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[[File: 7802_20100925.jpg |thumb|300px|right| 7802 Bradley Manor at Bewdley]]
7802 Bradley Manor is a GWR Collett 7800 Manor class 4-6-0 locomotive
==7802 Bradley Manor in service==
7802 Bradley Manor is one of three GWR Collett 7800 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]].
The Manor Class 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotive 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 1950 and rated the class 5MT.
==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. Restoration 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A quick overhaul was achieved by exchanging Erlestoke Manor’s boiler (withdrawn in 1985) with Bradley Manor’s, allowing a return to service (and main line working) for 7802 in May 2002.
7802 Bradley Manor was withdrawn from service again at the end of the 2010 season, having accumulated over 110,000 miles in preservation, including [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line | working on the main line]]. Another overhaul was undertaken, with the chassis being overhauled at Tyseley Loco Works and the boiler overhauled in the [[Bridgnorth Loco Works | SVR Bridgnorth Boilershop]]. This overhaul was completed in November 2015, the return to service coinciding with the 'Manor 50' weekend celebrating the end of steam on the Cambrian network.
===Main line appearances===
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A full listing of Bradley Manor’s main line appearances while resident at the SVR is as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
!Date!!Tour name !! Route !! Notes !! Web !!SVR News
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|29 Mar 1995|| || Bristol-Paignton + return || Test trip prior to summer season (Pete Waterman) || ||114-59
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|19 May 1995|| || Gloucester-Worcester-Kidderminster || D/H with 7325 to Worcester. || ||115-44
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|14 Oct 1995||Duchy Explorer || Bristol-Penzance || D/H with 70000 Britannia || ||117-2
|-
|20 Jan 1996||Teign Valley Wanderer || Stourbridge - Newton Abbot || || ||117-7
|-
|17 Feb 1996|| || Newton Abbot-Plymouth || D/H with 5029 Nunney Castle || [http://www.videoscene.co.uk/mainline-series-7802-bradley-manor-from-bewdley-to-dainton.html PSOV] ||
|-
|24 Feb 1996|| || Plymouth-Newton Abbot || D/H with 5029 Nunney Castle || [http://www.videoscene.co.uk/mainline-series-7802-bradley-manor-from-bewdley-to-dainton.html PSOV] ||119-39
|-
|16 Mar 1996|| || Totnes-Worcester || (single headed) || [http://www.videoscene.co.uk/mainline-series-7802-bradley-manor-from-bewdley-to-dainton.html PSOV] ||119-39
|-
|22 Jan 2000||Flying Dutchman || Bristol Temple Meads - Plymouth - Bristol Temple Meads || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/000122pr.htm SBJ] ||
|-
|10 Aug 2003||Torbay Express || Bristol Temple Meads - Paignton - Kingswear || failed with hot box at Kingswear || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/030810pr.htm SBJ] ||145-31
|-
|31 Aug 2003||Torbay Express || Bristol-Kingswear + return || || UKS ||145-31
|-
|07 Sep 2003||Torbay Express || Bristol-Kingswear + return || || UKS ||145-31
|-
|23 Oct 2004||Cambrian Coast Express || Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/041023pr.htm SBJ] ||
|-
|28 Feb 2005||Staite Pullman || Taunton - Paignton - Tanton || D/H with 6024 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/050228_1.htm SBJ] ||
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|12 Mar 2005||Cambrian Coast Express || Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury || Replaced 42968 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/050312pr.htm SBJ] ||
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|16 Sep 2006||Cambrian Coast Express || Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury || || [http://www.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/galleries/cambrian-coast-express.html EMF] ||
|-
|10 Mar 2007||Cider Express || Hereford - Bishops Lydeard - Minehead - Bishops Lydeard || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/070310pr.htm SBJ] ||
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|28 Mar 2007||Severn Valley Wanderer || Bristol Temple Meads - Kidderminster || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/070328sv.htm SBJ] ||
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|colspan="6"|<small>For further information on sources and references, see [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR-based locomotives which hauled revenue-earning services on the main line | The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]</small>
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|}
===Tender===
Bradley Manor has been running with a 4000 gallon Collett tender (pictured above). Owning group The Erlestoke Manor Fund are constructing a more appropriate 3500 gallon Churchward tender for Bradley Manor using serviceable parts from a GWR 3500 gallon tender (No 2329) which they have acquired in ex-Barry condition. Sister locomotive 7812 Erlestoke Manor already has a 3500 gallon tender; the contrast in tender size may be seen in the picture below.
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