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7802 Bradley Manor is a GWR Collett 7800 Manor class 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotive ==7802 Bradley Manor . The Class was designed as a lighter version of the GWR Grange Class, giving a wider Route Availability. The first 20, including all three at the SVR, were built between 1938 and 1939 and incorporated parts from old GWR 4300 Class Moguls. BR built a further 10 in service==1950 and rated the class 5MT. BR altered the draughting arrangements in the 1950s, resulting in a narrower chimney.
7802 Bradley Manor is one of three Manor class locomotives based at the SVR, the others being [[GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor | 7812 Erlestoke Manor]] and [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]].
==7802 Bradley Manor in service==7802 was built at Swindon in January 1938 to Lot 316 at a recorded cost of £5,002. It was named after the manor house at Bradley near Newton Abbot, Devon. Initially delivered to London’s Old Oak Common Depot, 7802 soon moved to Bristol working cross country services around Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset and South Wales.
Post-War, 7802 was mainly based at ex-Cambrian sheds and was a well-known performer on 'The Cambrian Coast Express'. In late 1960, 7802 was joined there by sister engine 7812 Erlestoke Manor. Both locomotives were withdrawn at Shrewsbury on 6th November 1965, and both moved to [[Barry Scrapyard | Woodham’s scrapyard]] at Barry in June 1966.
==7802 Bradley Manor in preservation==
Both 7812 and 7802 were acquired from Barry by [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]]. 7802 was purchased from Barry in 1979, intended as a source of spares for 7812. Restoration Second thoughts brought about a start to restoration in 1983, which was finally completed in April 1993, and . 7802 ran until August 2000, including a number of appearances on the main line (see below).
A quick overhaul was achieved by exchanging Erlestoke Manor’s boiler (withdrawn in 1985) with Bradley Manor’s, allowing a return to service (and main line working) for 7802 in May 2002. The engine is recorded as having surpassed 100,000 miles of running in preservation in 2009<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/svrofficial/posts/1083453811732320 SVR Official Facebook Page], "Erlestoke Manor strikes gold", retrieved 30/08/2016</ref>.
==References==
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SVR Stock Book, ninth edition
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