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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Original) 2165 m/e 02/1907
Great Western Railway 4504 on 28/12/1912

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 45xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Wolverhampton Works (Stafford Road)
To Service During 02/1907
Withdrawal Wed 25/06/1952
Service Life 45 yrs, 4 mths , 25 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1907
WOS   Worcester on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
PZ   Penzance m/e 31/03/1948
TR   Truro 4w/e 29/01/1949
     Withdrawn on 25/06/1952

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PZ Penzance m/e 31/03/1948
ALLOC TR Truro 4w/e 29/01/1949
WDN   m/e 30/06/1952

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1949 Swindon Works (entering Works) New Work June: Nos. 7021 Haverfordwest Castle LDR (7/6), 7022 Hereford Castle CDF (14/6), 7023 Penrice Castle CDF (23/6), *7024 Powis Castle (30/6); *1500 (22/6), 41501 (1/7). *Not allocated. Nos. 7021-24 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1500/1 are unlined black. No. 1500 has so far been tried on a variety of jobs, and it is possible that they all may go to Cardiff Docks. Locomotives entering Works during June included: Nos. 1001/29, 1335/63, 1458, 2216, 2534/72, 2823/81/82/84/92, 2945, 3031/34, 3161/67, 3649, 3851, 4016/37/40/83/84, 4259, 4381, 4504/13/93, 4651, 4807/54/56 (for reconversion to coal-burning), 4961, 5008/28/52/53/82, 5151, 5303/32/61, 5510/57/58, 5760/80/92, 5800, 5910/35/40/66, 6007/20, 6105/08, 6314/35/44/70/79, 6409, 6739, 6814/21/26/63/70, 6904/20/68, 7016, 7239, 7700/10/24/28/35, 7803, 7900, 8762/98 and E1066. Condemned: 53, 1731, 2651/55, 3364, 9072. No. 7900 came in for rebalancing, while No. E1066 had a hot box. No. 2848 has been reconverted to coal-burning. No. 6000 was ex Works on 17/6 painted in the new blue and lined, with crest on the tender, while No. 6011 has also appeared in the same livery, but, as yet, has no crest on the tender. Nos. 4052/58 are ex Works painted green and lined, while further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1017/29, 6931/43 an 6936 (with the crest on the tender). Stock Shed: Nos. 4914, 5919, 6997-99 and 7902-04 have now been taken out of store and put into traffic, Nos. 4914, 6997/99 and 7902 have gone to BRD, No. 6998 to CDF and Nos. 7903/04 to PDN. SLS/194908

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1907 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2165
Built at Wolverhampton Works (Stafford Road)
   
28/12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 4504    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Worcester (WOS)    
31/03/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (PZ)    
29/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Truro (TR)    
25/06/1952 Withdrawn Condemned as 4504    

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