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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (1st) 4847 on 24/04/1935
Great Western Railway (2nd) 1447 on 16/11/1946 (at Reading)

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 14xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-4-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 288
To Service Tue 24/04/1935
Withdrawal Tue 17/03/1964
Service Life 28 yrs, 10 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 24/04/1935
RDG   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 16/11/1935
RDG   Reading (W.R.) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81F   Oxford 4w/e 21/03/1959
89A   Oswestry 4w/e 16/05/1959
81B   Slough 4w/e 05/09/1959
88B   Radyr 4w/e 20/05/1961
89B   Croes Newydd 4w/e 04/11/1961
86C   Hereford 4w/e 24/02/1962
     Withdrawn on 17/03/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 21/03/1959
ALLOC 89A Oswestry 4w/e 16/05/1959
ALLOC 81B Slough 4w/e 05/09/1959
ALLOC 88B Radyr 4w/e 26/05/1961
ALLOC 89B Croes Newydd 4w/e 04/11/1961
ALLOC 86C Hereford 4w/e 24/02/1962
WDN   5w/e 30/03/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1962 Leominster MPD Leominster shed, sub to Shrewsbury, was closed from 30th April and engines and duties (Kington goods and Leominster pilot) transferred to Hereford-its former parent shed. Since January, 1961, when it came under Shrewsbury, Hereford has still supplied engines and in February, 1962, 1420/47 were allocated to Leominster permanently and remained until closure. Now both are booked to run light engine from Hereford and return thereto in the even-ing. SLS/196206
26/04/1964 Swindon Works (Works Yard) Works Yard: D3508, D3811, 1024, 1447, 1666, 2818, 3721, 4652, 4923, 6106, 6147, 6871, 6915, 6952, 7812, 8102, 8732, 8738, 9425, 9431, 9484, 9486, 9743, 9752, 42961, 42978, 42983, 43001, 43115, 43132, 73003, 73021. A Shop: D812, D831, D846, D1004, D1005, D1013, D1027, D1035, D1041, D848, D1043, D1058, D1065, D1067, D3421, D3808, D3816, D3823, D3828, D3831, D7026, D7029, D7064, D7071, D7080, D9500, D9501, D9502, D9503, D9504, D9505, D9506, D9057 motors mounted, D9508, D9509, D9510, D9511 frames only, 4144, 7019, 7915, 8486, 42954, 42958, 43002, 43044, 43056, 43075, 43090, 43109, 73053, 73066, 76077, 76081, 92225. C Shop: 6025. Dump: 1650, 4706, 5057, 6010, 6603, 6680, 6824, 9420, 9603, 47623. SLS/196406

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
24/04/1935 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4847
Built at Swindon Works
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (RDG)    
16/11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1447    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Reading (W.R.) (RDG)    
21/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
16/05/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Oswestry (89A)    
05/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
20/05/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Radyr (88B)    
04/11/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (89B)    
24/02/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Hereford (86C)    
17/03/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 1447    
07/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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