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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3208 on 29/10/1946

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 2251
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 360
To Service Sat 29/10/1946 to Oswestry (OSY)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 08/05/1965
Service Life 18 yrs, 6 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
OSY   Oswestry (New) on 29/10/1946
OSY   Oswestry on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
     Stored on 07/09/1962
89D   Oswestry (Reinstated) on 17/12/1962
89C   Machynlleth w/e 22/06/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 08/05/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW OSY Oswestry m/e 31/10/1946
ALLOC 89D Oswestry 4w/e 15/12/1962
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 5w/e 06/07/1963
WDN   w/e 08/05/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/12/1962 Western Regionboundary changes The following former W.R. engines were transferred to the L.M. Region when the depots to which they are allocated became the responsibility of that Region on 1.1.63. The official date of the transfer is December 30th, 1962: D3004/25-9/34-9, D3105-13/5/6/91-4, D3752/5/7, D3950-2/6-8/68-70/73-85/8/95-7, 1002/13/6/9/23/5, 1432/58, 1619/28/32/8/60/3/8, 2210/1/36/89 2845/51/6/66/75/88, 3208/9/17, 3601/5/7/19/25/31/58/60/73, 3709/44/9/70/6/8/82/8/9/92, 3802/6/9/13/5/7/21/5/8/9/31/45/6/9/52/5/7/65, 4105/11/4/20/5/33/40/7-9/53-5/8/65/7/8/71-3/5/6/8/9, 4602/17/45/6/8/65/83/7/96, 4923/46/54/98, 5022/6/31/63/89, 5101/53, 5192, 5606/40/58, 5927/42/83/90/1/4/5, 6129, 6314/64, 6403/24, 6604/9-11/5/8/25/31/2/44/6/63/7/8/71/4/8/9/83/92/4/8, 6803/11/23/7/8/30/1/3/9/42/5/51/3-5/7/8/61/2/4/6/70/1/9, 6903/4/6/7/11/5/6/7/22/5/6/9/30/3/4/52/64/71/6/9/80, 7001/12/4/9/24/6, 7207/18/36, 7414/8/24/6/31/43. 7800-3/6/7/9/10/2/8/9/21-4/7/8, 7905/8/12/5/8/29, 8109, 8464/98, 8718, 9435/63/70/98, 9608/10/3/4/24/30/6/9/46/57/69, 9724/33/53/68/74/82/93, 41201-4/9/31/2/40/1/85, 44835, 45143/5/90, 45283/98, 45406/22, 45572/7, 45660/99, 46401, 46503-27, 48330/47/54/69/402/4/10/2/5/7/8/24/30/6/50/9/60/71/4/5/8, 48724/38/9/68, 73025 6/34-6/90/5/7, 75000/2-4/6/9/20/1/3/4/6/7/9, 78000/2/3/7/8, 80070/8-80/96/8/100/l/2/4/5/31/2/5/6, 82000/3/5/6/9/20/1/31-4, 92001, 92212/3/5/27/8/34/47. SLS/196303

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
29/10/1946 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3208
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oswestry (OSY)    
07/09/1962 To Store To Store    
17/12/1962 Reinstated Reinstated to Oswestry (89D)    
22/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
08/05/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 3208    
08/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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