{"id":14182,"date":"2022-05-13T03:58:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T17:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railwayblogger.com\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2022-05-13T03:58:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T17:58:56","slug":"hagley-hall-steam-locomotive-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=14182","title":{"rendered":"Hagley Hall Steam Locomotive News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>4930 \u2018Hagley Hall\u2019 moves under its own power<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Severn Valley Railway has reached a significant milestone with the overhaul of its \u2018flagship\u2019 locomotive 4930 \u2018Hagley Hall\u2019. On Wednesday 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;May, the engine moved under its own power at Bridgnorth on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svr.co.uk\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Severn Valley Railway<\/a>. This is the first time such an event has occurred for 36 years and the moment holds a great deal of significance for everyone connected with its overhaul.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls poster=\"https:\/\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3E7C7453-B601-4D19-B459-A06AA649391F_Moment.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3E7C7453-B601-4D19-B459-A06AA649391F.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve waited many, many years for this moment,\u201d said Martin White, the SVR\u2019s head of engineering. \u201cAnd even though the loco only moved as far as the MPD yard signal and back, this still marks a rather momentous step in getting it back into service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s now a list of things that need to be fettled up, that have been identified during the day. But importantly, there is also a list of things that at this stage have worked fine, crucially the brakes and the injectors (for putting water into the boiler.)&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s plenty still to do, but hopefully all of the team associated with the overhaul can go home with smiles on their faces as &#8216;Hagley Hall&#8217; has taken another step towards completion.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p>The SVR has not made any firm commitments on when the Hagley Hall steam locomotive will be tested out on the line, nor when it\u2019s expected to be back hauling passenger services, but the indications are that both goals will be reached in the coming months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hagley-Hall-preparing-to-move-under-its-own-power-11.5.22.-Andy-Sweet.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hagley-Hall-preparing-to-move-under-its-own-power-11.5.22.-Andy-Sweet.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hagley Hall Steam Locomotive\" class=\"wp-image-3891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hagley-Hall-preparing-to-move-under-its-own-power-11.5.22.-Andy-Sweet.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hagley-Hall-preparing-to-move-under-its-own-power-11.5.22.-Andy-Sweet.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hagley-Hall-preparing-to-move-under-its-own-power-11.5.22.-Andy-Sweet.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hagley-Hall-preparing-to-move-under-its-own-power-11.5.22.-Andy-Sweet.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hagley-Hall-preparing-to-move-under-its-own-power-11.5.22.-Andy-Sweet.jpg?resize=980%2C1307&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hagley-Hall-preparing-to-move-under-its-own-power-11.5.22.-Andy-Sweet.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Hagley-Hall-preparing-to-move-under-its-own-power-11.5.22.-Andy-Sweet.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls poster=\"https:\/\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/27D6F531-08E3-455B-9BB6-2CE99A132492_Moment.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railwayblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/27D6F531-08E3-455B-9BB6-2CE99A132492.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Videos credit thanks to George Whitehead and the images credit thanks to FOLHH (Friends of Locomotive 4930 Hagley Hall)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railwayblogger.com\/nymr-steam-gala-2022\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the steam locomotive line up at the NYMR 2022 gala<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railwayblogger.com\/hagley-hall-steam-locomotive\/\">Hagley Hall Steam Locomotive News<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railwayblogger.com\/\">RailwayBlogger<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4930 \u2018Hagley Hall\u2019 moves under its own power The Severn Valley Railway has reached a significant milestone with the overhaul of its \u2018flagship\u2019 locomotive 4930 \u2018Hagley Hall\u2019. On Wednesday 11th\u00a0May, the engine moved under its own power at Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway. 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