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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3205 on 18/10/1946

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 2251
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 360
To Service Fri 18/10/1946 to Gloucester Horton Road (GLO)
Withdrawal Fri 21/05/1965
Service Life 18 yrs, 7 mths , 3 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
GLO   Gloucester Horton Road (New) on 18/10/1946
GLO   Gloucester Horton Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
CHEL   Cheltenham Malvern Road m/e 07/1948
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 8w/e 03/11/1951
85A   Worcester 4w/e 18/06/1955
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 10/09/1955
85A   Worcester 4w/e 08/10/1955
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 13/08/1960
89C   Machynlleth 4w/e 22/04/1961
89A   Shrewsbury 4w/e 17/06/1961
86C   Hereford 4w/e 12/01/1963
83D   Exmouth Junction 4w/e 28/12/1963
83D   Exmouth Junction 4w/e 27/12/1964
83G   Templecombe (S&D) 5w/e 16/05/1965
     Withdrawn on 21/05/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW GLO Gloucester Horton Road m/e 31/10/1946
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 8w/e 03/11/1951
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 18/06/1955
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 10/09/1955
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 08/10/1955
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 13/08/1960
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 4w/e 22/04/1961
ALLOC 89A Shrewsbury 4w/e 17/06/1961
ALLOC 86C Hereford 4w/e 12/01/1963
TOSTORE   5w/e 02/11/1963
ALLOC 83D Exmouth Junction 4w/e 31/12/1963
TOSTORE   3w/e 20/07/1964
ALLOC 83D Exmouth Junction 3w/e 19/12/1964
ALLOC 83D Exmouth Junction 5w/e 04/01/1965
ALLOC 83G Templecombe (S&D) 5w/e 16/05/1965
WDN   4w/e 13/06/1965

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Preservation
Current Status Unknown


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
22/04/1962 Craven Arms MPD On 22nd April the following were on shed-3205, 8449, 45143, 48307 all 89A and also 45530 of 6G, which had failed on a Salop -Cardiff train. Since Knighton shed closed 1st January, banking duties there have been diagrammed to a Collett 0-6-0 from Craven Arms, leaving shed 4-10 a.m. for Knighton and returning late evening. This shed also works the Bitterley branch goods traffic now. SLS/196206
16/09/1967 Great Western Society\'s Open Day at Taplow On 16th September both 3205 and 4079 were in steam. Former came under its own steam from Bridgnorth and latter from Didcot. 3205 attracted much attention on its return journey over the former O.W.W. line to Worcester (for Bridgnorth). SLS/196710

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
18/10/1946 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3205
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Gloucester Horton Road (GLO)    
07/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Cheltenham Malvern Road (CHEL)    
03/11/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
18/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
10/09/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
08/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
13/08/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
22/04/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (89A)    
12/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Hereford (86C)    
28/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (83D)    
27/12/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (83D)    
16/05/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Templecombe (S&D) (83G)    
21/05/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 3205    

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