The GWR 7800 "Manor" class locomotive, No. 7827 "Lydham Manor" hauls a train into Kingswear Station on the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway
The GWR 7800 "Manor" class locomotive, No. 7827 "Lydham Manor" at Kingswear Station on the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway. “Lydham Manor” was built in 1950 in Swindon. The 'Manors' were the smallest and lightest of the Great Western Railway's 4-6-0 and were built for use on secondary lines such as the North Wales Cambrian Coast. The original design for the Manors was made in 1938, but there was an order for ten more to be built in 1950. 7827 is an example of the later batch and, though un-mistakably a GWR 4-6-0, it is actually a British Railways locomotive. In 1966 Lydham was withdrawn from service and went to Woodhams scrapyard in Barry. She was rescued in 1970 and went to Newton Abbot for restoration. 7827 made a return to service in 1973, ready for the first main season of the then Torbay Steam Railway, now the Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company. Lydham's claim to fame is that it once hauled the royal train in the late 1950's, with its sister, 7828 Odney Manor.
Size: 3918px × 2607px
Location: Kingswear, Devon, England, UK
Photo credit: © will Perrett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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