4936 Kinlet Hall
4936 'Kinlet Hall' - Hall class mixed traffic locomotive, built 1929. During Kinlet Hall's time in the West Country she suffered the unfortunate fate of falling into a bomb crater, following a heavy raid on Plymouth in 1941, causing extensive damage to the bogie and main frames. The locomotive therefore carries the unusual distinction of having been saved both from the Luftwaffe raid and the scrapyard. Kinlet Hall visited the GWR in 2005 for the first time since she was here during her restoration in 1985.
- 4-6-0
- Great Western Railway. The Hall class was introduced in 1924, although the prototype, no. 4900 Saint Martin, was rebuilt from a Saint class locomotive in 1924. Kinlet Hall was in the first series of Halls to be built and is referred to as an 'Unmodified Hall' to distinguish it from the later series of locomotives introduced in 1944.
- 1924
- 122 tons
- 4000 gallons
- A powerful mixed-traffic locomotive, as at home on express passenger trains as on freight work. 330 of the class were built and could be found all over the Great Western system.