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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (1st) 4838 on 17/08/1934
Great Western Railway (2nd) 1438 on 15/10/1946 (at Swindon Factory)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 14xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-4-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 288
To Service Fri 17/08/1934
Withdrawal Fri 09/11/1962
Service Life 28 yrs, 2 mths , 23 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1964 at Cashmore's (Great Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 17/08/1934
rdg   Wallingford 4w/e 16/11/1935
RDG   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 14/12/1935
STB   Stourbridge Junction on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81C   Southall 4w/e 30/11/1957
82C   Swindon 4w/e 04/10/1958
89A   Oswestry 4w/e 30/01/1960
     Withdrawn on 09/11/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 30/11/1957
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 89A Oswestry 4w/e 30/01/1960
WDN   on 09/11/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
08/04/1962 Oswestry Works 823, 1438, 3213, 3789, 7413, 7819, 46520. SLS/196205
11/08/1963 Oswestry Works (shed dump) 3630, 48739 (89A), 73035 an 80105. On shed dump were 1432/8, 5421, 7428/34 an 7033 (no name or number plates). SLS/196309

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
17/08/1934 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4838
Built at Swindon Works
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Wallingford (rdg)    
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (RDG)    
15/10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1438    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stourbridge Junction (STB)    
30/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
30/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Oswestry (89A)    
09/11/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 1438    
07/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Great Bridge    

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