GWR 4900 Class 4979 Wootton Hall

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.

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 typeSteam
DesignerCharles Collett
BuilderGWR Swindon Works
Build dateFebruary 1930
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-6-0
Loco weight75 tons (68 t)
Career
OperatorsGreat Western Railway, British Railways
ClassGWR 4900 (Hall)
Numbers4979
Official nameWootton Hall
First runFebruary 1930
Last runDecember 1963
WithdrawnDecember 1963
Current ownerFurness Railway Trust
DispositionUndergoing restoration from scrapyard condition

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.

It was withdrawn from service in December 1963 and acquired by Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, in June 1964.

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