GWR 7800 Class 7822 Foxcote Manor
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| 7822 Foxcote Manor | |
|---|---|
standard gauge | |
| Leading dia. | 3 ft 0 in (914 mm) |
| Driver dia. | 5 ft 8 in (1,727 mm) |
| Minimum curve | 6 chains (396 ft; 121 m) normal, 5 chains (330 ft; 101 m) slow |
| Wheelbase | Loco: 27 ft 1 in (8.26 m) Loco & tender: 52 ft 1+3⁄4 in (15.89 m) |
| Length | 61 ft 9+1⁄4 in (18.83 m) |
| Width | 8 ft 11 in (2.718 m) |
| Height | 13 ft 0 in (3.962 m) |
| Axle load | 17 long tons 5 cwt (38,600 lb or 17.5 t) (19.3 short tons) |
| Loco weight | 68 long tons 18 cwt (154,300 lb or 70 t) (77.2 short tons) full |
| Tender weight | 40 long tons 0 cwt (89,600 lb or 40.6 t) (44.8 short tons) full |
| Fuel type | Coal |
| Fuel capacity | 7 long tons 0 cwt (15,700 lb or 7.1 t) (7.8 short tons) |
| Water cap. | 3,500 imp gal (16,000 L; 4,200 US gal) |
| Firebox: | |
| • Grate area | 22.1 sq ft (2.05 m2) |
| Boiler | GWR Standard No. 14[1] |
| Boiler pressure | 225 psi (1.55 MPa) |
| Heating surface: | |
| • Firebox | 140.0 sq ft (13.01 m2) |
| • Tubes and flues | 1,285.5 sq ft (119.43 m2) |
| Superheater: | |
| • Heating area | 160.0 sq ft (14.86 m2) |
| Cylinders | Two, outside |
| Cylinder size | 18 in × 30 in (457 mm × 762 mm) |
| Performance figures | |
|---|---|
| Tractive effort | 27,340 lbf (121.61 kN) |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Class | 7800 'Manor' Class |
| Numbers | 7822 |
| Retired | December 1965 |
| Current owner | Foxcote Manor Society |
| Disposition | Preserved |
The Great Western Railway steam locomotive no. 7822 Foxcote Manor is a 4-6-0 Manor Class locomotive, built in 1950 at Swindon Works. It is part of a post-war batch of 10 locomotives, which follows on from 20 earlier locomotives built in 1938.
Working life
Designed with a lighter axle loading than the
mixed-traffic Hall and Grange 4-6-0 classes,[2][3] the Manor class were ideally suited to the lightweight cross country and coastal routes of the former Cambrian Railways.[4]
Based over its entire working life on the former Cambrian Railways, its first shed allocation was to
Ruabon Barmouth Line. It regularly hauled the "Cambrian Coast Express" from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth, and in 1965 the British Royal Train.[5]
Preservation
Withdrawn in 1965 from Shrewsbury, it was towed to
Cambrian Railways Society where much of the fundraising and restoration took place. In 1985 it was moved to the Llangollen Railway
, a restored part of the Ruabon Barmouth Line, where it returned to steam in December 1987. It then worked until its second withdrawal in 1997, when after a heavy overhaul it returned to service in 1999.
Since its return to work in preservation, the locomotive has since been on loan to:
Kent & East Sussex Railway,[6]
and then to the WSR in 2018.
Allocations
| First shed December 1950 | March 1959 | May 1965 | Last Shed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oswestry | Oswestry | Shrewsbury | Shrewsbury |
References
- OL 26953051M.
- ^ le Fleming, H.M. (November 1960). White, D.E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part eight: Modern Passenger Classes (2nd ed.). RCTS. p. H36.
- ISBN 0-7110-0228-2.
- ISBN 1-86147-138-6.
- ^ Rutter, John (29 January 2015). "Foxcote Manor - 7822". Llangollen Railway Archive & Enthusiast.
- ^ "VISITING ENGINE - 7822 FOXCOTE MANOR". Kent & East Sussex Railway. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017.
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