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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3608 on 02/02/1939

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 314
To Service Wed 02/02/1939
Withdrawal Wed 16/06/1965
Service Life 26 yrs, 4 mths , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 02/02/1939
OXF   Oxford on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81B   Slough 4w/e 06/09/1958
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 28/09/1963
81C   Southall 3w/e 28/03/1965
     Withdrawn on 16/06/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81B Slough 4w/e 06/09/1958
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 29/09/1963
ALLOC 81C Southall 5w/e 12/04/1965
WDN   on 16/06/1965
WDN   4w/e 11/07/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
14/10/1962 Wolverhampton Stafford Road Works 1628/60, 2841/62, 3217, 3608/58, 3709/15/51/60/78, 4147, 4910/51, 5070, 5245, 5602, 6141, 6644/63/79, 6816, 6982, 7209, 8498, 9411/53, 9608/10/5/40/82. Ex-Works on shed: 9404/15; ex-Works on Oxley MPD; 4697, 7739. 'Kings' at Stafford Road minus numbers and nameplates: 6001/2/7/12/4/5/7/22. SLS/196211

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/02/1939 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3608
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxford (OXF)    
06/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
28/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
28/03/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
16/06/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 3608    
10/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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