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Shortly after the visit of King Edward VIII in 1936, a Griffithstown railway employee, Miss Florence M Winsor, suggested to the authorities that one of the Grange series of locomotives being built in Swindon should be named after Llanfrechfa Grange. Her suggestion was accepted and loco number 6827 bore the name. It came under the 6800 ‘Grange’ class whose numbers ran from 6800-6827.

The 6827 Llanfrechfa Grange was built February 1937. Its first shed allocation was Truro. Between August 1950 and March 1959 shed allocations were Bristol, then St. Philip’s Marsh May 1965 and last shed allocation was Wolverhampton Oxley. It was withdrawn September 1965 and scrapped at Bird’s, Long Marston.
 
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2949 and 6832 at Wythall
A comparison of MK1 and MK2 West Midlands Metrobuses, D949NDA and SDA832S at Wythall.

6832 is preserved and 2949 was still operating for TWM at the time, but has since been sold on for further service.
 
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) Loco. #6835
White Rock, BC Canada
The City of White Rock has a railway on the waterfront. This single track rail line is operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) and used by BNSF and Amtrak passenger trains.
 
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No. 6841'William Francis' was built by Beyer Peacock & Company in 1937 to work at Baddesley Colliery at Atherstone in Warwickshire. It was named after Sir William Francis Dugdale, the son of the founder of the colliery, it was the third locomotive at Baddesley to be so bestowed. The colliery line ran from the West Coast main line in the Trent Valley and rose about 240ft in a distance just short of two miles, an average gradient of 1 in 47 and with 1 in 23 at its steepest grades.
 
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