4-6-0 Class 49xx Hall GWR Profile and Models

4-6-0 Class 49xx Hall GWR

4953 'Pitchford Hall' at Kinchley Lane in March 2011. ©Duncan Harris

The Great Western Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed-traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway. A total of 259 were built at Swindon Works, 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.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

GWR Swindon Works

Build Date

1928 to 1943

Total Built

258

Tractive Effort

27,275 lbf

Wheel Configuration

4-6-0

Operated By

Great Western Railway
British Railways

Main Duties

Mixed Traffic

In Service Until

1965

Surviving Examples

10