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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2292 on 31/01/1938

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 2251
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 312
To Service Fri 31/01/1938
Withdrawal Fri 22/06/1962
Service Life 24 yrs, 4 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 31/01/1938
TYS   Tyseley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 10/07/1948
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 07/08/1948
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 04/09/1948
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 30/10/1948
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 25/12/1948
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 29/01/1949
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 16/07/1949
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 05/11/1949
89C   Machynlleth 4w/e 17/06/1950
84E   Tyseley w/e 31/12/1950
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 31/01/1951
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 14/07/1951
84E   Tyseley m/e 31/07/1951
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 08/09/1951
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 30/09/1951
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 23/02/1952
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 31/03/1952
89C   Machynlleth 4w/e 14/06/1952
89C   Machynlleth 6w/e 30/06/1952
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 04/10/1952
81F   Oxford 4w/e 29/11/1952
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 8w/e 11/07/1953
84J   Croes Newydd 4w/e 17/07/1954
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 09/10/1954
     Withdrawn on 22/06/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 14/06/1947
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 10/07/1948
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 07/08/1948
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 30/10/1948
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 25/12/1948
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 29/01/1949
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 16/07/1949
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 05/11/1949
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 4w/e 17/06/1950
ALLOC 84E Tyseley w/e 31/12/1950
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 14/07/1951
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 23/02/1952
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 4w/e 14/06/1952
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 04/10/1952
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 29/11/1952
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 11/07/1953
ALLOC 84J Croes Newydd 4w/e 17/07/1954
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 09/10/1954
WDN   m/e 30/06/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1949 Swindon Works New Work March: Nos. *7901 Dodington Hall (23/3), *7902 Eaton Mascot Hall (31/3); 9675 MTHR 4/3), 9676 CYS (10/3), 9677 CED (17/3). *Not allocated. Locomotives entering Works 28/2/49 to 30/3/49: Nos. 1002/09, 1086 (re-numbered 1147), 1213 (re-numbered 9), 1415, 1758 SDN (condemned), 1894 NPT (condemned), 2011/12, 2226/40/92/99, 2724 CYS (condemned), 69, 2806/36/71/82/83, 2902/15/31/81/87, 3032/33/43, 3175, 3386, 3562 OXF (condemned), 3616/45/55/88, 3719/44/47, 3819/29, 3901/55 (both for re-conversion), 4000/03/07/13/49, 4213/37/60/70, 4527/35/38/58/65/69/98, 4624, 4703, 4806/51 (both for re-conversion), 4936/55, 5020/33/55/57/75/89/91/95, 5166, 5310/30/41/72/96, 5509/66, 5719/28/98, 5931/79/88, 6017/24/25/28, 6132/53, 6341/53, 6720/47, 6803/22/54, 6900/02/07/33/46/55/62/64, 7202/09, 7302, 7415, 7766/84, 8753, 9311, 9600, 9704/08 and Class '8' W.D. 77234 (re-numbered 90201). Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include:-Nos. 1002/28, 2947, 4990, 6917/24, while Nos. 4007/20 are painted green and also lined. Works' pilots recently have been:-Nos. *212/13/46 and **1900. *Condemned 7/48. **Condemned 4/48.
No. 3150 has been fitted with the curved front end frames and cylinders (outside steam pipes) of No. 3184 (condemned in 1948). The original frames of No. 3150 had a square front end and the cylinders had internal steam pipes. No. 2123 has been fitted with auto gear.		 SLS/194905

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
31/01/1938 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2292
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tyseley (TYS)    
10/07/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
07/08/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
30/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
25/12/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
29/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
16/07/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
05/11/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
17/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
14/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
31/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
30/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
23/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
31/03/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
14/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
30/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
04/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
29/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
11/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
17/07/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)    
09/10/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
22/06/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 2292    
09/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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