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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4950 m/e 08/1929

Names Carried
Date From Name
08/1929 PATSHULL HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 254
To Service During 08/1929
Withdrawal Wed 06/05/1964
Service Life 34 yrs, 9 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1929
TR   Truro 4w/e 14/12/1935
OXY   Oxley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84B   Oxley 4w/e 04/11/1950
84B   Oxley 4w/e 30/11/1950
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 18/04/1953
83D   Laira 4w/e 16/05/1953
83G   Penzance 4w/e 05/10/1957
83D   Laira 4w/e 11/07/1959
81E   Didcot 4w/e 08/10/1960
82C   Swindon 4w/e 27/07/1963
81E   Didcot 4w/e 25/01/1964
     Withdrawn on 06/05/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SRD Stafford Road 4w/e 01/11/1947
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 04/11/1950
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 18/04/1953
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 16/05/1953
ALLOC 83G Penzance 4w/e 05/10/1957
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 05/10/1960
TOSTORE   4w/e 06/04/1963
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 27/07/1963
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 27/01/1964
WDN   on 06/05/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 Swindon Works Locos. entering works during December included the following: 100, 1943, 2132, 2792, 2809, 2825, 2837, 2840, 2844, 2851, 2891, 2912, 2955, 2980, 2989, 3016, 3026, 3040, 3804, 3829, 3838, 3865, 4025, 4038, 4059, 4080, 4704, 4950, 4955, 5001, 5023, 5039, 5060, 5063, 5079, 5083, 5085, 5349, 5374, 5376, 5380, 5926, 5956, 5961, 6009, 6029, 6333, 6354, 6929, 6933, 6935, 6956, 7320, and W.D. 77001. Works' pilots during the same period have included: 200, 207, 242, 1731, 1732, 1761, 2723, and 2773. Practically all 57XX going through the works are now receiving a top-feed boiler. Locos. noted recently so altered are: 3766, 6709, 8711, 8753, and 8780 NEA (the latter was seen at Paddington on 28/12, working empty stock!). 5083 Bath Abbey ('Castle') is an oil burner with large tender having different shape fuel tanks. New 'Counties' reported are: 1020 (SRD), 1021 (PDN), and 1022 (LA) SLS/194702
31/08/1949 Swindon Works New Work August: Nos. 7025 Sudeley Castle PDN (2/8), 7026 Tenby Castle (15/8), 7027 Thornbury Castle LA (25/8); 1503 PDN (8/8), 1504 PDN (17/8), 1505 PDN (29/8). Nos. 7025-27 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1503-05 are unlined black. Contractor built: Nos. 8400 TYS, 8401 CDF, 8402 (W.G.B. 2912/49) PILL (26/8), 8450 (Y.E. Co. 2443/49) NPT (17/8). Nos. 8400-02/50 are unlined black. Condemned: Nos. 289 (original T.V. R/T boiler and curved top tanks), 1884 (closed cab), 1930 (open cab), 2902, 3182 an 3419. No. 6320 has been re-converted to coal-burning. Locomotives entering Works during August included: Nos. 1000/04/25, 1427/37, 2117 (closed cab), 2211/12/14/21/67, 2462, 2815/52/75/87, 3016/20, 3174/86, 3635/77, 3715/99, 3805/14/43, 4013/15/33/47/80, 4107/48/49/55, 4269/78, 4502/10/59/65/82/92/95, 4637/50/79/97, 4906/51/81, 5001/18/30/42/57/76/80/94/99, 5206, 5344/45/80, 5501/05/22/37/54, 5749, 5804, 5904/12/21/27/44/45/47/66, 6000/04/19, 6105/07/43/61, 6338/77, 6408/31, 6741, 6808/19/28/29/44, 6905/65, 7219/36, 7310, 7414, 7718, 7815/16, 7904, 8789, 9638 an 90712. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1005/12, 4901/23/50, 5912/18 an 6920. September: A batch of new Class '2' 2-6-2T's and Class '4' 2-6-0's is to be built here. They will be similar to existing L.M.S. designs, but will have modified G.W.R. boilers. The frames have already been cut for five of the 2-6-0's. SLS/194910
28/05/1961 Swindon Works (Works Yard) Gas Works: 4203, 5103/10/76, 9414. Stock Shed Yard: D817, D6319/21, 5815. Triangle: 1361/2/4, 1433, 1647, 3657/67/70/7, 3724, 5001, 6027, 6959, 8457, 8705, 9762. Works Yard: D804/38, D2144/88/91/6, D7000, 1029, 1501/2/9, 1604, 2516, 2884, 4090, 4950/72/8/85, 5022/97, 5949/58, 6004, 6937/62, 7007, 7221, 7304/40, 7761/75, 9400, 9749, 82031, 92226/45. Weigh House: D808, 4984. 'A' Shop: D602, D801/15/8/36/40/3/50/69/70, D1000-7, D2195/7-9, D2372-4, D3257, D6305/9, 3817, 4088, 4264/75, 4704, 4912/4/42/70/88/94, 5015/51/70/2/99, 5914/48/51/3/70/87, 6020, 6333/72, 6828/44/50, 6911/69/77/9, 7002/9/32/6, 7232/3, 13187, 13256/62, 15100/2, 82020/1, 92234. Dump: 1366, 1419/31/54/73, 2207/27, 3676, 5158/75/94, 5771/91, 6426, 7748, 8429, 8722/6/40/69/77, 9735/81. 'C' Shop: 5207, 8101. Field: 78001/8. SLS/196107
04/03/1962 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) Triangle: 1435, 3636, 4123/6, 4929, 5167, 5509/11/49, 6152/3/66, 6348, 7421, 7796, 8441, 8700/79, 9738. Works Yard: D3437, 1009/21/7, 3809/49, 4093, 4632, 4905/44, 5924, 6006, 6408, 6820, 6965/7, 7002/4/27/37, 7306, 8489/94, 8721/33/62/75, 9460, 9765. Weigh House: 5967. 'C' Shop: 8735, 9416. Dump: 1642, 2205/6/30/88, 4207, 5069, 5770, 7771/2, 8451, 8768, 9454/74, 9720. 'A' Shop: D600/2/3, D808, D1002-17, D2182-6, D3035, D3354/6/60/6/97, D3425, D4009, D6315/23/37, 8, 1013/5/9/28, 2516, 2859/73/6, 3440, 4003, 4286, 4920/50, 5026/43/56, 5990/1, 6012, 6821/7/39, 6906/13/36/50/71/3/93, 7001/3/6/13/26, 7226, 7320/37, 7918, 9400, 82040, 92222/37. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4950, name: PATSHULL HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Truro (TR)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxley (OXY)    
04/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
18/04/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
16/05/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
05/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
11/07/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
08/10/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
27/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
25/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
06/05/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 4950    
08/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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