Locomotive at Reading

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Date:1961

Description:"Patshull Hall" locomotive at Reading. Patshull Hall at Patshull, near Pattingham, Staffs., was the seat of Lord Dartmouth.

"Patshull Hall" was a 4-6-0 Hall Class locomotive, number 4950, on the Great Western Railway. It was built in August 1929, and its first shed allocation was Stafford Road, Wolverhampton. The loco weighed 72tons 10cwt., and the tender 46tons 14cwt. It was withdrawn from service in May 1964, and scrapped at Central Wagon Company, Wigan.
At auction at Kidlington on 26th April 2003, the "Patshull Hall" numberplate sold for £7,400.
(Details from Great Western Railway Journal Vol.2. no.8 1992)

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Source: Pattingham Local History and Civic Society

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