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The Hall class was a mixed traffic locomotive, serving a similar role on the GWR to that carried out by the Stanier ‘Black 5’ on the LMS. Stanier worked for the GWR before moving to the LMS, and the Black 5 drew on many of the Hall’s design features.
Like the Black 5, the Hall was rated 5MT by BR post-nationalisation; although its wide cylinders meant it was mainly restricted to ex-GWR routes.
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4930 Hagley Hall is a GWR Collett 4900 Hall Class locomotive. The Hall was a mixed traffic locomotive, serving a similar role on the GWR to that carried out by the Stanier ‘Black 5’ on the LMS. Stanier worked for the GWR before moving to the LMS, and the Black 5 drew on many of the Hall’s design features. Like the Black 5, the Hall was rated 5MT by BR post-nationalisation, although its wide cylinders meant it was mainly restricted to ex-GWR routes.
==4930 Hagley Hall in Service==
4930 was built in May 1929 at the GWR’s Swindon Works and entered service at the [[Wolverhampton#Wolverhampton Railway Works | Wolverhampton Stafford Road Depot]]. It was withdrawn from service by BR at Swindon in December 1963 after a working life of 1,295,236 miles. The locomotive was acquired by [[Barry Scrapyard | Woodham Brothers scrap yard]] at Barry in May 1964.
