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Kinlet Hall is a GWR Collett 4900 Hall Class locomotive and sister to the SVR’s [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall | 4930 Hagley Hall]]. The locomotive has spent two periods [[Steam Locomotives hired by the SVR | on hire to the SVR]] and appeared as a guest at four [[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas | steam galas]].
==4936 Kinlet Hall in service==
Kinlet Hall was built at Swindon and entered service at Chester in June 1929. In 1941, the locomotive’s bogie and main frames were severely damaged when falling into a bomb crater after a heavy bombing raid on Plymouth. Repaired at Newton Abbott, the locomotive continued in GWR and BR(W) service until finally withdrawn from Cardiff East Dock shed January 1964. She was then acquired by [[Barry Scrapyard | Woodham's, Barry]] in June 1964.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_hal_hall49a.htm Great Western Archive] (Retrieved 2 June 2016)</ref><ref name = "Kinlet">[http://www.kinlethall.co.uk/kinlet-history.php Kinlet Hall history page] (Retrieved 2 June 2016)</ref>
==4936 Kinlet Hall in preservation==
Kinlet Hall left Barry in May 1981 as the 126th departure. After spells at Peak Rail, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway and Llangollen,<ref>The Barry Story, Martin Beckett, 2010</ref> restoration was finally completed at the Birmingham Railway Museum (now Tyseley Locomotive Works) in 2000. The locomotive was mainline certified in June 2000 and worked a ‘ten year ticket’.<ref name = "Kinlet" /> She appeared as a guest at the 2007 Autumn Steam Gala; as the line was only open between Kiddermionster and Bewdley due to that summer’s [[2007 Storm Damage | storm damage]], Kinlet Hall and sister locomotive 4953 Pitchford Hall made a number of runs between Bewdley and Birmingham Snow Hill. In 2009, now out of mainline certification, Kinlet Hall spent the summer and autumn on hire to the SVR to cover for a locomotive shortage and also appeared at the Autumn Steam Gala.
After a further overhaul, Kinlet Hall was again mainline certified and returned to service in 2011.<ref name = "Kinlet" /> She arrived back on the SVR for a second period on hire in autumn of 2013. After appearing at the Autumn Steam Gala and working the Christmas services, Kinlet Hall made a final appearance at the Spring Steam Gala before moving on.
==References==
<References />
==See also==
[[Steam Locomotives hired by the SVR]]<br>
[[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas]]
==Links==
[http://www.kinlethall.co.uk/ Kinlet Hall web site]<br>
==4936 Kinlet Hall in service==
Kinlet Hall was built at Swindon and entered service at Chester in June 1929. In 1941, the locomotive’s bogie and main frames were severely damaged when falling into a bomb crater after a heavy bombing raid on Plymouth. Repaired at Newton Abbott, the locomotive continued in GWR and BR(W) service until finally withdrawn from Cardiff East Dock shed January 1964. She was then acquired by [[Barry Scrapyard | Woodham's, Barry]] in June 1964.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_hal_hall49a.htm Great Western Archive] (Retrieved 2 June 2016)</ref><ref name = "Kinlet">[http://www.kinlethall.co.uk/kinlet-history.php Kinlet Hall history page] (Retrieved 2 June 2016)</ref>
==4936 Kinlet Hall in preservation==
Kinlet Hall left Barry in May 1981 as the 126th departure. After spells at Peak Rail, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway and Llangollen,<ref>The Barry Story, Martin Beckett, 2010</ref> restoration was finally completed at the Birmingham Railway Museum (now Tyseley Locomotive Works) in 2000. The locomotive was mainline certified in June 2000 and worked a ‘ten year ticket’.<ref name = "Kinlet" /> She appeared as a guest at the 2007 Autumn Steam Gala; as the line was only open between Kiddermionster and Bewdley due to that summer’s [[2007 Storm Damage | storm damage]], Kinlet Hall and sister locomotive 4953 Pitchford Hall made a number of runs between Bewdley and Birmingham Snow Hill. In 2009, now out of mainline certification, Kinlet Hall spent the summer and autumn on hire to the SVR to cover for a locomotive shortage and also appeared at the Autumn Steam Gala.
After a further overhaul, Kinlet Hall was again mainline certified and returned to service in 2011.<ref name = "Kinlet" /> She arrived back on the SVR for a second period on hire in autumn of 2013. After appearing at the Autumn Steam Gala and working the Christmas services, Kinlet Hall made a final appearance at the Spring Steam Gala before moving on.
==References==
<References />
==See also==
[[Steam Locomotives hired by the SVR]]<br>
[[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas]]
==Links==
[http://www.kinlethall.co.uk/ Kinlet Hall web site]<br>
