* Loco No. 7820 Dinmore Manor will appear at
Llangollen Railway's Spring Steam Gala.
A LOCO which powered its way back from the scrapyard will star in the Spring Steam gala at Llangollen Railway.
Manor class No. 7820 Dinmore
Manor will be the second visiting engine at the event which runs from
Friday-Sunday, April 8-10.
Built at Swindon in 1950,
it was the first of 10 of these 4-6-0s built by British Railways following the
original batch of 20 (numbered 7800 to 7819) for the GWR in 1938.
After being withdrawn from
service in 1965, it languished in a South Wales scrapyard until being purchased
for preservation in 1979.
The loco is currently based
on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway and is visiting courtesy of Dinmore
Manor Locomotive Ltd.
Subject to completion of
its major overhaul, it is hoped that the heritage railway’s resident Manor
class loco No. 7822 Foxcote Manor will also be in operation during the gala.
As well as the two black-liveried Manors, there will also be two ex-GWR Prairie class locomotives in operation.
Small Prairie loco No. 4566
will be visiting from the Severn Valley Railway, courtesy of the 4566 Fund, and
will make an interesting comparison with Llangollen’s resident Large Prairie
loco No. 5199. As well as the two black-liveried Manors, there will also be two ex-GWR Prairie class locomotives in operation.
* Full gala details will be announced in due course at: http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk/event/spring-steam-gala-8th-april/
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