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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2296 on 03/06/1938

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 2251
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 312
To Service Mon 03/06/1938
Withdrawal Mon 12/10/1959
Service Life 21 yrs, 4 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 03/06/1938
TYS   Tyseley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 05/11/1949
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 25/02/1950
84J   Croes Newydd 4w/e 20/05/1950
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 17/06/1950
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
84J   Croes Newydd m/e 16/06/1956
87H   Neyland 4w/e 05/10/1957
85A   Worcester 4w/e 02/11/1957
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 21/02/1959
     Withdrawn on 12/10/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 05/11/1949
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 25/02/1950
ALLOC 84J Croes Newydd 4w/e 20/05/1950
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 17/06/1950
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 23/02/1952
ALLOC 84J Croes Newydd 4w/e 16/06/1956
ALLOC 87H Neyland 4w/e 05/10/1957
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 02/11/1957
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 21/02/1959
WDN   m/e 31/10/1959

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/06/1938 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2296
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tyseley (TYS)    
05/11/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
25/02/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
20/05/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)    
17/06/1950 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)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)    
05/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Neyland (87H)    
02/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
21/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
12/10/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 2296    
01/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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