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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3209 on 08/11/1946

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 2251
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 360
To Service Sat 08/11/1946
Withdrawal w/e Sat 13/06/1964
Service Life 17 yrs, 7 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1964 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 08/11/1946
HFD   Hereford on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
85A   Worcester 4w/e 18/06/1955
89A   Oswestry 4w/e 14/06/1958
89B   Croes Newydd 4w/e 08/09/1962
89C   Machynlleth 4w/e 12/01/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 13/06/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW UNK   m/e 30/11/1946
1STALLOC HFD Hereford m/e 31/12/1946
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 18/06/1955
ALLOC 89A Oswestry 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 89B Croes Newydd 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 4w/e 12/01/1963
WDN   w/e 13/06/1964

* 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
08/11/1946 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3209
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Hereford (HFD)    
18/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Oswestry (89A)    
08/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (89B)    
12/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
13/06/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 3209    
08/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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