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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2898 on 19/11/1938

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 321
To Service Fri 19/11/1938
Withdrawal Fri 09/10/1964
Service Life 25 yrs, 10 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 19/11/1938
BAN   Banbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CHR   Chester West m/e 30/06/1948
BAN   Banbury 4w/e 04/09/1948
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 27/12/1952
84E   Tyseley m/e 16/06/1956
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 25/01/1958
81E   Didcot 4w/e 20/05/1961
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 29/06/1963
81E   Didcot 4w/e 25/01/1964
     Withdrawn on 09/10/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CHR Chester West m/e 30/06/1948
ALLOC BAN Banbury 4w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 27/12/1952
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 16/06/1956
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 26/05/1961
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 29/06/1963
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 27/01/1964
WDN   w/e 12/10/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1946 Swindon Works Locos entering works during January: 207/42/70, 1751/86, 2084, 2116, 2221/74, 2679, 2766, 2802/11/53/62/98, 2912/51, 3034, 3188, 3219/64, 3754, 3808/63, 4004/13/7/21, 4125, 4299, 4326, 4539/47/98, 4615, 4811/5/54, 4909/51/6/63/90, 5019/46/55/6/80, 5161, 5361, 5403, 5534/40/52/65, 5906/25/51/72/4/85, 6003/10/4/9/22/6, 6112, 6314/45/7/56, 6690, 6721, 6919/61/5, 7300/9, 7700/8, 7804, 8359, 8704/14/22/70, 9301, 9768/89/91, WD 71488, 75046. SLS/194604
31/07/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during July included: Nos 1367, 1446, 2165, 2229/36, 2385, 2809/84/98, 3778, 3832/40/59, 4075/82, 4519/28/73/85, 4698, 4965/77/88, 5077, 5191, 5261, 5306, 5403, 5805, 5904/15/43, 6157, 6343/78, 6439, 6637, 6702, 6818/25/33/46/55, 7006, 7218, 7318, 7727, 7812, 8764/87, 9312/17, 9706/81;
New work: Nos. 7014 BRD and 7015 SDN, both are painted G.W.R. green, as is No. 7016; the construction Of Nos. 4160-79 and 7430-39 is under way. During W/E 24/7 Nos. 5023, 6009 an 6910 were ex Works after having been in for the new British Railways' crest to be placed on the tenders, while during W/E 31/7 No. 5954 was ex general repair, having been painted black and lined out in red, cream and grey together with the new crest on the tender. During W/E 14/8 Nos. 7016 Chester Castle CDF and 7430 STB were completed; No. 8393 also entered Works during this week.
It is understood that the next batch of 'Castle's' (Nos. 7018-27) has been cancelled. Works' pilots lately have been and are: Nos. 906, 1758, 1900 an 2751; The following locomotives came in for cutting-up during W/E 24/7: Nos. 2680, 3002/27, 4386, 5127 an 5349
SLS/194809

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
19/11/1938 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2898
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Banbury (BAN)    
30/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (CHR)    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (BAN)    
27/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
20/05/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
29/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
25/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
09/10/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 2898    
02/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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