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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 1647 on 09/05/1951

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class 16xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 389
To Service Thu 09/05/1951 to Swindon (82C)
Withdrawal Thu 27/04/1961
Service Life 9 yrs, 11 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
82C   Swindon (New) on 09/05/1951
82C   Swindon 4w/e 19/05/1951
87C   Danygraig 4w/e 27/03/1954
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 27/02/1960
85A   Worcester 4w/e 23/04/1960
     Withdrawn on 27/04/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 19/05/1951
NEW NYA   m/e 31/05/1951
ALLOC 87C Danygraig 4w/e 27/03/1954
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 27/02/1960
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 23/04/1960
WDN   m/e 30/04/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/05/1961 Swindon Works (Triangle) Gas Works: 4203, 5103/10/76, 9414. Stock Shed Yard: D817, D6319/21, 5815. Triangle: 1361/2/4, 1433, 1647, 3657/67/70/7, 3724, 5001, 6027, 6959, 8457, 8705, 9762. Works Yard: D804/38, D2144/88/91/6, D7000, 1029, 1501/2/9, 1604, 2516, 2884, 4090, 4950/72/8/85, 5022/97, 5949/58, 6004, 6937/62, 7007, 7221, 7304/40, 7761/75, 9400, 9749, 82031, 92226/45. Weigh House: D808, 4984. 'A' Shop: D602, D801/15/8/36/40/3/50/69/70, D1000-7, D2195/7-9, D2372-4, D3257, D6305/9, 3817, 4088, 4264/75, 4704, 4912/4/42/70/88/94, 5015/51/70/2/99, 5914/48/51/3/70/87, 6020, 6333/72, 6828/44/50, 6911/69/77/9, 7002/9/32/6, 7232/3, 13187, 13256/62, 15100/2, 82020/1, 92234. Dump: 1366, 1419/31/54/73, 2207/27, 3676, 5158/75/94, 5771/91, 6426, 7748, 8429, 8722/6/40/69/77, 9735/81. 'C' Shop: 5207, 8101. Field: 78001/8. SLS/196107
23/07/1961 Swindon Works (Works Yard) 'A' Shop: D602/4, D805/11/28/70, D1000-11, D2137, D2372-9, D3257, D3431, D3744, D6306/11/9, 13186, 13264/5, 15100/2, 2829, 3817/43, 4090, 4922/8/56/78, 5000/1/31/49/60, 5306/51, 5903/4/36/9/67, 6000/4/7, 6363/95, 6871, 6919/46/59/86/97/8, 7020, 7209/15/21/2, 7826, 82031, 92226/34. Works Yard: D804/15/23/41/51/2, D2188/9/94, 1604/34/47, 2516, 3667/70, 3822/41, 4003, 4203, 4916/98, 5015/80/1, 5103/10/76/7/95, 5336, 5949, 6027, 6349, 6831, 6969, 7745/56/75/98, 8789/98, 9400/14, 9749, 78001/8. 92215/45. Triangle: 6021, 9736/67. Dump: 1361/2/4/6, 1419/33, 3657/76, 3724, 6426, 7700/61, 8429, 8705/22/40/77/96, 9735/62/71/81. 'C' Shop: 8457 intact, Outside 'C' Shop: 5771, 8726 being cut up. SLS/196109

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/05/1951 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 1647
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Swindon (82C)		    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
27/03/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Danygraig (87C)    
27/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
23/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
27/04/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 1647    
08/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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