GWR 4900 Class 4979 Wootton Hall

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GWR 4900 Class 4979 Wootton Hall
4979 Wootton Hall hauling a set of empty wagons down the ex-GW main line, approaching Reading at Kennet Bridge Box.
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Charles Collett Builder GWR Swindon Works Build date February 1930
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-6-0 Loco weight 75 tons (68 t)
Career Operators Great Western Railway, British Railways Class GWR 4900 (Hall) Numbers 4979 Official name Wootton Hall First run February 1930 Last run December 1963 Withdrawn December 1963 Current owner Furness Railway Trust Disposition Undergoing restoration from scrapyard condition

GWR 4900 Class 4-6-0 No. 4979 Wootton Hall is a steam locomotive. It was built at Swindon, February 1930, and was one of 258 Hall class steam locomotives constructed.

Its first shed allocation was Plymouth Laira and after 32 years of service it ended up at Oxford. During this time it was allocated to sheds in Penzance, Tyseley, Severn Tunnel Junction, Cardiff Canton, and ended its days in the London Division of the Western Region of British Railways, based at Southall, Reading, Didcot and finally Oxford in July 1958. It was used for a variety of duties including fast passenger service and freight.^[1]

It was withdrawn from service in December 1963 and acquired by Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, in June 1964.^[2]