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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4663 on 22/11/1943

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 352
To Service Wed 22/11/1943
Withdrawal Wed 16/06/1965
Service Life 21 yrs, 6 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 22/11/1943
SHL   Southall on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
TN   Taunton 4w/e 18/06/1949
TN   Taunton 4w/e 30/06/1949
88H   Tondu 4w/e 03/11/1962
87D   Swansea East Dock 3w/e 04/05/1964
86F   Aberbeeg 7w/e 22/06/1964
     Withdrawn on 16/06/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC TN Taunton 4w/e 18/06/1949
ALLOC 88H Tondu 4w/e 03/11/1962
ALLOC 87D Swansea East Dock 3w/e 04/05/1964
ALLOC 86F Aberbeeg 2w/e 16/05/1964
ALLOC 88A Cardiff East Dock 3w/e 14/09/1964
TOSTORE   4w/e 13/06/1965
WDN   on 16/06/1965
WDN   4w/e 11/07/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1949 Swindon Works New Work April: Nos. *7903 Foremarke Hall (8/4), *7904 Fountains Hall (14/4), 7905 Fowey Hall LA (28/4); 9678 NA (1/4), 9679 CED (11/4), 9680 TYS (22/4), 9681 TDU (29/4). *Not allocated. Nos. 7903- 05 are painted black and fully lined, while Nos. 9678-81 are plain black. Nos. 7018 Cranbrook Castle and 7019 were nearly complete on 9/5 and the frames and cylinders for the first of the 15XX were in position for drilling. No. 4971 TN has been re-converted to coal-burning.
Locomotives entering Works during April included: Nos. 1003/15, 1418/48, 2014 (open cab), 2154 (open cab), 2213/34/65/73, 2812/50/55/61, 2908/12/42/50, 3011, 3666/86, 3737, 3846. 4051/75/88/94, 4138, 4267, 4500, 4663/89, 4805 (for re-conversion), 4908/15/22/41/49/86, 5016/44/54/56/69/74/84/89, 5311/53/60/82, 5523/39/55/74, 5800, 5970/73, 6018/28, 6351/63/67/93, 6812/16/41/48/60, 7236, 7749/53, 8703/43. Condemned: Nos. 47, 1758, 3592 (all to Concentration Yard), No. 277 (acting as Works' pilot). No. 3175 has been cut up in 'A' Shop. Nos. 6100/01/03/59 have had the footsteps set further inwards, to enable them to work on the Reading-Redhill line. No. 155 ex Works, has been fitted with a copper-capped parallel chimney replacing the tapered cast-iron one formerly carried. No. 3033, ex Works, now carries the frames, cylinders and cab sides of No. 3005 (condemned) and the boiler of No. 3033. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include: Nos. 1003, 5931, 6907/33; Nos. 4003/07/49 are painted dark green and fully lined. The contents of the Stock Shed on 3/5 were:-Nos. 2948, 4124/68/69, 4914, 5153, 5411, 5919, 6915/19/97/8/9 an 7902.
SLS/194906
28/01/1962 Wolverhampton Stafford Road Works 1017(89A), 1639, 1650, 3200, 3622, 3631, 3831, 4154, 4270(88A), 4555(83A), 4645, 4663, 4946(89A), 5254(87B), 5658, 5957(81F), 6125, 6137, 6326, 6976/9, 7248, 7329, 7439, 8753(81C), 9612/23/46, 82041, 92227(88A). Works Yard: 2287(89C), D3028, D3979. Waiting Works: 3708(86G), 4179(84A), 4608(81C), 6150(81F), 6972(82B), 6992(85A), 75024(84E). SLS/196203

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
22/11/1943 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4663
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Southall (SHL)    
18/06/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (TN)    
30/06/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (TN)    
03/11/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Tondu (88H)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Swansea East Dock (87D)    
22/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Aberbeeg (86F)    
16/06/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 4663    
10/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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