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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2224 on 11/09/1940

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 2251
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 337
To Service Mon 11/09/1940
Withdrawal Mon 30/09/1963
Service Life 23 yrs , 19 dys
Total Mileage 475,374

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1964 at Cohens (Morriston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 11/09/1940
SDN   Swindon on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87G   Carmarthen 4w/e 06/11/1954
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 05/09/1959
     Withdrawn on 30/09/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87G Carmarthen 4w/e 06/11/1954
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 05/09/1959
WDN   4w/e 29/09/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during September included: Nos. 1000/25, 1430/40/61, 1957/91, 2144/81/88/94, 2224/46/71, 2827/38/42/72/77/82, 2948, 3617, 3861/64/66, 3904/55, 4000/37/44/58/88, 4128, 4280, 4407, 4509/32/37/40/50, 4639, 4704, 4804, 4973/75/78, 5011/57/71/79, 5153/56, 5207, 5369/75, 5510/54/74, 5718/33/61, 5903/34/51/62/69/84, 6005/06/12, 6133, 6337/40/75/93, 6406/30, 6801/47, 6905/16/52/70, 7004/05/17, 7306/09, 7402/22, 7800/18, 8722/37/39, 9612, 9730.
New work; September: Nos. 7435 (-), 7436 (OXF), 7437 (WOS), 7438 (DG) (completed 5/10); 4160 (-). 4161 (BRY), 4162 (-), 4163 (BRY) and 4164 (DYD), nearly completed. Works' pilots have been Nos. 212, 1713, 1900 an 2764.
Outside the Works and awaiting scrapping are the following:-Nos. 1730, 2643/80, 2734/46/51, 3002/06/27, 3165/84, 3440, 5127, 5343/49 an 9006. In addition, Nos. 2709, 2928, 3005 an 3395 came in for scrapping at the beginning of October. All locomotives receiving a general repair (except express passenger locomotives) are now coming out painted plain black with the exception of No. 5156, which was fully lined, but without 'British Railways' on the tank sides. The majority of locomotives are now receiving smokebox number-plates.
No. 7017 was ex. Works on 22/9 after light repairs and is now running without nameplates
SLS/194811

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/09/1940 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2224
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Swindon (SDN)    
06/11/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (87G)    
05/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
30/09/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 2224    
01/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cohens: Morriston    

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