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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 It was used for a variety of duties including fast passenger service and freight.〔 It was withdrawn from service in December 1963 and acquired by Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, in June 1964.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Hall' class details, 4950 - 4999 )〕 == Preservation == Of the 259 Hall Class locomotives built, 11 have been preserved. No. 4979 was one of several Halls salvaged from Woodhams' Scrapyard. It was sold to Fleetwood Locomotive Centre in Lancashire, and left as the 179th departure from Barry in October 1986.〔 In 1994 it was purchased by the Furness Railway Trust and stored at Lytham Motive Power Museum. In March 2007 it was moved to a new storage site at the Appleby Heritage Centre where preventative maintenance has been carried out prior to full restoration.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Great Western Railway 4-6-0 4979 "Wootton Hall" )〕 As the FRT's new accommodation was nearly completed, 4979 was moved from Appleby in October 2014 to the Ribble Steam Railway at Preston where her restoration will then commence under cover. Currently her tender is being restored and upon completion attention will focus on restoring 4979. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GWR 4900 Class 4979 Wootton Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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