GWR 7800 Class 7808 Cookham Manor

7808 Cookham Manor

300px Cookham Manor.

Type and origin Power type Steam Build date March 1938

Specifications Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Career Class 7800 'Manor' Class Numbers 7808 Retired December 1965 Current owner Great Western Society

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 It was built in 1938 at Swindon Works, withdrawn from service in December 1965 and purchased directly from British Railways for preservation by John Mynors, a member of the Great Western Society, in 1965-66. Cookham Manor was the only locomotive in the 'Manor' Class to have been bought directly from BR. Initially it was stored at Ashchurch, until moving to Didcot in August 1970.

It was said to be considered highly by the crews that operated her, and unusually for her class, the locomotive was fitted with a larger 4,000-imperial-gallon (18,000 L; 4,800 US gal) water tender.

The locomotive saw considerable main line use whilst in preservation, but it is currently in static preservation status awaiting a major overhaul at Didcot Railway Centre.

The locomotive cost £3,986 excluding the tender when it was built in 1938, and had travelled 913,744 miles (1,470,528 km) on 28 December 1963.

Allocations

The allocations of Cookham Manor during its service for the GWR and British Railways.

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December 1965	Withdrawn

External links

• Cookham Manor homepage
• Great Western Archive