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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 4974 m/e 01/1930

Names Carried
Date From Name
01/1930 TALGARTH HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 254
To Service During 01/1930
Withdrawal Fri 13/04/1962
Service Life 32 yrs, 3 mths , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1930
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 17/05/1958
84E   Tyseley 4w/e 29/11/1958
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 23/04/1960
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 07/10/1961
     Withdrawn on 13/04/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 23/04/1960
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 07/10/1961
WDN   m/e 30/04/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during May included: 111, 1336, 1716, 1796, 2046, 2061, 2266, 2458, 2651, 2777, 2780, 2827, 2834, 2870, 2924, 2987, 3032, 3044, 3046, 3341, 3364, 3382, 3625, 3711, 3837, 3855, 4079, 4083, 4086, 4297, 4706, 4901, 4921, 4943, 4974, 4976, 4994, 4996, 5005, 5007,, 5029, 5044, 5050, 5092, 5322, 5326, 5392, 5937, 5963, 6117, 6342, 6383, 6906, 6929, 6955, 6964, 6969, 7210 and 9755. SLS/194708

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 4974, name: TALGARTH HALL
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
17/05/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
29/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
23/04/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
07/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
13/04/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 4974    
09/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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