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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Original) 2182 m/e 03/1909
Great Western Railway 4521 on 28/12/1912

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 45xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 174
Works Number 2311
To Service During 03/1909
Withdrawal Mon 05/12/1955
Service Life 46 yrs, 9 mths , 6 dys
Total Mileage 1,026,043

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 28/01/1956 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1909
la   Moorswater 4w/e 11/01/1936
SDN   Swindon on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82A   Bristol Bath Road w/e 31/12/1950
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 31/01/1951
83B   Taunton 4w/e 01/11/1952
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 05/09/1953
     Withdrawn on 05/12/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road w/e 31/12/1950
ALLOC 83B Taunton 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 05/09/1953
WDN   m/e 31/12/1955

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1909 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2182
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2311
   
28/12/1912 Renumbered Renumbered to 4521    
11/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Moorswater (la)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Swindon (SDN)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
05/09/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
05/12/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 4521    
28/01/1956 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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