==7812 Erlestoke Manor is owned by [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] who also own [[GWR 7802 Bradley manor | 7802 Bradley Manor]]in service==
The 7812 Erlestoke Manor Fund has a is one of three GWR Collett 7800 Manor class locomotives based at the SVR, the others being [[GWR 7802 Bradley Manor | 7802 Bradley Manor]] and [[The_Erlestoke_Manor_Fund_sales_coach GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | sales coach7819 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. 7812 was named after the Manor at Erlestoke, a village near Devizes in Wiltshire. It entered service in January 1939 in the Bristol/Bath area, working passenger and freight trains to places such as Salisbury, Weymouth, Weston Super Mare and Cardiff. Post-War, 7812 was based in the far South-West, often assisting with long distance expresses on the notorious ‘Devon banks’. In late 1960, 7812 moved to the Oswestry/Shrewsbury/Cambrian area where 7802 Bradley Manor was already working. Both locomotives were withdrawn at Shrewsbury on 6th November 1965, and both moved to Woodham’s scrapyard at Barry in June 1966. ==7812 Erlestoke Manor in service==Both 7812 and 7802 were acquired from Barry by [[BewdleyThe Erlestoke Manor Fund]]. 7812 was the first to enter service on the SVR in September 1979 and ran through to 1985. During this time it hauled a number of main line rail tours as well as services on the SVR. After overhaul, Erlestoke returned to service in 2008.
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