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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4937 m/e 06/1929

Names Carried
Date From Name
06/1929 LANELAY HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 254
To Service During 06/1929
Withdrawal Fri 21/09/1962
Service Life 33 yrs, 3 mths , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1929
LA   Laira on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
LDR   Landore 4w/e 30/10/1948
CARM   Carmarthen 4w/e 23/04/1949
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 06/11/1954
87E   Landore 4w/e 16/07/1955
87G   Carmarthen 4w/e 13/06/1959
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 28/11/1959
     Withdrawn on 21/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NEY Neyland 4w/e 04/10/1947
ALLOC LDR Landore 4w/e 30/10/1948
ALLOC CARM Carmarthen 4w/e 23/04/1949
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 06/11/1954
ALLOC 87E Landore 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 87G Carmarthen 4w/e 13/06/1959
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 28/11/1959
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1946 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March: 111, 1010, 2026/55, 2103, 2204/12/54, 2816/39/46/9, 2924/39/48/79, 3010/5/20, 3171, 3446, 3632, 3715/93 3855, 4012/33/5/55/79/82, 4136, 4365, 4565/70 4702, 4830/67, 4917/37/58/84/5, 5004/8/49/71/90, 5153/86/93, 5310/38/84/97, 5420, 5505/31/53, 5787,-5967/99, 6000/17/25/8, 6114/21/50/1, 6365/74/86/8 6417, 6916/8/41, 7312, 7713/32, 7802/10, 9721/60/3/80/7/90/6. Nameplates have been affixed to 1000/17-9, 6916/32/38/46/67. With the completion of 1019, there is a temporary halt in the programme of construction of '1000' Class locomotives and work is under way on new 'Castle' and 'Hall' Class locomotives. SLS/194606
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
31/07/1962 Withdrawn GWR engines It is understood that the following have been withdrawn and are lying at their home sheds mainly: 1004/26, 1462, 2200/29/56/71/94, 3211, 3623/30/88/94, 3741/50/83, 4037/99, 4102/6/16/8/29/52, 4236/91, 4557/67, 4906/9/13/7/21/34/7/41/4/7/8/52/60/7/9/84/99, 5007/8/11/6/7/9/21/30/2/3/4/6/45/6/7/52/61/4/6/8/75/88/94, 5190, 5357/99, 5520/5/44/50/4/62, 5617/31/46/98, 5746, 5910/1/7/8/26/30/1/40/59/64/6/73/80/1/2/99, 6001/2/7/9/12/4/5/6/9/21/2/6/7, 6146, 6330/42/62/6/88/91, 6617/30/40/1/7, 7300/1/5/11/6/21/31/6/41, 8449, 9785, 42385, 90355/6/565/693. LTE has 7749 on loan pending permanent transfer. SLS/196210

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4937, name: LANELAY HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Laira (LA)    
30/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (LDR)    
23/04/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (CARM)    
06/11/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (87E)    
13/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (87G)    
28/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
09/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    
21/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 4937    

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