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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3788 on 29/09/1938

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 314
To Service Sat 29/09/1938
Withdrawal w/e Sat 06/11/1965
Service Life 27 yrs, 1 mth , 8 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 29/09/1938
SALOP   Shrewsbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
2C   Stourbridge Junction w/e 07/11/1964
2B   Oxley w/e 19/12/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 06/11/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 2C Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 07/11/1964
ALLOC 2B Oxley 5w/e 09/01/1965
WDN   w/e 06/11/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
23/04/1961 Wolverhampton Works (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: 1442/72, 1503, 2204, 3788, 3816, 4101/14, 4635, 4938, 5322, 5920, 6130, 6608/15, 7244/53, 7413/24/37, 7828, 9412/84/98, 9657, 9746, 82033. Works Yard: 3711/49, 4168/687, 6126, 6839, 8437, 9792, 73037, 75021, 92004. SLS/196106
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
27/01/1963 Wolverhampton Works (In Works) In Works: 1013/24, 1656/64, 2855, 3628(86G), 3788, 4136, 5244(86B), 6357(87C), 6692, 6975(87A), 7213, 7443, 7824, 8405/37/64, 8720, 9612/69, 9724. In Yard: 2257, 6915/6(89A), 9768. SLS/196302
06/09/1965 Stourbridge accident Pannier tank 3788 was involved in runaway accident at Stourbridge Junction 6/9/65 and cut up on site 12/9/65. SLS/196512
06/11/1965 Run-away Pannier tank scrapped 0-6-0PT 3788 was at Stourbridge m.p.d. on 6th November, 1965. This engine has been officially recorded as 'broken up on site' after the derailment at Stourbridge Junc. on 6/9/65 after a run-away. SLS/196602

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
29/09/1938 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3788
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Shrewsbury (SALOP)    
07/11/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (2C)    
19/12/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (2B)    
06/11/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 3788    
03/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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