No. 7802 Bradley Manor

West Somerset Mogul 9351 returns to front-line service after overhaul at Williton

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Sam Hewitt

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27th August 2019

THE loss of on-hire No. 7802 Bradley Manor with a damaged cylinder casting (see separate story on p71) has been tempered somewhat for the West Somerset Railway with the return to service of 2-6-0 No. 9351. The GWR-inspired Mogul has been overhauled over a six-month period by the West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA) at Williton, and was…
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Broken piston sidelines Bradley Manor for ‘considerable period’ at West Somerset

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd August 2019

COLLETT ‘Manor’ No. 7802 Bradley Manor has been withdrawn from traffic at the West Somerset Railway (WSR) after suffering a broken piston rod while in service on the line. The Erlestoke Manor Fund’s (EMF) 4-6-0 was working the 10.15 Bishops Lydeard- Minehead service on July 7 when the incident occurred, busting the cylinder end cover off…
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Double-headed ‘Manors’ help WSR mark 40 years of steaming to Bishops Lydeard

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Sam Hewitt

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13th July 2019

A FOURTEEN-coach train hauled by a pair of Collett ‘Manor’ 4-6-0s was the undoubted highlight of the West Somerset Railway’s 40th Anniversary gala on June 8-9. The event celebrated four decades since the ‘Wizzer’ returned steam to Bishops Lydeard on June 9, 1979, and was a strong illustration that the worst of the railway’s problems…
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West Somerset gets triple ‘Manors’ as Raveningham Hall heads to Severn Valley Railway

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd June 2019

The West Somerset Railway’s Minehead shed will offer a flavour of Machynlleth or Aberystwyth in 1950s this summer.
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‘Manor’ in impressive form at GCR ‘spectacular’

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

ERLESTOKE Manor Fund’s Collett 4-6-0 No. 7802 Bradley Manor showed audiences at the Great Central Railway’s Winter Steam Gala just why the type is held in such high regard, putting in some impressive turns at the January 25-27 event. The Severn Valley Railway-based locomotive took its turn at the head of passenger and freight and non-stop…
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‘Manor’ and ‘8F’ lined up for Great Central winter gala

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Sam Hewitt

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16th January 2019

THE sound of a GWR ‘Manor’ will echo again over the Great Central Railway for the first time in four years when No. 7802 Bradley Manor visits for the January 25-27 Winter Steam Gala. The Erlestoke Manor Fund 4-6-0 has been confirmed as the star guest at the GCR’s curtain raiser, making the short journey across…
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No. 7802 Bradley Manor

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