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[[File: {{Infobox GWR steam loco|image = 4930_20131006.jpg |caption = 4930 Hagley Hall prior to the 2013 tender exchange|thumbconstruc = GWR Swindon Works|wheels = 4-6-0|rating = GWR: D, BR: 5MT|200pxaxleload = GWR: Red|rightstatus = Under overhaul| locono = 4930 Hagley Hall]]|designed = Charles Collett|locotype = '''GWR 4900'''|built = 1929|years1 = 1972|events1 = Purchased by SVR(H)|years2 = 1973|events2 = Arrived on SVR|years3 =1979|events3 =4930 Hagley Hall First steamed in Servicepreservation|years4 =1986|events4 =Withdrawn for overhaul|length = 63ft 0¼"|weight = 75t 0cwt|power = 27,275 lb|pressure = 225 lb/sq in}}4930 Hagley Hall is a GWR Collett 4900 Hall Class locomotive. 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.

Like ==4930 Hagley Hall in service==4930 was built in May 1929 at the Black 5GWR’s Swindon Works and entered service at the [[Wolverhampton#Wolverhampton Railway Works | Wolverhampton Stafford Road Depot]]. As well as Wolverhampton’s Stafford Road and Oxley depots, other pre-War shed allocations included Chester, Tyseley and Leamington as well as brief periods in the Hall was rated 5MT by BR post-nationalisation; although its wide cylinders meant it was mainly restricted to ex-GWR routessouth west.

In 1948, 4930 was built in May 1929 shedded at Tyseley, but the GWR’s Swindon Works and entered remainder of her post-War service at was mainly spent in the Wolverhampton Stafford south west, with allocations to Bristol St Phillips Marsh, Weymouth (August 1950), Bristol Bath Road Depot, Westbury, Taunton (March 1959) and Exeter. Final allocations were to London’s Old Oak Common and Swindon. In Adrian Vaughan’s biography ‘Signalman’s Twilight’, he recounts that on 29 June 1963 4930 was the only spare locomotive available to replace a Western class diesel which failed near Swindon when working a Milford Haven to Paddington express. It Supposedly restricted to working low class goods services due to her run-down condition, Hagley Hall was nevertheless timed at 82mph passing Didcot and covered the 53 miles from Didcot to Paddington in 45 minutes.<ref>Signalman’s Twilight, Adrian Vaughan, Chapter 12</ref> Following this swansong, 4930 was withdrawn from service by BR at Swindon in December 1963 after a working life of 1,295,236 miles. <ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=4930&loco=4930 BR database. Stephenson Loco Society records have November 1963] (Retrieved 18 November 2019)</ref> The locomotive was acquired by [[Barry Scrapyard | Woodham's Brothers scrap yard ]] at Barry in May 1964. [[Viscount Cobham]] obtained one of the original 'Hagley Hall' nameplates from Lord Beeching, which he lent to the [[Richard Dunn]] to have copies cast in preparation for the locomotive's recovery from Barry and subsequent restoration.<ref>SVR News 43, "Viscount Cobham", Obituary by R.H. Dunn</ref>

==4930 Hagley Hall in Preservationpreservation=====Arrival at the SVR===4930 was bought by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] in June 1972 and was moved from Barry to Bewdley by rail, arriving on 6th January 1973. It entered service 6 years later in 1979 following A six year restorationbegan, initially at Bewdley and completed at Bridgnorth. A portion of that the restoration was lead led by the late Ray Tranter. ===First boiler ticket===Restoration was completed in August 1979 when test running was undertaken. A month later 4930 fully entered service and on 22 September made her main line debut, working double-headed with fellow SVR locomotive LMS 5000 from Hereford to Chester and return with the SVRA “The Inter-City” charter.

In September 1979 it double headed with fellow SVR locomotive LMS 5000 from Hereford to Chester and return with 4930 hauled the official reopening train for Kidderminster Town Station on 30th July 1984. She made a number of other [[The Severn Valley Railway Association on the main line | SVRAmainline appearances]] “The Inter, notably a storming double-City” charterheaded run with 7819 Hinton Manor over the South Devon banks during the GWR 150 celebrations in 1985. A full list of those appearances is as follows:

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"!Date!!Tour name !! Route !! Notes !! Web !! SVR News|-|22 Sep 1979||Inter-City || Hereford - Chester - Hereford || D/H with 45000. 4930 first main line run || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/790922_1.htm SBJ] ||53-12|-|04 Oct 1980||Deeside Venturer || Newport - Hereford - Newport || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/801004dv.htm SBJ] ||56-12|-|14 Feb 1981||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Newport - Hereford || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/810214sl.htm SBJ] ||60-30|-|14 Mar 1981||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Newport - Hereford || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/810314wm.htm SBJ] ||59-24|-|?? Oct 1981||Welsh Marches Pullman || || 4930 hauled the official reopening train for Kidderminster Town Station on 30th July 1984worked 2 tours in October 1981 (SVR News) || ||63-10|-|17 Oct 1981||Welsh Marches Pullman || Shrewsbury - Hereford || || [http://locoperformance.tripod.com/edition16/railtourpage02.htm Locoperf] ||63-10|-|20 Mar 1982||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Newport - Hereford || D/H with 45000 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/820320sl.htm SBJ] |||-|17 Apr 1982||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Newport - Hereford || D/H with 7812 Erlestoke Manor || ||64-28|-|24 Apr 1982||Welsh Marches Pullman || Shrewsbury - Hereford || D/H with 7812 Erlestoke Manor || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/820424wm.htm SBJ] ||64-29|-|19 Feb 1983||Welsh Marches Pullman || Hereford - Newport - Hereford || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/830219wm.htm SBJ] ||67-30|-|26 Feb 1983||Welsh Marches Pullman || Shrewsbury - Hereford || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/830226_1. It made a number htm SBJ] ||68-31|-|22 Jan 1985||Post Office special || B'ham Moor St-Stratford-Leamington Spa-B'ham Moor St || PO charter celebrating 150th anniversary of other post by rail || ||76-21|-|02 Feb 1985||Red Dragon || Newport - Swindon - Gloucester || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/850202pr.htm SBJ] ||76-37|-|08 Apr 1985||Great Western Limited || Plymouth - Bristol Temple Meads || D/H with 7819 after working L/E from SVR overnight || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/850408sl.htm SBJ] ||76-12|-|25 Jun 1985||GW150 Exhibition Train || Highley-Hereford || D/H with 6960 Raveningham Hall || ||77-26|-|06 Jul 1985||Western Stalwart || Kidderminster - Cardiff Central - Hereford || DH with 7029 Clun Castle || [The Severn Valley Railway on the main line http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/850706pr.htm SBJ] ||77-40|-|07 Jul 1985||Great Western Limited || Bristol Temple Meads - Totnes (terminated) || DH with 5051 Drysllwyn Castle || mainline appearances[http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/850707sl.htm SBJ]||77-13|-|13 Aug 1985||GW150 Celebrations Excursions || Swindon Gloucester - Swindon || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/850813gw.htm SBJ], notably a storming double|||-headed run |30 Dec 1985||Santa Special || Kidderminster - Hereford - Kidderminster || D/H with 7819 Hinton Manor over the South Devon banks during 3440 City of Truro || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/851230sl.htm SBJ] ||79-12|-|22 Mar 1986||Tiddly Dyke Tour(s) || Andover - Ludgershall (5 x return) || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/860322ty.htm SBJ] ||80-4|-|23 Mar 1986||Sunday Steam Specials || Andover - Ludgershall (6 x return) || 4930 last main line appearance. £600 of tickets at £4.60 were also sold for the GWR 150 celebrations in 1985Sunday night ECS working to Bristol (alight at Salisbury).<ref>Steam Railway Magazine No 74</ref> || ||80-4|-|}

4930 was withdrawn from service in October 1986 following failure of several boiler stays. It has not steamed since, spending the intervening years in store Mileage completed during her first (and on static display at the Designer Shopping Complex (sited on the former GWR Swindon Worksso far only)boiler ticket was as follows:{| class="wikitable"! <b>Year</b> !! style="text-align:right;" | <b>Mileage</b> |-| 1979 || style="text-align:right;" | 645|-| 1980 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,225|-| 1981 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,746|-| 1982 || style="text-align:right;" | 5, and latterly in [[The Engine House]] at Highley. It was moved from there to Bridgnorth on Sunday 6th October 2013 for the long577|-| 1983 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,445|-| 1984 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,244|-| 1985 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,367|-| 1986 || style="text-align:right;" | 4,964|-| <b>Total</b> || style="text-awaited overhaul to begin.align:right;" | 33,213|}

<Gallery>File:4930 is still owned by SVR(H), but has its own support group, the [[Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall HAGLEY HALL at Wistanstow.jpg | Friends of Hagley Hall]]Welsh Marches Express 26 Feb 1983File:Opening train - geograph. 4930’s sister locomotive [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hallorg.uk - 248546.jpg |4936 Kinlet Hall]] has visited the SVR on several occasions.Kidderminster opening July 1984 </gallery>

===Current overhaulstatus===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).

*The current overhaul will allow On 7/8 June 2007, 4930 to run returned from Swindon with the correct Collet style tender rather than its Hawksworth style one following an exchange with intention of featuring in the custodians of new [[The Engine House | Engine House]] at [[6990 Witherslack HallHighley]] on October 8. En route 4930 spent a day at the real Hagley Hall courtesy of Lord and Lady Cobham, 2013probably the only time a Hall class locomotive has visited the hall after which it was named.<ref>[http://www.4930hagleyhall.*On 11 August 2015, org.uk/pages/4930_returns_home.html Friends of 4930 moved to Hagley Hall - The Journey Home]</ref> The move into the boiler shop for Engine House was then delayed until 2008 by the boiler to be lifted[[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. =Sources=Local connection== Following the GWR's policy of naming locomotives after locations near its lines, 4930 is named after the country house of Hagley Hall, located five miles from [[Kidderminster]]. Whilst being transported by road from the Designer Shopping Complex in Swindon back to the Engine House at Highley in June 2007, the locomotive briefly visited the estate. The country house is the home of Viscount Cobham, and in 2012 the 12th Viscount Cobham accepted an invitation to become patron of the Friends of Hagley Hall.<ref>[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/ news/news.html Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall- News (November 2012)] Retrieved 23 January 2015</ref> In March 2013, one of the original nameplates off the locomotive was permanently loaned for display in the Engine House by Viscount Cobham.<ref>[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/news/news.html Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall - News (March 2013)]</ref>

[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]<br>[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]] ==References==<references /> ==Links==[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/ Friends of Hagley Hall] Retrieved 23 January 2015<br>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_4900_Class GWR 4900 Class on Wikipedia] {{SteamNavbox}} [[Category:Locomotives at Bridgnorth]][[Category: Rolling stock owned by SVR(H)]][[Category:Lottery funding]]