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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 1605 on 01/11/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class 16xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 381
To Service Tue 01/11/1949
Withdrawal Tue 27/02/1962
Service Life 12 yrs, 3 mths , 26 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 01/11/1949
85A   Worcester 4w/e 03/10/1953
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 02/11/1957
     Withdrawn on 27/02/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 30/11/1949
1STALLOC SHL Southall m/e 31/01/1950
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 02/11/1957
WDN   m/e 28/02/1962

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/11/1949 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 1605
Built at Swindon Works
   
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
02/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
27/02/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 1605    
05/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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