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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2836 m/e 09/1912

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 186
Works Number 2436
To Service During 09/1912
Withdrawal Mon 15/06/1964
Service Life 51 yrs, 9 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1912
ABDR   Aberdare on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81F   Oxford 4w/e 27/12/1958
81E   Didcot 4w/e 05/09/1959
81E   Didcot 4w/e 28/09/1963
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 02/11/1963
     Withdrawn on 15/06/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81F Oxford m/e 31/01/1959
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 05/09/1959
TOSTORE   4w/e 29/06/1963
TOSTORE   w/e 14/08/1963
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 29/09/1963
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 5w/e 02/11/1963
WDN   w/e 15/06/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1946 Swindon Works Locomotives entering works during October and November included 1366, 1409, 1416, 1538, 2017, 2092, 2212, 2411, 2538, 2612, 2708, 2792,2817, 2825, 2836, 2842, 2851, 2859, 2882, 2883, 2884, 2885, 2906, 2927, 2947, 2955,2980, 2987, 2889, 3016, 3026, 3363, 3421, 4038, 4042. 4046, 4052, 4059, 4903, 4934,4953, 4954, 4966, 4973, 5949, 5961, 5989, 5997, 6917, 6922, 6929, 6947, 6959, 70876, 77086, 77326, and 79309 SLS/194701
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
09/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2836
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2436
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Aberdare (ABDR)    
27/12/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
05/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
28/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
02/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
15/06/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 2836    
02/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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