The GWR 4900 Class, known as the Hall Class, is a class of 4-6-0 mixed-traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway. A total of 259 were built at Swindon Works, numbered 4900 to 4999, 5900 to 5999 and 6900 to 6958. The design grew out of Collett's rebuilding of the Saint Class locomotive 2925 Saint Martin with 6 ft driving wheels in 1924, and production followed an order placed in 1928; the last Hall, 6958 Oxburgh Hall, was delivered in 1943. The locomotives were named after English and Welsh country houses with Hall in their titles. The LMS Stanier Class 5 and the LNER Thompson Class B1 both drew heavily on its design features, and British Railways later gave the class the power classification 5MT.
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designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway
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Two hundred and fifty-nine were built at Swindon Works between 1928 and 1943
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After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways gave them the power classification 5MT.
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Production
The prototype was renumbered 4900 in December 1928 and the new locomotives were numbered 4901-80 and appeared at regular intervals until February 1930.
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The Great Western Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed-traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway.
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designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway
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After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways gave them the power classification 5MT.
Preservation
A proposal to convert preserved locomotive 4965 Rood Ashton Hall to oil firing was confirmed in March 2024.
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designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway
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The Great Western Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed-traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway.
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The Great Western Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed-traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway.
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Two hundred and fifty-nine were built at Swindon Works between 1928 and 1943
GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall (Wikipedia)
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5972 Olton Hall is a preserved Hall class 4-6-0 steam locomotive
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