GWR 4900 Class No. 5952 "Cogan Hall"

GWR 4900 "Hall" Class 5952 Cogan Hall is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive that was built at Swindon Works in December 1935. As a mixed traffic engine it handled both passenger duties and freight duties. Its first shed allocation was the Penzance depot in Cornwall. In August 1950 it moved to Old Oak Common. During this time it was fitted with a three row superheater. In March 1959 it moved again to the Worcester depot. Its last shed allocation was to Cardiff East Dock before it was withdrawn from duties in June 1964.
After being retired from service it would end up at the Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, and like some of its other classmates it managed to survive into preservation. It was purchased by a private individual, Ken Ryder, and became the 136th locomotive to depart from Barry in September 1981. 
Stored initially at the GWSR at Toddington and later at the Cambrian Railways Trust, the intention was to restore it at their Oswestry site. However, in 2010, it was sold to the Betton Grange Society, who intend to use its bogie and tender for the new-build loco. In the long-term, the Society hopes to restore the engine at its new home on the Llangollen Railway, once work on the new Grange is complete. In March 2021, it was announced that the Tyseley Locomotive Works would be the permanent home for 5952 Cogan Hall and 6880 Betton Grange.
==Trivia==
* It is one of only 11 members of its class to have survived into preservation.
==External links==
*Cambrian Railways Trust
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:Built in 1935
Category:GWR 4900 "Hall" Class
Category:4-6-0 steam locomotives
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Category:Locomotives saved from the Woodham Brothers scrapyard
Category:Mixed-traffic locomotives
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