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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 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 It was withdrawn from service by BR at Swindon in December 1963 after a working life of 1,295,236 miles.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.
==4930 Hagley Hall in Preservation==
4930 hauled the official reopening train for Kidderminster Town Station on 30th July 1984. It made a number of other [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | mainline appearances]], notably a storming double-headed run with 7819 Hinton Manor over the South Devon banks during the GWR 150 celebrations in 1985.
4930 was withdrawn from service in October 1986 following failure of several boiler stays.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 and on static display at the Designer Shopping Complex (sited on the former GWR Swindon Works), and latterly in was returned to the Severn Valley on 7/8 June 2007 <ref>[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/pages/4930_returns_home.html Friends of 4930 Hagley Hall - The Journey Home]</ref> [[The Engine House]] at Highley. It was On its journey home, the locomotive briefly visited the "real" Hagley Hall on 8 June 2007, a country house located near Kidderminster. The engine moved from there to Bridgnorth on Sunday 6th October 2013 for the long-awaited overhaul to begin.
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.
*The current overhaul will allow 4930 to run with the correct Collet style tender rather than the Hawksworth style one seen in the photograph, following an exchange with the custodians of [[6990 Witherslack Hall]] on October 8, 2013.
*On 11 August 2015, 4930 moved to the boiler shop for the boiler to be lifted.
==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)]</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)]</ref>
==Sources==
[http://www.4930hagleyhall.org.uk/ Friends of Hagley Hall] Retrieved 23 January 2015
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==See also==
