Wednesday 30 October 2013

7819 Hinton Manor Visiting the Nene Valley Railway


 


Great Western Railway locomotive 7819, Hinton Manor, Visiting the Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough 1994.
 
7819 Hinton Manor is a Great Western Railway locomotive part of the Manor Class. It is one of 9 locomotives preserved from the class which originally had 30.

Built by Great Western Railway in 1939 it was withdrawn from service in November 1965 before being moved to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.
 
It is currently owned by the Severn Valley Railway, and while returning to service in 1977, it is now on display at the Swindon Designer Outlet.

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