It was said to be considered highly by the crews that operated it, and unusually for the class, the locomotive was fitted with a larger 4,000-imperial-gallon (18,000 L; 4,800 US gal) water tender.
The locomotive initially saw considerable main line use soon after preservation, but is currently on static display awaiting a major overhaul at Didcot Railway Centre.
The locomotive cost £3,986 excluding the tender when built in 1938, and had travelled 913,744 miles (1,470,528 km) by 28 December 1963.[3]
Allocationsedit
The allocations of 'Cookham Manor' during its service for the GWR and British Railways.[3]
7800, class, 7808, cookham, manor, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources GWR 7800 Class 7808 Cookham Manor news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message 7808 Cookham Manor is a Great Western Railway 7800 Manor Class steam locomotive It was built in 1938 at Swindon Works withdrawn from service in December 1965 and purchased directly from British Railways for preservation by John Mynors a member of the Great Western Society in 1965 66 2 Cookham Manor was the only Manor Class locomotive to have been bought directly from BR Initially it was stored at Ashchurch until moving to Didcot in August 1970 3 7808 Cookham ManorCookham ManorType and originPower typeSteamBuild dateMarch 1938SpecificationsConfiguration Whyte4 6 0 UIC2 Ch2Gauge4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm standard gaugeLeading dia 3 ft 0 in 914 mm Driver dia 5 ft 8 in 1 727 mm Minimum curve6 chains 396 ft 121 m normal 5 chains 330 ft 101 m slowWheelbaseLoco 27 ft 1 in 8 26 m Loco amp tender 52 ft 1 3 4 in 15 89 m Length61 ft 9 1 4 in 18 83 m Width8 ft 11 in 2 718 m Height13 ft 0 in 3 962 m Axle load17 long tons 5 cwt 38 600 lb or 17 5 t 19 3 short tons Loco weight68 long tons 18 cwt 154 300 lb or 70 t 77 2 short tons fullTender weight40 long tons 0 cwt 89 600 lb or 40 6 t 44 8 short tons fullFuel typeCoalFuel capacity7 long tons 0 cwt 15 700 lb or 7 1 t 7 8 short tons Water cap 3 500 imp gal 16 000 L 4 200 US gal Firebox Grate area22 1 sq ft 2 05 m2 BoilerGWR Standard No 14 1 Boiler pressure225 psi 1 55 MPa Heating surface Firebox140 0 sq ft 13 01 m2 Tubes and flues1 285 5 sq ft 119 43 m2 Superheater Heating area160 0 sq ft 14 86 m2 CylindersTwo outsideCylinder size18 in 30 in 457 mm 762 mm Performance figuresTractive effort27 340 lbf 121 61 kN CareerOperatorsGreat Western Railway British RailwaysClass7800 Manor ClassNumbers7808RetiredDecember 1965Current ownerGreat Western Society It was said to be considered highly by the crews that operated it and unusually for the class the locomotive was fitted with a larger 4 000 imperial gallon 18 000 L 4 800 US gal water tender The locomotive initially saw considerable main line use soon after preservation but is currently on static display awaiting a major overhaul at Didcot Railway Centre The locomotive cost 3 986 excluding the tender when built in 1938 and had travelled 913 744 miles 1 470 528 km by 28 December 1963 3 Allocations editThe allocations of Cookham Manor during its service for the GWR and British Railways 3 Date Location March 1938 Old Oak Common April 1939 Gloucester April 1946 Oswestry Dec 1953 Bristol St Philips Marsh Dec 1954 Gloucester June 1959 Newton Abbot September 1960 Exeter October 1960 Worcester December 1960 Tyseley September 1962 Reading August 1964 Swindon November 1964 Gloucester December 1965 WithdrawnReferences edit Champ Jim 2018 An Introduction to Great Western Locomotive Development Barnsley Pen amp Sword Transport p 320 ISBN 978 1 4738 7784 9 OCLC 1029234106 OL 26953051M Nabarro Gerald 1979 Steam Nostalgia Locomotive and Railway Preservation in Great Britain Routledge p 31 ISBN 9780710073914 a b c Walters Laurence 1989 Didcot Junction amp Railway Centre Railway World Special Ian Allan Ltd p 52 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to GWR 7800 Class 7808 Cookham Manor Cookham Manor homepage Great Western Archive nbsp This article relating to steam locomotives operated in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title GWR 7800 Class 7808 Cookham Manor amp oldid 1202878960, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
