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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
GWR 4706 m/e 03/1923

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 47xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 221
To Service During 03/1923
Withdrawal During 02/1964
Scrapping During 04/1964
Service Life 40 yrs, 11 mths , 3 dys

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 03/1923
83D Laira 4w/e 01/11/1952
82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 03/10/1953
81C Southall 4w/e 06/10/1962
81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 28/09/1963
   Withdrawn m/e 02/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 21/05/1949
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 06/10/1962
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 29/09/1963
WDN   5w/e 30/03/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during May included: 111, 1336, 1716, 1796, 2046, 2061, 2266, 2458, 2651, 2777, 2780, 2827, 2834, 2870, 2924, 2987, 3032, 3044, 3046, 3341, 3364, 3382, 3625, 3711, 3837, 3855, 4079, 4083, 4086, 4297, 4706, 4901, 4921, 4943, 4974, 4976, 4994, 4996, 5005, 5007,, 5029, 5044, 5050, 5092, 5322, 5326, 5392, 5937, 5963, 6117, 6342, 6383, 6906, 6929, 6955, 6964, 6969, 7210 and 9755. SLS/194708
30/04/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during April included: Nos. 1422/53, 2053, 2230/33, 2414, 2805/10/25, 2915/30/34/35, 3421, 3610, 3709, 3824/48/58, 4017/19/50/89/92/99, 4248/57, 4500/24/50/74/75, 4706, 4906/09/37/63/64, 5037,91/95, 5314, 5900/06124/30/41/60/64/81, 6009/21/26, 6119/24/34/51/62/68, 6313/56/72/98, 6806/63, 6918, 7003, 7321, W.D. 77000, 78607, 79283/288. W.D. No. 77060/145/280/335, 78624 an 79244 have had their tenders removed and were taken to the stock shed on 25/3, where they are now stored. Works' pilots have been: Nos. 198, 1713/53, 2781 an 15102 PDN. New Work 30/4: 15102 PDN (being run in as Works' pilot); 6990; 9662 NPT, 9663 TN, 9664 NPT, 9665, 9666 NEA; 7008 being nearly complete. Engines condemned during April included: Nos. 302 an 3408 SLS/194806
12/11/1961 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) 'A' Shop: D603, D825/32/56, D1000-12, D2175-7, D2383/4, D3032, D6320, 1010/15/24, 2832, 4003/82/92/5, 4706, 4903/18/32/76/89, 5073/8/87/96/8, 5974/6, 6014/26/8, 6345, 6826/45, 6909/33/55/81, 7015/21/2/34, 7232, 7322 (being cut up), 7805, 7915, 9400, 13115, 13353/5/62, 15100, 73027, 82004/35, 92233/41/5. Works Sidings: L90, 8, 1006/23, 2215, 3838/9, 4075/83, 4207, 4945, 5071, 5950/98, 6019, 6309/29/38, 6820, 6915/64, 7002, 7901/17, 8787, 9705, 75005, 78008, 92212. Triangle: 1606/15, 4563/5, 5039, 5538, 6415, 6993, 7417, 7787, 8772, 9739. Dump: 1433, 5332, 6700, 8706, 9745/9. 'C' Shop: 6392, 7775 intact. Outside Stock Shed: 5815, 6357, 6900. Weigh House: 5938/55. Outside Weigh House: D831/53, D6303, D7010. Works Shunters: 5756/80, 7756, 8721/62. SLS/196201

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1923 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4706
Built at Swindon Works 		   
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
06/10/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
28/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
02/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 4706    

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