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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2273 on 29/08/1934

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 2251
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 283
To Service Mon 29/08/1934
Withdrawal Mon 02/12/1963
Service Life 29 yrs, 3 mths , 3 dys
Total Mileage 651,939

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 29/08/1934
LDR   Landore on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
87G   Carmarthen 4w/e 01/11/1952
87H   Neyland 4w/e 24/01/1959
85A   Worcester 4w/e 28/11/1959
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 15/07/1961
82D   Westbury 4w/e 06/10/1962
     Withdrawn on 02/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 87G Carmarthen 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 87H Neyland m/e 28/02/1959
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 28/11/1959
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 15/07/1961
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 06/10/1962
WDN   4w/e 30/11/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1949 Swindon Works New Work April: Nos. *7903 Foremarke Hall (8/4), *7904 Fountains Hall (14/4), 7905 Fowey Hall LA (28/4); 9678 NA (1/4), 9679 CED (11/4), 9680 TYS (22/4), 9681 TDU (29/4). *Not allocated. Nos. 7903- 05 are painted black and fully lined, while Nos. 9678-81 are plain black. Nos. 7018 Cranbrook Castle and 7019 were nearly complete on 9/5 and the frames and cylinders for the first of the 15XX were in position for drilling. No. 4971 TN has been re-converted to coal-burning.
Locomotives entering Works during April included: Nos. 1003/15, 1418/48, 2014 (open cab), 2154 (open cab), 2213/34/65/73, 2812/50/55/61, 2908/12/42/50, 3011, 3666/86, 3737, 3846. 4051/75/88/94, 4138, 4267, 4500, 4663/89, 4805 (for re-conversion), 4908/15/22/41/49/86, 5016/44/54/56/69/74/84/89, 5311/53/60/82, 5523/39/55/74, 5800, 5970/73, 6018/28, 6351/63/67/93, 6812/16/41/48/60, 7236, 7749/53, 8703/43. Condemned: Nos. 47, 1758, 3592 (all to Concentration Yard), No. 277 (acting as Works' pilot). No. 3175 has been cut up in 'A' Shop. Nos. 6100/01/03/59 have had the footsteps set further inwards, to enable them to work on the Reading-Redhill line. No. 155 ex Works, has been fitted with a copper-capped parallel chimney replacing the tapered cast-iron one formerly carried. No. 3033, ex Works, now carries the frames, cylinders and cab sides of No. 3005 (condemned) and the boiler of No. 3033. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include: Nos. 1003, 5931, 6907/33; Nos. 4003/07/49 are painted dark green and fully lined. The contents of the Stock Shed on 3/5 were:-Nos. 2948, 4124/68/69, 4914, 5153, 5411, 5919, 6915/19/97/8/9 an 7902.
SLS/194906

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
29/08/1934 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2273
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Landore (LDR)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (87G)    
24/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Neyland (87H)    
28/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
15/07/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
06/10/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
02/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 2273    
07/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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