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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4548 m/e 05/1915

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 45xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 201
Works Number 2605
To Service During 05/1915
Withdrawal Mon 11/11/1957
Service Life 42 yrs, 6 mths , 12 dys
Total Mileage 1,081,159

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 25/01/1958 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1915
PZ   Penzance on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83C   Exeter 4w/e 05/10/1957
     Withdrawn on 11/11/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83C Exeter 4w/e 05/10/1957
WDN   m/e 30/11/1957

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
10/10/1950 Penzance Early in October the allocation at Ponsandane was made up of one 'County' (1004), one 'Castle' (4090), nine 2-6-2T (4500, 4509, 4525, 4537, 4540, 4545, 4548, 4566, 4574), five 'Halls' (4946, 4965, 5915, 5969, 6911), one 2-6-0 (6318), ten 'Granges' (6800/1/6/8/9, 6817, 6825/6, 6838, 6869), one 'Manor' (7806) and two 0-6-OT (8409, 9717). 9717 shunts the goods yard and 8409 the station, but when 8409 was being washed-out, 2097 (83F) was borrowed; the latter was complete with emblem and red ground to numberplates. Engines from St. Blazey work in on certain trains where engines are changed at Par, and Truro and Laira engines have regular workings. The Plymouth train due at 11.50 a.m. has a Newton Abbot engine with a Laira crew, the engine and men returning on the 1.20 p.m. London Express. The first arrival is the 5.30 a.m. Kensington Empty Milk Vans, which has a Laira engine: this returns light or on seasonal traffic as ordered. Some turns are worked alternately by Laira and Penzance: such an example is the 7.10 parcels ex North Road, then 4.20 Penzance-Plymouth, and 8.9 p.m. Plymouth-Penzance, due 10.45 p.m. SLS/195101

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1915 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4548
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2605
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Penzance (PZ)    
05/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Exeter (83C)    
11/11/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 4548    
25/01/1958 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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