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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4959 m/e 09/1929

Names Carried
Date From Name
09/1929 PURLEY HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 254
To Service During 09/1929
Withdrawal Sat 26/12/1964
Service Life 35 yrs, 3 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1929
TYS   Tyseley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
84B   Oxley 4w/e 01/11/1952
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 21/05/1955
82C   Swindon 4w/e 01/12/1956
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 25/01/1958
81E   Didcot 4w/e 04/10/1958
     Withdrawn on 26/12/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 84B Oxley 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 21/05/1955
ALLOC 83C Exeter 4w/e 01/12/1956
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 04/10/1958
WDN   5w/e 04/01/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4959, name: PURLEY HALL
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tyseley (TYS)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Oxley (84B)    
21/05/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
01/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
26/12/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 4959    
04/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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