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#2769· GWR 6959

GWR 6959 Class

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1944· class of 71 two-cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam preserved
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. GWR 6959 Class 6989 Wightwick Hall: Bradley Wurth· CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. 2. GWR Class 6959 No 6990 Raveningham Hall Minehead: PeterSkuce· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. GWR 6959 Class 6988 Swithland Hall: BWard 1997· CC BY 3.0
  4. 4. GWR 6959 Class 6999 Capel Dewi Hall Gotherington Station: BWard 1997· CC BY 3.0
  5. 5. GWR 6959 Class 6999 Capel Dewi Hall Toddington Station: BWard 1997· CC BY 3.0
  6. 6. GWR Hawksworth Class "6959" or "Modified Hall" 4-6-0 No.6975: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. 6963 Throwley Hall(8148114634): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. 6967 Willesley Hall (40985619871): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. 6969 Wraysbury Hall Tysley '64 (20244826460): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  10. 10. Hugh llewelyn 6975 (7873335328): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
GWR 6959 Class, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Bradley Wurth· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6959 or Modified Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 type steam locomotive. They were a development by Frederick Hawksworth of Charles Collett's earlier Hall Class named after English and Welsh country houses.

who runs it

Great Western RailwayBritish RailWestern Region of British Railways

base stats

  • weight 76.2 tin working order
  • built 71made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • First built 82 years ago, in 1944.
  • Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 21 years (1944–1965).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1944–1950
in service from
1944
retired
1965
status
preserved
number built
71
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Great Western Railway, British Rail, Swindon Works
designer
Frederick Hawksworth
operators
Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
top speed
—
power
—
wheel arrangement
4-6-0
length
19.2 m
weight
76.2 t
Dutch name
GWR 6959

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q11300804, Wikipedia: GWR 6959 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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