GWR 7800 Class 7812 Erlestoke Manor
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7812 Erlestoke Manor waiting to depart Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway in 2012.
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GWR 7800 Class 7812 Erlestoke Manor is a preserved steam locomotive, that serviced the Great Western Railway and later British Railways.
GWR/BR operations
Built at Swindon in January 1939, it was first allocated to Bristol Bath Road depot. It was reallocated to Newton Abbot in August 1950, and Plymouth Laira in March 1959. Transferred to Oswestry in May 1960, its final allocation was to Shrewsbury in February 1963.
Withdrawn from British Railways service in November 1965, it was sent to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, along with fellow manor class, Bradley Manor.
Preservation
The locomotive was purchased by the Erlestoke Manor Fund in 1974, and after overhaul entered service on the Severn Valley Railway in 1979. Withdrawn in 1985, it returned to service on 12 February 2008, as part of the SVR's anniversary reopening train.
Presently one of three GWR 7800 Manor Class locomotives based at the SVR, the other two being 7802 Bradley Manor and GWR 7819 Hinton Manor. The locomotive's boiler ticket is due to expire in 2018.[needs update]
7812 has visited other heritage railways across the UK, including the Llangollen Railway, West Somerset Railway and the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
Depot allocations
Depot | Allocation Date |
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Bristol Bath Road | January 1939 |
Newton Abbot | August 1950 |
Plymouth Laira | March 1959 |
Oswestry | May 1960 |
Shrewsbury | February 1963 |
Withdrawn (Woodham Brothers) |
November 1965 |
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