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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 3849 on 09/06/1942

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 346
To Service Sat 09/06/1942
Withdrawal w/e Sat 08/05/1965
Service Life 22 yrs, 10 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 09/06/1942
WES   Westbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
BAN   Banbury 4w/e 31/12/1949
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 21/04/1951
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 3w/e 19/05/1951
87E   Landore 4w/e 24/01/1959
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 16/05/1959
83D   Laira 4w/e 19/05/1962
84C   Banbury 4w/e 11/08/1962
6C   Croes Newydd w/e 11/04/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 08/05/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC WES Westbury 4w/e 14/06/1947
ALLOC BAN Banbury 4w/e 31/12/1949
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 21/04/1951
ALLOC 87E Landore m/e 28/02/1959
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 16/05/1959
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 19/05/1962
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 11/08/1962
ALLOC 6C Croes Newydd 4w/e 02/05/1964
WDN   w/e 08/05/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
04/03/1962 Swindon Works (Works Yard) Triangle: 1435, 3636, 4123/6, 4929, 5167, 5509/11/49, 6152/3/66, 6348, 7421, 7796, 8441, 8700/79, 9738. Works Yard: D3437, 1009/21/7, 3809/49, 4093, 4632, 4905/44, 5924, 6006, 6408, 6820, 6965/7, 7002/4/27/37, 7306, 8489/94, 8721/33/62/75, 9460, 9765. Weigh House: 5967. 'C' Shop: 8735, 9416. Dump: 1642, 2205/6/30/88, 4207, 5069, 5770, 7771/2, 8451, 8768, 9454/74, 9720. 'A' Shop: D600/2/3, D808, D1002-17, D2182-6, D3035, D3354/6/60/6/97, D3425, D4009, D6315/23/37, 8, 1013/5/9/28, 2516, 2859/73/6, 3440, 4003, 4286, 4920/50, 5026/43/56, 5990/1, 6012, 6821/7/39, 6906/13/36/50/71/3/93, 7001/3/6/13/26, 7226, 7320/37, 7918, 9400, 82040, 92222/37. SLS/196204
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
09/06/1942 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 3849
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Westbury (WES)    
31/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (BAN)    
21/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
24/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (87E)    
16/05/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
19/05/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
11/08/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
11/04/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (6C)    
08/05/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 3849    
08/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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