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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4961 m/e 11/1929

Names Carried
Date From Name
11/1929 PYRLAND HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 254
To Service During 11/1929
Withdrawal Mon 05/11/1962
Service Life 33 yrs , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1929
OXF   Oxford 4w/e 14/12/1935
PDN   Old Oak Common 4w/e 11/01/1936
PDN   Old Oak Common on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82A   Bristol Bath Road m/e 31/10/1951
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 16/07/1955
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 13/08/1955
82D   Westbury 4w/e 21/05/1960
     Withdrawn on 05/11/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PDN Old Oak Common 4w/e 22/02/1947
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road m/e 31/10/1951
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 13/08/1955
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 21/05/1960
WDN   on 05/11/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1949 Swindon Works (entering Works) New Work June: Nos. 7021 Haverfordwest Castle LDR (7/6), 7022 Hereford Castle CDF (14/6), 7023 Penrice Castle CDF (23/6), *7024 Powis Castle (30/6); *1500 (22/6), 41501 (1/7). *Not allocated. Nos. 7021-24 are painted dark green and lined, while Nos. 1500/1 are unlined black. No. 1500 has so far been tried on a variety of jobs, and it is possible that they all may go to Cardiff Docks. Locomotives entering Works during June included: Nos. 1001/29, 1335/63, 1458, 2216, 2534/72, 2823/81/82/84/92, 2945, 3031/34, 3161/67, 3649, 3851, 4016/37/40/83/84, 4259, 4381, 4504/13/93, 4651, 4807/54/56 (for reconversion to coal-burning), 4961, 5008/28/52/53/82, 5151, 5303/32/61, 5510/57/58, 5760/80/92, 5800, 5910/35/40/66, 6007/20, 6105/08, 6314/35/44/70/79, 6409, 6739, 6814/21/26/63/70, 6904/20/68, 7016, 7239, 7700/10/24/28/35, 7803, 7900, 8762/98 and E1066. Condemned: 53, 1731, 2651/55, 3364, 9072. No. 7900 came in for rebalancing, while No. E1066 had a hot box. No. 2848 has been reconverted to coal-burning. No. 6000 was ex Works on 17/6 painted in the new blue and lined, with crest on the tender, while No. 6011 has also appeared in the same livery, but, as yet, has no crest on the tender. Nos. 4052/58 are ex Works painted green and lined, while further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1017/29, 6931/43 an 6936 (with the crest on the tender). Stock Shed: Nos. 4914, 5919, 6997-99 and 7902-04 have now been taken out of store and put into traffic, Nos. 4914, 6997/99 and 7902 have gone to BRD, No. 6998 to CDF and Nos. 7903/04 to PDN. SLS/194908
31/07/1949 Swindon Works New Work July: Nos. 1501 (1/7), 1502 (27/7). Both are unlined black. Locomotives entering Works during July included: Nos. 1005/12/25, 1467/68, 2206, 2856/86, 2920, 3663, 3779, 3853, 4013/41/56/61, 4133, 4381, 4631, 4901/43, 5050/69, 5238, 5369, 5552/59, 5918, 6003, 6103/08/22, 6320 (for re-conversion), 6336/45/54, 6417, 6804/38, 6910, 7307, 7809, 7905, 8762. Condemned: 2708 an 9087. No. 3837 (ex 4854) has been re-converted to coal-burning. No. 6020 has been painted blue, while No. 4961 has been Painted black and fully lined. The first of the contractor built series of 94XX arrived on Works on 27/7 viz: Nos. 8400 an 8401; they have entered shops to have the A.T.C. gear fitted. Works' Nos. checked are: Bagnall 2910/11 of 1949.
Awaiting Works at the east end of the yard- were Nos. 1000, 2708, 2875, 3635, 4981, 5057, 5554/57, 6844; No. 2863 (ex 4805-oil-burning) was also in evidence. B shop contained Nos. 1363, 1467/68, 2206/11, 2572, 3663/77, 4631, 6408/09/17, 7735, 9638. New engines from Bagnall's were Nos. 8400/1 (makers Nos. 2910/1) and Swindon construction included Nos. 7026 (painted), 7027, 1504 (painted), 1505 and the frames of a diesel (Lot 363). Barry 0-6-2T's Nos. 212, 213 an 246 were acting as Works' shunters.
SLS/194909
19/08/1962 Wolverhampton Works (Awaiting works) In Works: 1020, 1630, 3615, 3721, 4636, 4697, 4703, 5181/4, 5564, 6160, 6614/8, 7739, 7816, 8104, 9422/70, 9613/24/6/47/65, 82008; Weigh house: 6156; Awaiting works: 3217, 4938/61, 5065, 5658, 7002, 7824, 9415. SLS/196209

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1929 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4961, name: PYRLAND HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
14/12/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (OXF)    
11/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (PDN)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Old Oak Common (PDN)    
31/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
13/08/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
21/05/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
05/11/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 4961    
02/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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