Llangollen Railway more of my visit GWR 5952 Cogan Hall and 2859

The stations are beautifully preserved

Engines awaiting restoration include below

GWR Hall Cogan Hall No 5952

GWR Hall Class 5952 Cogan Hall was built at Swindon 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 Its last shed allocation was to Cardiff East Dock before it was withdrawn from duties in June 1964.

The engine ended up at Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, and thus survived into preservation unlike some of its other class mates. Purchased by a private individual, 5952 Cogan Hall was the 136th departure from Barry in September 1981. It is one of only 11 of its class that survived into preservation.

Stored 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.

Many thanks Wikipedia for the above notes

2859 and 5532 were bought from Barry in 1987 by the GWR loco group, who are undertaking their restorations. At present 5532 is the focus of attention, and resides in Llangollen shed; for the future the group has bought many thousand pounds' worth of parts for 2859 including complete sets of rods, back head cab fittings and so on. I believe this engine is now up for sale as the group cannot find funding to restore it. 

Many tanks Llangollen Railway for the above notes

GWR 2800 class 2-8-0 2859 was resident at Cardiff

East Dock 88A

 2859 was the last loco overhauled at the GWR 

works at Stafford Road in Wolverhampton. That 

should mean that under all the rust it is in not too

 bad a condition

Many thanks to the sources mentioned above. The pictures as always are my own