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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4705 m/e 04/1922

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 47xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 221
To Service During 04/1922
Withdrawal Mon 02/12/1963
Service Life 41 yrs, 8 mths , 1 dy
Total Mileage 1,656,544

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1922
PDN   Old Oak Common on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83D   Laira 4w/e 26/01/1957
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 17/06/1961
81C   Southall 4w/e 06/10/1962
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 02/11/1963
     Withdrawn on 02/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 26/01/1957
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 17/06/1961
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 06/10/1962
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 5w/e 02/11/1963
WDN   4w/e 31/12/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1947 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during December included: Nos. 111, 823, 1007, 1017, 1760, 2280, 2830, 2873, 2902, 2940, 3810, 3856, 4013, 4036, 4062, 4702, 4705, 4854, 4946, 4947, 5024, 5072, 5073, 5092, 5939, 5966, 6310, 6312, 6329, 6350, 6374, 6397, 6866, 6901, 6921, 6938, 6948, 7001 and W.D. 77429. Works' pilots recently have been: Nos. 242, 905, 1713, 2781 an 3561. W.D. No. 73291 was ex Works on 11/12, having been fitted with G.W. top feed clacks and a Wakefield lubricator; the Westinghouse brake had been removed. No. 3215 has been fitted with a repaired R.O.D. tender and was ex Works on 12/12. SLS/194802

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1922 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4705
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Old Oak Common (PDN)    
26/01/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
06/10/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
02/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
02/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 4705    
03/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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