GWR 7800 Class 7828 Odney Manor

7828 Odney Manor is a Great Western Railway locomotive part of the Manor Class. It is one of 9 locomotives preserved from the class which originally had 30. Built by British Railways in 1950 it was withdrawn from service in 1965 before being moved to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales. Since 2004 it has been owned by the West Somerset Railway, being based there since 1995. In 2011 the locomotive was renamed Norton Manor in honour of the local Marine Base near the West Somerset Railway.

7828 Odney Manor
"Norton Manor"
7828 near Blue Anchor
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Build dateDecember 1950
Specifications
Gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Career
Operators
Class7800 Manor Class
Numbers7828
Withdrawn1965
Restored1987
Current ownerWest Somerset Railway
DispositionPreserved

History

7828 Odney Manor was first sent to Shrewsbury shed and spent nine years there. 1961 saw it move to Croes Newydd, then two years later it found its way to Aberystwyth for a short while before returning to Shrewsbury, from where it was withdrawn in 1965, moving to Barry in 1966.[1]

Preservation
Leaving Minehead on the West Somerset Railway

It was rescued from Barry privately in 1981 and moved to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway where restoration was completed by 1987. It worked on the Gwilli Railway, Llangollen Railway and East Lancashire Railway before coming to the West Somerset Railway (WSR) in 1995. Its owners sold it to the WSR in 2004.[1]

On 17 June 2011 it was renamed Norton Manor after 40 Commando's base alongside the railway at Norton Fitzwarren. Originally, the Great Western Railway had intended to give the name Norton Manor to new locomotive number 7830, but the order for this locomotive was cancelled. It (7828) has been repainted in the BR lined green livery that Odney Manor carried in 1957.[2]

References
  1. Smith, Keith (1987). West Somerset Railway Stock Book (3rd ed.). West Somerset Books. pp. 15–16. ISBN 0-9510426-4-5.
  2. "Motive Power". West Somerset Railway Journal. West Somerset Railway Association (135): 43–46. 2011.
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