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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4939 m/e 07/1929

Names Carried
Date From Name
07/1929 LITTLETON HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 254
To Service During 07/1929
Withdrawal Mon 11/02/1963
Service Life 33 yrs, 7 mths , 12 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1929
WEY   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 07/03/1936
TYS   Tyseley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
RDG   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 25/12/1948
81C   Southall m/e 28/02/1951
81C   Southall 4w/e 31/03/1951
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 19/06/1954
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 06/11/1954
81E   Didcot 4w/e 29/12/1956
     Withdrawn on 11/02/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC RDGw Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 25/12/1948
ALLOC 81C Southall m/e 28/02/1951
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 19/06/1954
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 06/11/1954
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 29/12/1956
WDN   4w/e 09/02/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
29/02/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during February included:- Nos. 1013-15 1943, 1995, 2903, 2933, 2945, 2955, 3004, 3816, 3863, 4020, 4043, 4079, 4098, 4904, 4939, 4944, 4956, 5018, 5035, 5053, 5062, 5090, 5324, 5337, 5381, 5927, 5953, 5982, 6015, 6020, 6025, 6366, 6866, 6934, 6956, 7002, 7212, 7214, 7300, W.D. 77027, 77184, 79279, 79301 an 79309. Further locomotives ex works with prefix W and plain tanks or tenders included Nos. 823, 1433, 1441, 2288, 2951, while No. 6000 has the prefix and 'British Railways' on the tender SLS/194804
17/03/1963 Swindon Works (Dump) Triangle: 4612, 4915, 5027/95, 5931, 6112, 8472. Works Yard: 3769/84, 4082, 5072/78, 5659, 6011/18/25/26, 6369, 6815, 6933, 7314, 8773/76, 9725, D6352. Weigh House: 6944, 7822. 'C' Shop: W.D. 71528. Dump: 2883, 4939, 5023, 6101, 6342/48, 6422, 6962, 8770, 9652, 9727/44/47/59/75, 7334. Dismantling Shed: 5020. 'A' Shop: D35, D101, D809, D813/18, D825/29, D1001/7/11/35. D1018-27 new - in various stages of oonstruction, D3189, D3365/98, D3424, D3505/06/22/25, D4000, D6311, D7002/32/38, 3687, 3755, 3836, 4623/73/77, 5006, 5775, 6855, 6918/22/61/72, 7919/25/28, 8109, 8433/81, 9437, 9648/66/80, 15100/05. Stock Shed: D7072 New. On Running Shed: 6000. Ex Works: 3837, 6819/78, 7913, 8459, 9405. SLS/196304
24/04/1963 Derby MPD (Dump) 42636 was badly damaged when it fell into the pit at Derby on 24th April. It is now on works undergoing assessment. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4939, name: LITTLETON HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (WEY)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tyseley (TYS)    
25/12/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (RDG)    
28/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
31/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
19/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
06/11/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
29/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
11/02/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 4939    
04/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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