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GWR 6959 Class 6960 Raveningham Hall

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with a transfer to Reading in September 1953, then to its last shed allocation Oxford in September 1963. The locomotive was withdrawn from service in June 1964 and sold to
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6960 was saved for preservation and left the yard in October 1972 as the 26th departure from Barry having been acquired by David Edleston of
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but due to newly imposed weight restrictions, was transferred back to the SVR in May 2019 in exchange for the lighter
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Following a decision by the owner to sell the locomotive, 6960 left the SVR in late 1996, initially moving to the
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Severn Valley Railway News Issue 121 Winter 1996-97, p. 20.
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Severn Valley Railway News Issue 48 Summer 1978, p. 10.
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Severn Valley Railway News Issue 44, Summer 1977, p. 31.
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Index


Blue Anchor station
West Somerset Railway
Frederick Hawksworth
Gauge
standard gauge
Class
6959 Modified Hall Class
Jeremy Hosking
One:One Collection

Great Western Railway
4-6-0
Modified Hall Class
Swindon Works
Frederick Hawksworth
Raveningham Hall
Old Oak Common
Woodham Brothers
scrapyard
Barry, South Wales
Derby
Steamtown Carnforth
Stockton and Darlington Railway 150th Anniversary
Severn Valley Railway
4930 Hagley Hall
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
Jeremy Hosking
Forest of Dean
West Somerset Railway

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