6984 Owsden Hall

Wheel arrangement

4-6-0

Origin

Great Western Railway. The Hall class was introduced by C B Collett in 1924, the prototype, no. 4900, was rebuilt from Saint class locomitve Saint Martin, production starting in 1928. The Modified Hall, designed by the last CME of the Great Western Railway, F W Hawksworth, was introduced in 1944. The Modified Halls had noticeable differences in the front-end appearance and a different bogie amongst other modifications.

Introduced

The Hall class was introduced in 1924. The Modified Hall class was introduced in 1944

Working weight

120 tons

Water capacity

4,000 gallons

Purpose

A powerful mixed-traffic locomotive, as at home on express passenger trains as on freight work. 330 of the Hall and Modified hall classes were built and could be found all over the Great Western system. Owsden Hall left Dai Woodham's Barry scrapyard in late 1986 has been undergoing restoration at Toddington ever since.