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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 1018 on 23/03/1946

Names Carried
Date From Name
23/03/1946 COUNTY OF LEICESTER

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class County
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 354
To Service Thu 23/03/1946
Withdrawal Thu 27/09/1962
Service Life 16 yrs, 6 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 23/03/1946
NA   Newton Abbot on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83G   Penzance m/e 31/01/1951
83G   Penzance 4w/e 28/02/1951
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 01/12/1951
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 31/12/1951
84A   Stafford Road 4w/e 24/01/1953
83D   Laira 4w/e 09/10/1954
83G   Penzance 4w/e 06/11/1954
83D   Laira 4w/e 18/06/1960
83G   Penzance 4w/e 03/12/1960
     Withdrawn on 27/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NA Newton Abbot m/e 31/03/1946
ALLOC 83G Penzance m/e 31/01/1951
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 01/12/1951
ALLOC 84A Stafford Road 4w/e 24/01/1953
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 09/10/1954
ALLOC 83G Penzance 4w/e 06/11/1954
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 18/06/1960
ALLOC 83G Penzance 4w/e 03/12/1960
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 25/02/1961
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962
TOSTORE   w/e 14/08/1963

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1948 Swindon Works New work August: No. 7016 CDF, 7017 G. J. Churchward PDN; 7430/32 STB, 7431/33 CNYD, 7434. No. 4160 is nearing completion (26/8). Locomotives entering Works during August included: Nos. *100A1, 1018, 1461, 1934/57, 2144, 2340, 2746/64, 2882, 2938/39, 3613/76, 3823/25/57, *3902, *3953, 4045/85, 4119, 4269, 4552, 4671, *4802, *4850, *4852, 4902/14/20/25/28/69/76, 5006/39/63/64/84, 5107/83, 5261, 5325, 5416/20, 5540, 5756, 5932/71/80/93, 6000/08/10/22, 6311/33/85, 6433. 6746, 6849/79, 6945/60, 7206/30, 7726/82, 7800/15, 8104, **8393, 8709, 9301. *Oil-burning. **Converted to 53XX. Works' pilots of late have been: Nos. 212 (since sent for scrap, w/e 21/8), 906, 1713, 1900, 2751 SLS/194810

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
23/03/1946 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 1018, name: COUNTY OF LEICESTER
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newton Abbot (NA)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
28/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
01/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
31/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
24/01/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Stafford Road (84A)    
09/10/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
06/11/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
18/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
03/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
27/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 1018    
11/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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