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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 1021 on 19/12/1945

Names Carried
Date From Name
19/12/1945 COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class County
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 358
To Service Fri 19/12/1945
Withdrawal Fri 01/11/1963
Service Life 17 yrs, 10 mths , 13 dys
Total Mileage 747,716

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 19/12/1945
PDN   Old Oak Common on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83D   Laira m/e 31/01/1951
83D   Laira 4w/e 28/02/1951
83G   Penzance 8w/e 26/03/1955
83D   Laira 4w/e 16/07/1955
82C   Swindon 4w/e 28/11/1959
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 31/12/1960
     Withdrawn on 01/11/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW PDN Old Oak Common m/e 31/12/1946
ALLOC 83D Laira m/e 31/01/1951
ALLOC 83G Penzance 4w/e 26/03/1955
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 28/11/1959
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 31/12/1960
WDN   on 01/11/1963
WDN   4w/e 30/11/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 Swindon Works Locos. entering works during December included the following: 100, 1943, 2132, 2792, 2809, 2825, 2837, 2840, 2844, 2851, 2891, 2912, 2955, 2980, 2989, 3016, 3026, 3040, 3804, 3829, 3838, 3865, 4025, 4038, 4059, 4080, 4704, 4950, 4955, 5001, 5023, 5039, 5060, 5063, 5079, 5083, 5085, 5349, 5374, 5376, 5380, 5926, 5956, 5961, 6009, 6029, 6333, 6354, 6929, 6933, 6935, 6956, 7320, and W.D. 77001. Works' pilots during the same period have included: 200, 207, 242, 1731, 1732, 1761, 2723, and 2773. Practically all 57XX going through the works are now receiving a top-feed boiler. Locos. noted recently so altered are: 3766, 6709, 8711, 8753, and 8780 NEA (the latter was seen at Paddington on 28/12, working empty stock!). 5083 Bath Abbey ('Castle') is an oil burner with large tender having different shape fuel tanks. New 'Counties' reported are: 1020 (SRD), 1021 (PDN), and 1022 (LA) SLS/194702
31/12/1948 Swindon Works New Work December: Nos. 6766 NEA (8/12), 6767 (21/12), 6768 (23/12); 6993 Arthog Hall WEY (4/12), 6994 Baggrave Hall EXE (9/12), 6995 Benthall Hall TN (17/12). Nos. 6993-95 are painted black and fully lined, while Nos. 6766-68 are black and unlined. Locomotives entering Works 29/11/48 to 24/12/48: These included Nos. 62 (condemned), 71 (condemned), 301 (condemned)-re-numbered from 201, 1020/21/22/24, 1400/07/44, 2068, 2414, 2833/37/94, 3430/31 (both condemned), 3614/74/82, 3724, 3808/17/21/38/59/64, 4038/39/80/90, 4087, 4112/50, 4274, 4353 (condemned), 4506/14/63/70/87, 4700, 4920/91, 5002/34/41/45/47/70/87, 5022, 5103, 5351/59/97, 5412/22, 5522/32, 5708/12, 5913/19/56/59/95, 6010/12/23, 6100/48/54, 6323/24/39/85, 6423, 6856, 6930/39/66, 7200/20/22, 7401, 7727, 9306, 9601/06. (4150 and 5022 were the locomotives that were involved in the Lapworth accident). On 16/12 the Stock Shed contained the following:-Nos. 5, 2906, 3012/15/17/18/23/41/44, 3453, 4017, 4168/69, 4914, 5153/83. Additional locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 5926 an 6947. 'Austerity' No. 77380 has been fitted with a smokebox numberplate (the first 'Austerity' to be so fitted here). 'Austerity' 2-8-0's to be fitted with standard G.W.R. fittings, which include Wakefield lubricator, G.W. type stuffing box and fountain, whistles, injectors, top feed and fire iron compartment, were ex Swindon Works as follows:-Nos. 77000 (19/5/48). 77027 (24/3/48), 77165 (13/4/48), 77291 (10/12/47), 77429 (9/6/48), 78542 (12/11/47), 79226 (6/9/48), 79278 (28/11/47). Frames are being cut for Lot 373. which, it is understood, is for some 0-6-0PT's with outside Walschaerts valve gear. SLS/194902
04/03/1962 Swindon Works (Works Yard) Triangle: 1435, 3636, 4123/6, 4929, 5167, 5509/11/49, 6152/3/66, 6348, 7421, 7796, 8441, 8700/79, 9738. Works Yard: D3437, 1009/21/7, 3809/49, 4093, 4632, 4905/44, 5924, 6006, 6408, 6820, 6965/7, 7002/4/27/37, 7306, 8489/94, 8721/33/62/75, 9460, 9765. Weigh House: 5967. 'C' Shop: 8735, 9416. Dump: 1642, 2205/6/30/88, 4207, 5069, 5770, 7771/2, 8451, 8768, 9454/74, 9720. 'A' Shop: D600/2/3, D808, D1002-17, D2182-6, D3035, D3354/6/60/6/97, D3425, D4009, D6315/23/37, 8, 1013/5/9/28, 2516, 2859/73/6, 3440, 4003, 4286, 4920/50, 5026/43/56, 5990/1, 6012, 6821/7/39, 6906/13/36/50/71/3/93, 7001/3/6/13/26, 7226, 7320/37, 7918, 9400, 82040, 92222/37. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
19/12/1945 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 1021, name: COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Old Oak Common (PDN)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
28/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
26/03/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
28/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
31/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
01/11/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 1021    
07/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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