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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, 4936 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 4936 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 Sunday 6th 6 October 2013. *As part of the overhaul, 4930 will in future be able to run with the correct Collet Collett style tender rather than its her previous Hawksworth style one, following an exchange with the custodians of [[6990 Witherslack Hall ]] on 8 October 8, 2013. Work {{As of|2017}} the new tender tank has been delivered and work on restoring the tender is under waycontinues.*On 11 August {{As of|2015, 4930 moved to |8}} the boiler shop for was lifted from the boiler frames. *The cylinder block has been found to be liftedbeyond economic repair and replacement will be a costly additional expense.
*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 still owned by SVR(H), but has its own support group, the [[Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall | Friends of Hagley Hall]]. {{As of|2016|9}} the Friends have 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 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.
==Local connection==
