [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall|4936 Kinlet Hall]] has visited the SVR on several occasions.
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