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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3211 on 04/12/1947

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 2251
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 360
To Service Sat 04/12/1947
Withdrawal Sat 01/09/1962
Service Life 14 yrs, 8 mths , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1963 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 04/12/1947
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 28/01/1961
     Withdrawn on 01/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW UNK   m/e 31/12/1947
1STALLOC DID Didcot m/e 31/01/1948
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 28/01/1961
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1962 Withdrawn GWR engines It is understood that the following have been withdrawn and are lying at their home sheds mainly: 1004/26, 1462, 2200/29/56/71/94, 3211, 3623/30/88/94, 3741/50/83, 4037/99, 4102/6/16/8/29/52, 4236/91, 4557/67, 4906/9/13/7/21/34/7/41/4/7/8/52/60/7/9/84/99, 5007/8/11/6/7/9/21/30/2/3/4/6/45/6/7/52/61/4/6/8/75/88/94, 5190, 5357/99, 5520/5/44/50/4/62, 5617/31/46/98, 5746, 5910/1/7/8/26/30/1/40/59/64/6/73/80/1/2/99, 6001/2/7/9/12/4/5/6/9/21/2/6/7, 6146, 6330/42/62/6/88/91, 6617/30/40/1/7, 7300/1/5/11/6/21/31/6/41, 8449, 9785, 42385, 90355/6/565/693. LTE has 7749 on loan pending permanent transfer. SLS/196210

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/12/1947 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3211
Built at Swindon Works
   
28/01/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
01/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 3211    
04/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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