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GWR 7812 Erlestoke Manor

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[[File:{{Infobox GWR steam loco|image = 7812AY.jpg|200px|thumb|right|caption = 7812 Erlestoke Manor entering Arley with a Down train.]], July 2011|construc = GWR Swindon Works|wheels = 4-6-0|rating = GWR: D, BR: 5MT[[File|axleload = GWR:FredWellsDiary.jpgBlue|status = In Service|locono = 7812|designed = Charles Benjamin Collett|locotype = '''GWR 7800'''|built = 1939|years1 = 1974|events1 = Purchased by The Erlestoke Manor Fund|years2 = 1979|events2 = First steamed in preservation|years3 = 1985|events3 = Withdrawn for overhaul|years4 = 2008|events4 = Reentered service|years5 = 2017|events5 = Withdrawn for overhaul|200pxlength = 61ft 9¼"|thumbweight = 68t 18cwt|rightpower = 27,340 lb|Footplate diary showing probably pressure = 225 lb/sq in}}7812 Erlestoke Manor is a GWR Collett 7800 Manor class 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotive. The Manor Class 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotive was designed as a lighter version of the last move of 7812 by 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 driver]]built a further 10 in 1950 and rated the class 5MT. 
==7812 Erlestoke Manor in service==
7812 Erlestoke Manor is one of three Manor class locomotives based at the SVR, the others being [[GWR 7802 Bradley Manor | 7802 Bradley Manor]] and [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]]. 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 Both locomotives were thought to have been withdrawn at Shrewsbury on 6th November 1965, and both moved to [[Barry Scrapyard | Woodham’s scrapyard]] at Barry in June 1966. However, in November 2015, evidence in the form of a footplate diary (see below) was presented to the Erlestoke Manor Fund, indicating that Erlestoke Manor was still in service on 13th November 1965.
 
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File:FredWellsDiary.jpg|Footplate diary showing probably the last move of 7812 by a BR driver
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==7812 Erlestoke Manor in preservation==
Both 7812 and 7802 were acquired from Barry by [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]]. 7812 was the 56th locomotive to leave Barry for preservation, departing in May 1974 initially to Parkend and then to the now-closed Ashchurch preservation near Tewkesbury.<ref>The Barry Story, Beckett & Hardingham (2010)</ref>
 
A move to the SVR followed on 23 April 1976, accompanied by two GWR breakdown vans numbers [[GWR 66 Breakdown Tool Van | 66]] and [[GWR 162 Riding/Dormitory Van | 162]] and [[GWR/BR 92090 Fruit D Van | Fruit D 92090]]. Restoration of 7812 quickly began at Bewdley, where the locomotive was one of 5 to participate in the ‘great boiler lift’ on [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1976 | 3 May 1976]].<ref>SVR News 40</ref>
Restoration was completed in time for 7812 Erlestoke Manor is one of three GWR Collett 7800 Manor class locomotives based at to enter service on the SVRin September 1979.<ref>SVR News 53</ref> Service continued during 1980, but in Spring 1981 the others being [[GWR 7802 Bradley Manor | 7802 Bradley Manor]] and [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor | 7819 Hinton Manor]]locomotive was failed with boiler tube issues.<ref>SVR News 59</ref>. These were addressed in time for a return to service in Spring 1982,<ref>SVR News 63</ref> following which 7812 made several appearances on main line rail tours as follows:
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 thought to have been withdrawn at Shrewsbury on 6th November 1965, and both moved to Woodham’s scrapyard at Barry in June 1966. However, in November 2015, evidence in the form of a footplate diary (see right) was presented to the Erlestoke Manor Fund, indicating that Erlestoke Manor was still in service on 13th November 1965.
<div id="MainLine"></div>{| class="wikitable"!Date!!Tour name !! Route !! Notes !! Web !!SVR News|-|17 April 1982||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Newport - Hereford || D/H with 4930 Hagley Hall || ||64-28|-|24 April 1982||Welsh Marches Pullman || Shrewsbury - Hereford || D/H with 4930 Hagley Hall || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/820424wm.htm SBJ] ||64-29|-|5 May 1982||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Chester || || ||66-9|-|5 June 1982|| || Shrewsbury-Newport || D/H with 43106 || |||-|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>|-|} 7812 appeared in the 1983 TV movie [[The Weather In The Streets]]. The locomotive was withdrawn from service in late 1985 with a large crack in an old firebox weld.<ref>SVR News 78</ref> Following the withdrawal of sister locomotive 7802 Bradley Manor during the [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2000 | 2000 boiler crisis]]<ref>SVR News 134</ref>, the decision was taken to use Erlestoke’s repaired boiler and refurbished bogie to allow Bradley Manor to make a quick return to service.<ref>SVR News 136, 208</ref> A similar swap took place during April 1948 when boiler number 14/6406 was removed from Erlestoke and later fitted to Bradley in November 1948 following repair.<ref>[http://www.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/EMF_history.html EMF History]</ref>  In due course, Erlestoke Manor Manor’s own overhaul was completed in time for a return to service in preservation==2008, attached to a new 3,500 gallon well tank tender constructed using parts and wheelsets from an old tender.<ref>SVR News 208</ref>  Both On Thursday 24 May 2012 the Olympic Torch arrived on the SVR. 7812 Erlestoke Manor carried the torch between Bewdley and Kidderminster, pausing for a photo opportunity with Bewdley Safari Park’s elephants. On 29 August 2012 Erlestoke Manor masqueraded as sister [[GWR 7802 were acquired from Barry by Bradley Manor]] and was given a Bradley Wiggins-style makeover with a coat of gold paint and sideburns in honour of Team GB's success at London 2012 Olympics<ref>Midlands Business News, 29 August 2012</ref>.[[The File: 7812_Hampton_Loade_20120825.jpg|thumb|200px|left|7812 Erlestoke Manor Fundwith gold smokebox]]. <br clear="all"/> On 26 August 2016, the engine emulated sister Bradley Manor by achieving 100,000 miles of running in preservation, the event being commemorated with a special headboard announcing "Still going strong -- 100,000 miles".<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/svrofficial/posts/1083453811732320 SVR Official Facebook Page], "Erlestoke Manor strikes gold", retrieved 30/08/2016</ref> In March 2017 the tender was fitted with a set of "goal posts". These were used in the early 1960s to warn train crew working "under the wires" on newly electrified lines. The addition has been made so that 7812 was in near-1965 condition during her final year in traffic.<ref>Erlestoke Manor Fund Twitter feed</ref> Erlestoke Manor's 10 year 'ticket' expired at the first end of 2017 and she moved to Tyseley for overhaul to commence on 4 January 2018. The Erlestoke Manor Fund's goal is "''To overhaul Erlestoke Manor 7812 during 2018 and 2019 for its return to enter service on the SVR in September 1979 2020''" and ran through space has been reserved at Tyseley for some of the work to 1985take place there.<ref>[http://www.erlestokemanorfund.co. During this time it hauled uk/about-us/our-goals/ EMF Web site 'Our Goals and Objectives' page]</ref> At the end of 2019, 7812 had recorded a number total of [[110,743 miles in preservation on the SVR. The Severn Valley Railway reported total may include mileage on the main line | main line rail tours]] as well as services and on the hire to other railways<ref>SVR News 210, SVR-based Steam Locomotive Mileage 2017-2019, Duncan Ballard</ref>. After overhaul== Gallery == <gallery>File:ExGWR_7812_'Erlestoke_Manor'.jpg|7812 Erlestoke Manor on shed at Bridgnorth, May 2016File:7812_20170422.jpg|Erlestoke returned to service Manor in 2008.April 2017</gallery> == See also ==
== See Also ==*[[Steam Locomotives]]*[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]*[[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events]]*[[Rolling stock currently under restoration]]
[[Steam Locomotives]]==References==<brreferences />[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]
== Links ==
*[http://www.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/ Erlestoke Manor Fund]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_7800_Class GWR 7800 Class on Wikipedia]
*[http://youtu.be/BfbFjxKR_8o SharposWorld video of 7812 climbing towards Foley Park tunnel, 20/12/14]
*[[Locomotive numbering|Locomotives running under different identities]]
[http://www.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/ Erlestoke Manor Fund] [http://youtu.be/BfbFjxKR_8o SharposWorld video of 7812 climbing towards Foley Park tunnel, 20/12/14]{{SteamNavbox}}
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