Talk:List of GWR 4900 Class locomotives

Sources for names
Aldenham Hall now redirects to Aldenham Park, Morville, because I found a reference that proved it was an alternative name for that house. What I have not proved is that this is the house that the GWR intended to name No 4902 after. In this case, the name is probably unique (as a UK country house) and is in the GWR 'area'. In the case of eg Barton Hall, there are multiple possible namesakes, at least one of which is in Devon, but there may have been reasons to use names from outside the GWR 'area' (if a Director lived there, or later on when they ran out of 'local' names).

The sources I have give lists of locomotive names, but no provenance. Did the GWR ever publish definitive sources for their locomotive names, or was the public left to guess which namesake was intended (if multiple possibilities existed)? -- Verbarson talkedits 00:01, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * See where we find:
 * Aldenham Hall: ten miles NW of Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Now known as Aldenham Park.
 * Barton Hall: now a holiday centre near Torquay in S. Devon. Partly demolished.
 * RCTS books are generally well-researched. This one was more than forty years in compilation. -- Red rose64 &#x1F98C; (talk) 01:38, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm glad that authoritative answers are available, and for all classes not just the Halls. -- Verbarson talkedits 18:10, 1 January 2023 (UTC)