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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2839 m/e 10/1912
Great Western Railway (Oil) 4804 m/e 11/1946
Great Western Railway (Coal) 2839 m/e 10/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 186
Works Number 2439
To Service During 10/1912
Withdrawal Mon 15/06/1964
Service Life 51 yrs, 8 mths , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1912
STJ   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 20/04/1946
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
SPM   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 30/10/1948
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 21/04/1951
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 3w/e 19/05/1951
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 23/02/1957
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 26/12/1959
     Withdrawn on 15/06/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 30/10/1948
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 21/04/1951
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 23/02/1957
1STALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 26/12/1959
WDN   w/e 15/06/1964

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1946 Converted to oil burnng
10/1948 Oil burning equipment removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1946 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March: 111, 1010, 2026/55, 2103, 2204/12/54, 2816/39/46/9, 2924/39/48/79, 3010/5/20, 3171, 3446, 3632, 3715/93 3855, 4012/33/5/55/79/82, 4136, 4365, 4565/70 4702, 4830/67, 4917/37/58/84/5, 5004/8/49/71/90, 5153/86/93, 5310/38/84/97, 5420, 5505/31/53, 5787,-5967/99, 6000/17/25/8, 6114/21/50/1, 6365/74/86/8 6417, 6916/8/41, 7312, 7713/32, 7802/10, 9721/60/3/80/7/90/6. Nameplates have been affixed to 1000/17-9, 6916/32/38/46/67. With the completion of 1019, there is a temporary halt in the programme of construction of '1000' Class locomotives and work is under way on new 'Castle' and 'Hall' Class locomotives. SLS/194606

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2839
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2439		    
20/04/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (STJ)    
05/1946 Modification Modification: Converted to oil burnng    
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4804    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
10/1948 Modification Modification: Oil burning equipment removed    
10/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 2839    
30/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
21/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
23/02/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
26/12/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
15/06/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 2839    
02/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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