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[[File:FredWellsDiary.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Footplate diary showing probably the last move of 7812 by a BR driver]]
[[File:ExGWR_7812_'Erlestoke_Manor'.jpg|200px|thumb|right|7812 Erlestoke Manor on shed at Bridgnorth, May 2016]]
7812 Erlestoke Manor is a GWR Collett 7800 Manor class 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotive
==7812 Erlestoke Manor in service==
7812 Erlestoke Manor 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 [[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.
Both 7812 and 7802 were acquired from Barry by [[The 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 follows: <div id="MainLine"></div>{| class="wikitable"!Date!!Tour name !! Route !! Notes !! Web !!SVR News|-|17 Apr 1982||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Newport - Hereford || D/H with 4930 Hagley Hall || ||64-28|-|24 Apr 1982||Welsh Marches Pullman || Shrewsbury - Hereford || D/H with 4930 Hagley Hall || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/820424wm.htm SBJ] ||64-29|-|05 May 1982||Welsh Marches Express || Hereford - Chester || || ||66-9|-|05 Jun 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 rail tours]] as well as services on the SVR.</small>|-|}
After overhaul, Erlestoke returned to service in 2008.
