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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4101 on 22/08/1935

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 5101
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 292
To Service Sat 22/08/1935
Withdrawal w/e Sat 13/06/1964
Service Life 28 yrs, 9 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1964 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 22/08/1935
SRD   Stafford Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 23/04/1949
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 18/06/1949
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 01/11/1952
88D   Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 03/10/1953
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 08/10/1955
88F   Treherbert 4w/e 11/08/1956
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 08/09/1956
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 22/02/1958
84C   Banbury w/e 30/03/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 13/06/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 29/11/1947
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 23/04/1949
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 18/06/1949
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 88D Merthyr Tydfil 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 08/10/1955
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 4w/e 11/08/1956
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 08/09/1956
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 22/02/1958
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 30/03/1963
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 06/04/1963
WDN   w/e 13/06/1964

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
22/08/1935 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4101
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stafford Road (SRD)    
23/04/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
18/06/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Merthyr Tydfil (88D)    
08/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
11/08/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)    
08/09/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
22/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
30/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
13/06/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 4101    
09/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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