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GWR 7800 Class

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1938· class of 30 two-cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam preserved
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. 7808 Cookham Manor Chesterfield: Phil Sangwell· CC BY 2.0
  2. 2. GWR 7800 Class 7812 Erlestoke Manor Severn Valley Railway (1): BWard 1997· CC BY 3.0
  3. 3. GWR 7800 Class 7812 Erlestoke Manor Severn Valley Railway (2): BWard 1997· CC BY 3.0
  4. 4. GWR 7800 Class 7812 Erlestoke Manor Severn Valley Railway (3): BWard 1997· CC BY 3.0
  5. 5. GWR 7800 Class 7812 Erlestoke Manor Severn Valley Railway: BWard 1997· CC BY 3.0
  6. 6. Hugh llewelyn 7811 (7873343344): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. 7819 Swindon Works 10-03-63 (29257456902): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. 7823 Oxley MPD 17-02-63 (26520473376): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. New Year picture of steam locomotive taken at Oswestry for the 'Saturday Express' (1465830): Geoff Charles· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. Avon Valley Railway - panoramio (24): Matt Prosser· CC BY-SA 3.0
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GWR 7800 Class, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Phil Sangwell· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 7800 Class or Manor Class is a class of 4-6-0 type steam locomotives. They were designed as a lighter version of the Grange Class, giving them a wider Route Availability. Like the 'Granges', the 'Manors' used parts from the GWR 4300 Class Moguls but just on the first batch of twenty.

who runs it

Great Western RailwayBritish RailWestern Region of British Railways

base stats

  • weight 69.1 tin working order
  • built 30made 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 88 years ago, in 1938.
  • Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 18.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 27 years (1938–1965).

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

spec sheet

built
1938–1950
in service from
1938
retired
1965
status
preserved
number built
30
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Swindon Works
designer
Charles Collett
operators
Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
top speed
—
power
—
wheel arrangement
4-6-0
length
18.6 m
weight
69.1 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q5515005, Wikipedia: GWR 7800 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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