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[[File: 4930_20131006{{Infobox GWR steam loco|image = 4930_Bridgnorth_20220909.jpg |caption = 4930 Hagley Hall on relaunch day, 9 September 2022|construc = GWR Swindon Works|thumbwheels = 4-6-0|300pxrating = GWR: D, BR: 5MT|axleload = GWR: Red|rightstatus = Operational| locono = 4930 Hagley Hall prior to the |designed = Charles Collett|locotype = '''GWR 4900'''|built = 1929|years1 = 1972|events1 = Purchased by SVR(H)|years2 = 1973|events2 = Arrived on SVR|years3 = 1979|events3 = First steamed in preservation|years4 = 1986|events4 = Withdrawn|years5 = 2013 tender exchange]]-2022|events5 = Overhaul|length = 63ft 0¼"|weight = 75t 0cwt|power = 27,275 lb|pressure = 225 lb/sq in}}'''4930 Hagley Hall '''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 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.

==A total of 258 'Collett' Halls were built between 1928 and 1943. 11 were preserved, although one (4942 ''Maindy Hall'') has since been converted into the 'Saint' 2999 ''Lady of Legend''. 4930 Hagley Hall in Serviceis the second oldest surviving example and {{as of|2022|lc==The Hall class was a mixed traffic locomotive"y"}}, serving a similar role on the oldest in steam. 4930's sister locomotive [[GWR to that carried out by 4936 Kinlet Hall|4936 Kinlet Hall]] has visited the Stanier ‘Black 5’ SVR on the LMSseveral occasions. Stanier worked for the GWR before moving to the LMS, and the Black 5 drew on many of the Hall’s design features.

Like Collett's successor Frederick Hawksworth produced a modified version of the Black 5design, of which a further 71 were built by the GWR and BR up to 1950. The 6959 'Modified Hall was rated 5MT by BR post' Class included a new 'straight-sided' tender (later also re-nationalisation; fitted to some early Collett Halls). Seven Modified Halls were preserved, including former SVR resident [[6960|6960 Raveningham Hall]], although its wide cylinders meant it was mainly restricted to exone (7927 ''Willington Hall'') is being used as the donor for the 'Grange' and 'County' re-GWR routescreation projects.

==4930 Hagley Hall in service==4930 was built in May 1929 at the GWR’s Swindon Works and as part of Lot 254, at a total cost of £5,151 including the GWR's newly introduced ATC gear. It 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 1As well as Wolverhampton’s Stafford Road and Oxley depots,295other pre-War shed allocations included Chester,236 miles. The locomotive was acquired by [[Barry Scrapyard | Woodham Brothers scrap yard]] at Barry Tyseley and Leamington as well as brief periods in May 1964the south west.

In 1948, 4930 was shedded at Tyseley, but the remainder of her post-War service was mainly spent in the south west, with allocations to Bristol St Phillips Marsh, Weymouth (August 1950), Bristol Bath Road, Westbury, Taunton (March 1959) and Exeter. Final allocations were to London’s Old Oak Common and Swindon. GWR records show that 4930 received a new boiler, no C.8227, at Swindon during its final heavy general repair at Swindon on 13 April 1961 at 1,217,568 miles.  4930 was photographed on 1 June 1963 at the head of a parcels train approaching Hereford.<ref>Photo in SVR News 36</ref> Later that month, Adrian Vaughan’s biography ‘Signalman’s Twilight’ 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. 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 on 2 December 1963 after a working life of 1,295,236 miles, an average of about 100 miles per day over the locomotive's working life.<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 Brothers scrap yard]] on 30 April 1964 and delivered to Barry in May of that year. [[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==

SVR policy in the earliest years of preservation was that locomotives should be acquired by individuals or groups rather than the railway itself. However following the incorporation of [[SVR(H)]] in March 1972 at the instigation of [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]], SVR News announced in summer 1972 that the company was in the course of acquiring 4930 Hagley Hall from Barry. The indicative cost including purchase and restoration was given as £4,000. A preserved Hawksworth 4,000 gallon tender, no 2740, had already been acquired from Swindon for use with the locomotive.<ref>SVR News 24</ref> At the time the deal was the subject of a disagreement between Nabarro and [[Richard Dunn]] who had suggested it should be a private purchase, and was also badly received by the railway's volunteers; not least because the locomotive was seen as a vanity purchase being too heavy to run on the SVR at that time.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 181.</ref><ref group="note">Two other 'overweight' locomotives had also arrived around that time. [[The Earl of Lindsay|Viscount Garnock]]'s [[61994 The Great Marquess|3442 The Great Marquess]] had been described as being capable or running on the railway, although it clearly was not, while [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia|70000 Britannia]] was not allowed to cross [[Victoria Bridge]] with a full boiler.</ref> Having been bought by SVR(H) in June 1972 and was , 4930 became the 29th locomotive to leave Barry, moved from Barry there to [[Bewdley Down Yard]] by rail, and arriving on 6th 6 January 1973in a convoy which also included [[GWR 4141|4141]], [[GWR Large Prairie 5164|5164]], and [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor|7819 Hinton Manor]]. A six -year restoration began, initially at Bewdley . The boiler had been lifted by autumn 1972,<ref>SVR News 29</ref> and was moved during the 'big lift' of five boilers on 3 May 1976.<ref>SVR News 40</ref> Around that time the SVR Board confirmed that funds would be made available to complete the restoration, and in autumn 1977 a committee of five members was set up to monitor the expenditure.<ref>SVR News 45, General Manager's Notes</ref>  In winter 1977 4930 moved to [[Bridgnorth Loco Works]] where the restoration would be completed at Bridgnorth. A portion <ref>SVR News 46</ref> After that time much of the restoration was led carried out by the late Ray Tranter; his work and that of Dave Reynolds on [[46521]] being described by Chief Engineer [[Alun Rees]] as "The nearest which the Locomotive Department has come to one-man projects".By spring 1979 the mechanical work was complete with the locomotive awaiting completion of the boiler.<ref>SVR News 51</ref>

During summer 1979, attention switched to restoration of the Hawksworth tender, with 4930's main line debut provisionally scheduled for September 1979. Restoration was completed in August 1979 when test running was undertaken. A month later 4930 fully entered service and on 22 September 1979 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.<ref>SVR News 53</ref>

4930 was due to attend [[Rocket 150]] at Rainhill in 1980, but two weeks before the event was determined to be out of gauge for the platforms at Rainhill and Earlestown, with Didcot's 5051 ''Drysllwyn Castle'' (a.k.a. ''Earl Bathurst'') attending instead.<ref>SVR News 56</ref> However the locomotive made a number of other main line appearances in the next few years as listed below. In late 1983 Brian Thomas, then owner of Hawksworth Modified Hall [[6960|6960 Raveningham Hall]], agreed to a temporary tender swap for filming purposes. 4930 was fitted with 6960's Collett 'step-sided' tender, appropriate for an original Hall, while 6960 was fitted with 4930's straight-sided Hawksworth tender.<ref>SVR News 70</ref> The following year, 4930 hauled the official reopening train for [[Kidderminster|Kidderminster Town Station ]] on 30th 30 July 1984. She Shortly after the opening day 4930 suffered several burst 'small tubes', which were replaced in time for a return to traffic just before the autumn '[[Autumn Steam Gala|Enthusiasts' Weekend]]'.  <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">File:4930 HAGLEY HALL at Wistanstow.jpg | Welsh Marches Express 26 Feb 1983File:Opening train - geograph.org.uk - 248546.jpg | Kidderminster opening July 1984 File:Hagley Hall arrives from Ludgershall - geograph.org.uk - 2470163.jpg|Hagley Hall at Andover in 1986.</gallery> 4930 made a number of other [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | mainline appearances]]. Most notably, notably [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor|7819 Hinton Manor]] and [[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|6000 King George V]] were due to complete a two-day return trip to Plymouth and back as part of the GWR 150 celebrations in April 1985. The King failed with a 'hot box' during the first day. 4930 made a light engine move overnight from Bridgnorth to Plymouth, joining 7819 for a storming double-headed run with 7819 Hinton Manor back over the South Devon banks during the GWR 150 celebrations in 1985following day.<ref>SVR News 76</ref><ref group="note">7819 had also failed with a hot box on the first day, the excursion being completed with diesel haulage. Fortunately spare parts were available and 7819 was repaired at Exeter with tools borrowed from BR, before also moving light engine to Plymouth. </ref> A full list of those 4930's main line appearances is as follows:

|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 Sunday night ECS working to Bristol (alight at Salisbury).<ref>Steam Railway Magazine No 74</ref> || ||80-4

<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left"></gallery> 4930's last main line duty was two days of Andover – Ludgershall steam specials in March 1986. No further trips were envisaged as the seven-year main line boiler ticket was due to expire later that year.<ref>SVR News 80</ref> A further three years of home use might have been expected, but 4930 was withdrawn from service in October 1986 following the extensive failure of several boiler a number of steel stayson the firebox doorplate.<ref>SVR News 83</ref> ===Storage===4930 did not steam between 1986 and 2022, the longest period any current locomotive has spent ‘out of ticket’ after working at the SVR. The intervening years were initially spent in store in the headshunt at Bridgnorth, with little activity on the locomotive taking place. Mileage In late 1996 Raveningham Hall acquired new owners and left the railway, ending the 'temporary' tender swap and resulting in Hagley Hall being reunited with its incorrect Hawksworth tender. In early 1999 the Swindon Steam Museum contacted the SVR to ask if 4930 could be placed on loan as a static exhibit at the Designer Shopping Complex (sited on the former GWR Swindon Works), taking the place of former SVR Resident [[GWR 3717 City of Truro|City of Truro]] which was returning to the [[National Railway Museum]]. In April 1999 the SVR(H) Board agreed and a cosmetic restoration began at Bridgnorth. This began with steam cleaning the lower works and reinstalling a number of fittings which had been removed for storage. The locomotive was also repainted in GWR Hawksworth-era livery as appropriate for its tender. The work was completed on 20 May 1999, with 4930 moving by rail to Kidderminster and then by road to Swindon, arriving on 25 May 1999. The loan was then expected to be for 'at least two years'.<ref>SVR News 130</ref>  The move to Swindon stimulated interest among the working members for an eventual return to steam. Being company-owned, 4930 had no separate owning organisation to provide stimulus and support for this. A "Hagley Hall Restoration Group" was therefore established, with the approval of SVR(H) and the support of the [[SVRA]], and intended to be made up principally of the younger generation of working members. The first open meeting was held on 25 July 1999, just two months after 4930's move to Swindon. The group quickly morphed into the [[Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall]] and began fund raising.<ref>SVR News 190, 207</ref>  At the end of 2005 the SVR received the necessary funding to enable the construction of the new [[The Engine House | Engine House]] at [[Highley]] to take place, with 4930 intended to be 'the prime exhibit'.<ref>SVR News 152, 156</ref> With construction almost complete, 4930 left Swindon on 7 June 2007, spending a day ''en route'' 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> However the [[2007 Storm Damage | freak storm damage]] on 19 June meant 4930's move into the Engine House was delayed until March 2008, where the locomotive would spend the next five years.  <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">4930_Highley_20120512.jpg | 4930 Hagley Hall in the Engine House, 12 May 2012</gallery> ===Overhaul and second boiler ticket===An [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Share offers|SVR(H) share offer in 2012]] sought to raise £4m for a various projects including the [[Bridgnorth#Bridgnorth_Development_Project|Bridgnorth Station Development]] and the overhaul of Hagley Hall. The 'futuristic' design of the former proposal was not well received, with only £2m being raised by the close of the offer in 2013. Nevertheless, 4930’s long-awaited overhaul began with a move to Bridgnorth on 6 October 2013. Two days later 4930 was again paired with the correct Collett style tender after a permanent exchange of tenders was agreed with the custodians of [[6990 Witherslack Hall]]. The Collett tender, which was described in SVR News as "''…in similar poor condition to the Hawksworth one''" was moved into the Bridgnorth Works where the Friends of Hagley Hall and other volunteers could begin dismantling it. The tender tank was considered beyond repair and quotes were obtained for constructing a new one.<ref>SVR News 184</ref> The contractors Adam Dalgleish Engineering completed the new tender tank in July 2015, retaining it in storage until needed by the SVR.<ref>Friends of Hagley Hall News page</ref> <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">4930_20131006.jpg | 4930 Hagley Hall with Hawksworth tender leaving Highley on 6 October 2013</gallery> During 2014 the [[Charitable Trust]] secured a £95,000 grant from the The [[:Category:Lottery funding#National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund|National Heritage Fund]] towards the overhaul of 4930, which would be used to fund the cost of apprentices working on the loco as part of their training. The tender tank was removed using the [[Cowans Sheldon 30-ton steam crane RS 1087|30-ton steam crane]], and the tender wheelsets were sent to South Devon Railway for new tyres to be fitted. Work on the tender chassis then started, by a combination of the paid staff and Friends' junior members.<ref>SVR News 185, 186, 187, 188</ref> During 2015 work was again mainly focussed on the tender chassis. By spring, fabrication of a new tender tank was under way at Adam Dalgleish Engineering and the wheelsets were returned. By the end of the year the locomotive's boiler has been removed, mostly by volunteer labour, to allow volunteer work to begin on the boiler, and also to allow a more detailed examination of the severely-corroded exhaust passages.<ref>SVR News 189, 190, 191, 192</ref> 2016 again saw much of the work on the tender chassis. On the locomotive, stripping the main cylinder block revealed a number of areas which had suffered severe corrosion. Later that year the insurance test for the 30-ton steam crane was used as an opportunity to remove the cylinder block to allow it to be split and examined more closely.<ref>SVR News 193, 194, 195, 196</ref> The new tender tank was delivered to the SVR on 24 October 2016. By early 2017 the cylinder block was found to have been previously patched, and was considered beyond repair. The decision was therefore taken that a new cylinder block would be required. Stafford Road Design Ltd were appointed to design the polystyrene patterns using for casting replacement cylinder. The casting by Shakespeare Foundry in Preston, Lancashire would be the first cylinders to be cast for a Hall in more than 50 years. Work in earnest on the locomotive overhaul was expected to begin by the end of the year.<ref>SVR News 197</ref> In March 2017 the Friends, 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 name=FOHHN>[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/news/news.html Friends of Hagley Hall News update 7 March 2017 '4930 Our 2020 VISION']</ref>  In early 2018 lack of available space in the SVR's boiler shop resulted in a decision to sub-contract out the boiler overhaul.<ref group="note">Boilers for the 42968, 82045 and 4150 were all in progress. 4930's boiler was selected for sub-contracting because as a company loco, no negotiation with an owning group was needed. Also Heritage Lottery money and fundraising support from the Friends was available.</ref> On 9 April 2018 the boiler departed for Northern Steam Engineering Ltd. at Stockton, for overhaul.<ref>SVR News 203</ref>. The driving wheels were also sent to the South Devon Railway in 2018 for fitting of new tyres. By the start of 2019, the tender had become a fully wheeled chassis, with the new tank being fitted in March.<ref name=FOHHN/> The locomotive frames had been fitted onto new stands which had been sourced to avoid extended use of the works' jacks and to ensure the new cylinders could be fitted without movement in the frames. A number of further issued had been encountered including a cracked boiler crown, cracked expansion slides on the boiler sides, and a cracked vacuum cylinder on the tender.<ref>SVR News 205</ref> The new cylinder blocks had been machined by Harco Engineering and were returned to Bridgnorth on 14 June 2019<ref>Railway Magazine, July 2019, p.72</ref> where they were trial fitted. A new drag box was designed, manufactured and fitted over a period of around three months.  By Q3 of 2019 the plan for 4930 was for the boiler to be completed during her and returned to Bridgnorth in Q4 of 2019, the loco to be re-wheeled in the first half of 2020, followed by boiler installation and completion of the final fitting out leading to a steaming date in the latter part of 2020.<ref>SVR News 207</ref>. Unfortunately 2020 progress was significantly affected by the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]] which meant for some months no work could carried out, or work only carried out by small numbers of paid staff. The boiler was eventually returned from Northern Steam Engineering just before Christmas 2020.<ref>SVR News 213</ref> In spring 2021 the frames were moved onto the works' jacks and raised so far onlythat the locomotive could be re-wheeled.<ref>SVR News 214</ref> The boiler was steam tested on 15 September and trial fitted into the frames in October. On 8 December the lagged and almost fully clad boiler was refitted to the frames and the locomotive moved back from the boiler shop to the works for fitting out and painting. The plan had been to have the locomotive complete before the 3-month closure of the works for fitting a new roof. In the end this was not quite possible, with the last stages being completed in the MPD yard. The locomotive moved in steam for the first time within the MPD yard on 11 May 2022.<ref>SVR News 216, 218</ref><ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blmay22 Branch Lines May 2022]</ref> On 22 June 2022 the locomotive was signed off to begin line testing, beginning with a run to Hampton Loade paired with visiting locomotive 2999 ''Lady of Legend'' and returning solo. Further light engine and loaded test runs took place in July and August, with the locomotive painting also being completed in GWR lined green with small GWR logo on the tender. The relaunch of 4930 Hagley Hall took place on Friday 9 September 2022, with around 200 invited guests attending a dedication ceremony at Kidderminster and travelling on two return trips to Bridgnorth, the first official passenger carrying journeys by the locomotive since October 1986.  <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">4930_Eardington_20220909.jpg | The inaugural relaunch day train on Eardington Bank</gallery> The final cost of the overhaul was estimated to be around £1.3m.<ref>Autumn Steam Gala 2022 Souvenir Programme</ref> A comprehensive 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>.  ===Mileage===Mileage recorded during the first boiler ticket was as follows:

==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.<Galleryref>File[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/news/news.html Friends of 4930 HAGLEY HALL at WistanstowHagley Hall - News (November 2012)]</ref> In March 2013, one of the original nameplates off the locomotive was permanently loaned for display in the Engine House by Viscount Cobham.jpg | Welsh Marches Express 26 Feb 1983File<ref>[http:Opening train - geograph//www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk /news/news.html Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall - 248546.jpg | Kidderminster opening July 1984 News (March 2013)]</galleryref>

===Current status=See also==4930 has not steamed since 1986, the longest period any current locomotive has spent ‘out *[[Steam Locomotives]]*[[List of ticket’ after working at the SVR. preservation groups]]*[[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 Severn Valley Railway on the former GWR Swindon Works). main line]]

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]==Notes==<references group="note"/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 on Sunday 6th October 2013. *As part of the overhaul, 4930 will in future be able to run with the correct Collet style tender rather than its Hawksworth style one, following an exchange with the custodians of 6990 Witherslack Hall on October 8, 2013. Work on restoring the tender is under way*On 11 August 2015, 4930 moved to the boiler shop for the boiler to be lifted. *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]]. 4930’s sister locomotive [[GWR 4936 Kinlet Hall|4936 Kinlet Hall]] has visited the SVR on several occasions. ==Local connectionReferences== 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)]</ref> In March 2013, one of the original nameplates of 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)]<references /ref>

==SourcesLinks==*[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/ Friends of Hagley Hallwebsite] Retrieved 23 January 2015<references *[https:/>/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_4900_Class GWR 4900 Class on Wikipedia]