Date: 08/06/2013

FRIDAY was a day of excitement for volunteers at the Swindon and Cricklade Railway as it saw the rolling chassis and tender of Hawksworth ‘Modified Hall’ 4-6-0 class 6984 Owsden Hall arrive at Blunsdon, leaving just the boiler to follow in the near future. Owsden Hall was the first ‘Modified Hall’ to be built by British Railways at Swindon, in February 1948, following nationalisation, and the dissolution of the big four groups, including the Great western Railway, on January 1, 1948.

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A red letter day for steam railway fans as chassis rolls in

Swindon Advertiser

FRIDAY was a day of excitement for volunteers at the Swindon and Cricklade Railway as it saw the rolling chassis and tender of Hawksworth

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6984 Owsden Hall with a train at Clunderwen, Pembrokeshire, thought to have been photographed in the early 1960s. Built at Swindon in 1948, this locomotive was withdrawn by BR in 1966. Following a spell in Woodham Bros scrapyard 6984 was rescued and is currently undergoing restoration on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway at Toddington.
Location: Clunderwen
Company: South Wales Railway
// W A Camwell Collection (Courtesy Peter Francis)