7714 arrives at Highley with the 2:05pm service from Kidderminster, 30th May 2009. 7714 was built for the Great Western Railway by Kerr Stuart in May 1930. Its first allocation was Tyseley MPD, however by nationalisation it had migrated to Birkenhead MPD where it would spend most of its British Railways career It survived in service until January 1959 when it was withdrawn from Croes Newydd MPD. Following withdrawal it was sold in July 1959 for further use to the National Coal Board and was sent to Penallta colliery in the Rhymney area of the South Wales Division.
7714 arrives at Highley with the 2:05pm service from Kidderminster, 30th May 2009. 7714 was built for the Great Western Railway by Kerr Stuart in May 1930. Its first allocation was Tyseley MPD, however by nationalisation it had migrated to Birkenhead MPD where it would spend most of its British Railways career It survived in service until January 1959 when it was withdrawn from Croes Newydd MPD. Following withdrawal it was sold in July 1959 for further use to the National Coal Board and was sent to Penallta colliery in the Rhymney area of the South Wales Division.
30th May 2009
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7812 Erlestoke Manor departs Highley with the 1:41pm service to Kidderminster, 30th May 2009. The first twenty engines of the “Manor” class were built in 1938/39 with 7812 entered traffic in January 1939. These twenty locomotives used parts from withdrawn GWR 4300 Class moguls (the driving wheels and motion components along with the tenders). More engines were planned but the outbreak of war forced the GWR to cancel the order for a further twenty. After nationalization, the newly created Western Region of British Railways was authorized to build ten more of the class and 7820-29 were outshopped from Swindon in November and December 1950 and were totally new engines. 7812 was originally allocated to Bristol Bath Road MPD and by 1948 had moved to Abergavenny. In 1950 it had moved to the West Country being allocated to Newton Abbott and would remain in that part of the UK (with spells at Laira and Truro) until transferred to Croes Newydd around 1962. By 1963 it had transferred to Shrewsbury where it was to remain for the rest of its career until it was withdrawn from service in November 1965. Following withdrawal it moved to Woodham Brothers yard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. Purchased for preservation it left Barry in May 1974 and arrived on the Severn Valley Railway in April 1976. Following overhaul it re-entered traffic in 1979 and remained active until 1986 when it was stopped for overhaul. Twenty two years later in February 2008 it has re-entered traffic.Previous | NextGreat Western Pannier tank 5764 arrives at Highley with a train from Kidderminster, 30th May 2009. 5764 was built in 1929 at Swindon works and owes its survival into preservation on being sold by British Railways on withdrawal in 1960 to London Transport. It became L94 in the London Transport fleet and survived another eleven years until withdrawn in 1971. 5764 is a member of the 863 strong 57xx 0-6-0PT class, making them the second most produced British class of steam locomotive. The Great Western Railway had favoured Pannier Tank locomotives since 1911 when they had started rebuilding locomotives built between 1870 and 1905 into this style. By 1929 these older locomotives were in need of replacement. 5764 is one of the earlier engines of the class fitted with the original cab design and as far as I can tell, spent all its working life before preservation in London either allocated to Old Oak Common or Neasden when a London Transport engine.

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