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Collett 4900 Hall Class

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    The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett. A total of 259 were built, numbered 4900–4999, 5900–5999 and 6900–6958. The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 and LNER Thompson Class B1 both drew heavily on design features of the Hall Class. After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways gave them the power classification 5MT.
    By the end of 1923 the GWR was well served with express passenger locomotives of the Saint and Star classes and had recently introduced the Castle Class. However the mixed traffic 2-6-0 locomotives of the 4300 Class were beginning to struggle with the increasing loads. George Jackson Churchward had recognised this with the introduction of the 4700 class 2-8-0 with 5 ft 8 in (1.727 m) driving wheels, intended for express goods and relief passenger trains. However, Collett preferred the idea of a Saint Class with smaller wheels to undertake these duties as this would provide a leading bogie. He therefore rebuilt number 2925 Saint Martin with 6 ft (1.829 m) driving wheels.[
    The prototype of the new class was rebuilt in 1924 and the cylinders were realigned in relation to the driving axle and a more modern 'Castle'-type cab was fitted. Saint Martin emerged from Swindon in 1924 and embarked on three years of trials. During this period Collett introduced other modifications such a changing the pitch of the taper boiler and adding outside steam pipes
    After extensive trials during 1925-1927, Collett was satisfied with the performance of his prototype, subject to minor amendments and placed an order for eighty more with Swindon works (Lot 254) in 1928. The prototype was renumbered 4900 in December 1928 and the new locomotives were numbered 4901-80 and appeared at regular intervals until February 1930.[2]They were named after English and Welsh country houses with 'Hall' in their titles and so became known as the 'Hall Class'.
    They differed little from the prototype; the bogie wheel diameter had been reduced by two inches from 3 ft 2 in (0.965 m) to 3 ft 0 in (0.914 m) and the valve setting amended to give an increased travel of 7.5 in (191 mm). The overall weight of the locomotive had increased by 2 long tons 10 cwt (5,600 lb or 2.5 t) to 75 long tons 0 cwt (168,000 lb or 76.2 t) but a tractive effort of 27,275 lbf (121.33 kN) compared favourably with the 24,935 lbf (110.92 kN) of the 'Saint'. The original locomotives were built with Churchward 3,500 imp gal (16,000 l; 4,200 US gal) tenders but after 4958 Collett's larger 4,000 imp gal (18,000 l; 4,800 US gal) types became standard although a few later locomotives were fitted with smaller tenders if these were available as they entered service.[3]
    The first fourteen examples were despatched to the arduous proving grounds of the Cornish main line. They were so successful here and elsewhere on the GWR system that by the time the first production batch had been completed a further twenty were on order (Lot 268, 4981-99 and 5900). Further orders followed throughout the 1930s and early 1940s. By 1935, 150 were in service and the 259th and last Hall, No. 6958 Oxburgh Hall, was delivered in 1943. Thereafter further deliveries were of the '6959 Modified Hall' class.
    As indicated by their continuing production, the Hall class proved to be very successful in a variety of different roles, although barred from several cross-country and branch lines because of their red weight classification. According to Peter Herring, 'they were the first true mixed traffic locomotives, and as such precursors of the Stanier 'Black Five', Thompson B1 and BR Standard 5MT 4-6-0.'[4] (This may have been true as far as 4-6-0 types were concerned but there were several successful 2-6-0 ‘mixed traffic’ types on the GWR and other British railways before them,[5] - not least the GWR 4300 Class they were designed to replace.
    All but one of the original Collett Halls entered British Railways service in 1948, the exception being No. 4911 Bowden Hall. Official withdrawals began in 1959 with the prototype Saint Martin. Its accumulated mileage, both in its original form and rebuilt form, was a remarkable 2,092,500 miles. Further withdrawals of the production series took place during the 1960s and the class was extinct by 1965



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    4907 Broughton Hall+7000 Viscount Portal West Drayton 15th July 1961


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    4919 Donnington Hall



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    4920 Dumbleton Hall Swindon


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    4928 Gatacre Hall

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    4934 Hindlip Hall Exeter c1954



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    4935 Ketley Hall



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    4936 Kinlet Hall
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    4945 Milligan Hall Taplow 18th June 1960



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    4950 Patshull Hall Reading 11th September 1961


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    4954 Plaish Hall

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    4961 Pyrland Hall unknown location c1952


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    4968 Shotton Hall


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    4970 Sketty Hall

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    Next collection features 4971-4981 Built 1930 including these sad photos taken in Widnes!!!





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    Anyway back to more glorious days of the Halls

    4973 Sweeney Hall


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    4974 Talgarth Hall Torquay



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    4975 Umberslade Hall Teignmouth


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    4976 Warfield Hall


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    Next collection of Halls features 4982-4999 & 5900-5920 Built 1931



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    4992 Crosby Hall





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    4997 Elton Hall Port Talbot 27th April 1952


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    5911 Preston Hall Near Salisbury 3rd June 1960



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    5911 Preston Hall

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    5913 Rushton Hall (left)
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    5914 Ripon Hall


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    5915 Worsley Hall + 92209 Southall shed
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    5916 Trinity Hall
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    5916 Trinity Hall

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    5917 Westminster Hall Banbury 13th August 1961


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    Next collection of Halls features 5921-5940 Built 1933







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    5923 Colston Hall
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    5929 Hanham Hall ex works Swindon works


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    5932 Haydon Hall Bristol T.M. 22nd May 1961


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    5932 Haydon Hall Bristol T.M. 22nd May 1961

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    5932 Haydon Hall Southall shed 16th March 1963


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    5936 Oakley Hall Old Oak Common shed October 1962



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    Next collection of Halls features 5941-5957 Built 1935

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    5945 Leckhampton Hall + D8###


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    5945 Leckhampton Hall piloted by D863 Warrior Swindon 19/2/1963

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    5945 Leckhampton Hall

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    5946 Marwell Hall



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    5947 Saint Benet's Hall West Drayton 16th August 1960



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    5952 Cogan Hall Hereford



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    5954 Faendre Hall


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    5958 Knolton Hall


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    5959 Mawley Hall



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    5958-5965 (Built 1936) - Railway-Photography

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    5962 Wantage Hall


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    5963 Wimpole Hall double heads a WR Warship class loco Dainton 1963


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  7. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Next collections of GWR Halls features the batches built in 1937 : 5966-5975



    and the batch built in 1938 : 5976-5985







    5966-5975 built in 1937



    just 1 new photo in this collection









    5975 Winslow Hall





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    Next the 1938 batch 5976-5985










    5976 Ashwicke Hall
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    5978 Bodinnick Hall & 5934 Kneller Hall Bournemouth Central 9th Aptil 1939
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    5978 Bodinnick Hall & 5934 Kneller Hall Bournemouth Central 9th Aptil 1939

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    5981 Frensham Hall Aynho





















































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    5976-5985 (Built 1938) - Railway-Photography

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    5982 Harrington Hall bristol 16th June 1957










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    5976-5985 (Built 1938) - Railway-Photography

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    5984 Linden Hall


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    5976-5985 (Built 1938) - Railway-Photography

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  8. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Next collection of Collet Halls features 5986-5999+6900-6910 (Built 1939-1940)

    5988 Bostock Hall Gloucester 7th May 1949
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    5988 unknown location


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    5990 Dorford Hall and Ford Anglia!!!

















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    5992 Horton Hall Torquay portion of 'Cornish Riviera' 3-11-62 past Aller Jct


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    5997 Sparkford Hall on a Wolverhampton-Weymouth service

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    5986-5999+6900-6910 (Built 1939-1940) - Railway-Photography

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    5998 Trevor Hall + 5078 Beauort outside 'A' shop Swindon works 13/10/1961
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    5998 Trevor Hall + 5078 Beauort outside 'A' shop Swindon works 13/10/1961

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    5999 Wallaton Hall + 5992 Horton Hall Plymouth 1960



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    5999 Wallaton Hall + 5992 Horton Hall Plymouth 1960

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    6904 Charfield Hall Gaer Jct 23rd August 1954


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    6906 Chicheley Hall Banbury

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    6910 Gossington Hall Reading 1964



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    5986-5999+6900-6910 (Built 1939-1940) - Railway-Photography

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  9. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Next collection of Halls features 6911-6935 built in 1941





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    6917 Oldlands Hall near Ebbw Curve 2nd August 1958




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    6918 Sandon Hall Rumney 17th April 1954


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    6921 Borwick Hall leads a WR Warship
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    6911-6935 (Built 1941) - Railway-Photography

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    6921 Borwick Hall St Georges 1st June 1954

































































































































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    6922 Burton Hall


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    6922 Burton Hall again leading a W.R.Warship

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    6911-6935 (Built 1941) - Railway-Photography

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    6930 Adersey Hall Oxley minus all name & numberplates but still in steam!!



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    6930 Adersey Hall St Fagans 30th September 1957


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    6932 Burwarton Hall Pontypool Road 24th March 1959


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    6934 Beachamwell Hall minus all nameplates cab + smokebox number plates



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    6911-6935 (Built 1941) - Railway-Photography

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  10. neildimmer

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    Final collection of Colletts Hall class features 6936-6958 built 1942-1943





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    6936 Breccles Hall Oldfield Park near Bath







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    6937 Conyngham Hall


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    6939 Calvery Hall




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    6942 Eshton Hall

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    6943 Farnley Hall
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    6944 Fledborough Hall



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    6944 Fledborough Hall

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    6946 Heatherden Hall



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    6947 Helmingham Hall minus all nameplates & cab number plates



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    6951 Impney Hall Ely, Cardiff 28th August 1954


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    And at Rumney 27th March 1954


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    6957 Norcliffe Hall Bridgend 7th July 1962


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