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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
Great Western Railway	2281	on	10/01/1936

**Locomotive Specifics**
Designer	C. Collett
Class	2251
Company History	GWR
Wheels	0-6-0
Builder	Swindon Works
Order Number	298
To Service	Wed 10/01/1936
Withdrawal	Wed 25/11/1959
Service Life	23 yrs, 10 mths , 15 dys
Information	Partnered with an ex-30xx ROD tender when new

**Disposal**
Scrapping	During 12/1960

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
94	Leamington (New)	on	10/01/1936
STB	Stourbridge Junction	on	15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
KDR	Kidderminster	4w/e	30/10/1948
GLO	Gloucester Horton Road	4w/e	25/12/1948
KDR	Kidderminster	4w/e	29/01/1949
HFD	Hereford	4w/e	05/11/1949
85B	Gloucester Horton Road	4w/e	25/01/1958
89C	Machynlleth	4w/e	14/06/1958
	Withdrawn	on	25/11/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
ALLOC	KDR	Kidderminster	4w/e	30/10/1948
ALLOC	GLO	Gloucester Horton Road	4w/e	25/12/1948
ALLOC	KDR	Kidderminster	4w/e	29/01/1949
ALLOC	HFD	Hereford	4w/e	05/11/1949
ALLOC	85B	Gloucester Horton Road	4w/e	25/01/1958
ALLOC	89C	Machynlleth	4w/e	14/06/1958
WDN			m/e	30/11/1959

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

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
10/01/1936	To Service	To service as Great Western Railway Number 2281 Built at Swindon Works
15/06/1947	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Stourbridge Junction (STB)
30/10/1948	Allocation	Reallocated to Kidderminster (KDR)
25/12/1948	Allocation	Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (GLO)
29/01/1949	Allocation	Reallocated to Kidderminster (KDR)
05/11/1949	Allocation	Reallocated to Hereford (HFD)
25/01/1958	Allocation	Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)
14/06/1958	Allocation	Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)
25/11/1959	Withdrawn	Condemned as 2281
12/1960	Scrapped	Scrapped

Complete BR Locomotive Database 1948-1997

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