GWR 4900 Class 5967 Bickmarsh Hall

Bickmarsh Hall
5967 Bickmarsh Hall under restoration at Northampton & Lamport Railway
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Great Western Railway, Swindon Build date March 1937
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-6-0 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Driver dia. 6 ft 0 in (1.829 m) Boiler pressure 225 psi (1,550 kPa)
Performance figures Tractive effort 27,275 lbf (121,330 N)
Career Operators Great Western Railway British Railways Class 4900 'Hall' Class Numbers 5967 Official name Bickmarsh Hall Withdrawn June 1964 Disposition preserved, undergoing restoration

5967 in service on a parcels train at Wolvercote Junction.

The GWR 4900 Class locomotive No. 5967 Bickmarsh Hall was built at Swindon railway works, and was completed in March 1937. First allocated to Chester, in August 1950 it was allocated to Banbury, and then in March 1959 to Newton Abbot. Fitted with a boiler from a Modified Hall with 3 row superheater during its last overhaul at Swindon in 1961, it was then given its last allocation to Westbury.

Withdrawn in June 1964 it was sold to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, where Bickmarsh Hall stayed until it was bought by the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway. The locomotive left as the 187th departure from the scrapyard, in August 1987. Currently paired with 4,000-imperial-gallon (18,000 L; 4,800 US gal) Collett tender number 2910, it is preserved at the Northampton & Lamport Railway where it is undergoing a slow restoration. Moved to the Llangollen Railway for restoration to continue.

External links

• Official website maintained by the locomotive owners
• Bickmarsh Hall page at Northampton & Lamport Railway web site