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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4596 m/e 04/1927

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 4575
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 242
To Service During 04/1927
Withdrawal Mon 16/09/1957
Service Life 30 yrs, 5 mths , 16 dys
Total Mileage 723,339

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 02/11/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1927
WOS   Worcester on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
KDR   Kidderminster 4w/e 27/11/1948
WOS   Worcester 4w/e 29/01/1949
85D   Kidderminster 3w/e 19/05/1951
85A   Worcester 8w/e 20/04/1957
     Withdrawn on 16/09/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC KDR Kidderminster 4w/e 27/11/1948
ALLOC WOS Worcester 4w/e 29/01/1949
ALLOC 85D Kidderminster 4w/e 19/05/1951
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 20/04/1957
WDN   m/e 31/12/1957

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1927 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4596
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Worcester (WOS)    
27/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Kidderminster (KDR)    
29/01/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (WOS)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Kidderminster (85D)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
16/09/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 4596    
02/11/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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