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GWR 6959 Class

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Preserved Modified Hall 7903 Foremarke Hall.

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6959 Class or Modified Hall Class is a class of steam locomotive. They were a developement of the earlier Hall Class. Bristol Temple Meads railway station, the original terminus at Bristol. ...


They were numbered 6959-6999 and 7900-7929.


External links

  • http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/m_in_hal_hall69b.htm


Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
Broad gauge locomotives
Gooch: Ariadne - Banking - Bogie - Caesar - Caliph - Firefly - Iron Duke - Leo - Metropolitan - Premier - Prince - Pyracmon - Star - Sun - Victoria - Waverley
J. Armstrong: Hawthorn - Iron Duke - Sir Watkin - Swindon
Standard gauge locomotives
Dean: Dean Goods - Aberdare - Dean Single - Duke - Bulldog - 3600 - Badminton
Churchward: The Great Bear - 1361 - County Tank - 2800 - Saint - 3100 - City - County - Star - 4200 - 4300 - 4400 - 4500 - 4700
Collett: 1366 - 2251 - 2884 - Earl - Castle - 4575 - 4800 - Hall - 5101 - 5205 - 5400 - 5600 - 5700 - 5800 - King - 6400 - Grange - 7200 - 7400 - Manor
Hawksworth: County - 1500 - 1600 - Modified Hall - 9400

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