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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Hatton Station: gwrhj104
Light engine GWR 78xx class 4-6-0 No 7818 Granville Manor at
the Warwick end of the Hatton branch platform on 19th July 1956. This class of
engines were built as replacements for the 43xx 2-6-0 engines and had a lighter
No 14 boiler to enable them to operate over Blue routes. The first twenty of
the class reused the wheels and motion from the engines they were
replacing.
was Built at Swindon in January 1939, No 7818 withdrawn from
Machynlleth Shed (6F) in January 1965 and scrapped three months later at J
Cashmore, Great Bridge. Engine No 7818 was used to test modified draughting
arrangements during 1951 and 1952 and the results transformed the boiler's
performance. The successful modification was then incorporated into the
remainder of the class.
Robert Ferris
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