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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5162 on 21/11/1930

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 5101
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 259
To Service Wed 21/11/1930 to Tyseley (TYS)
Withdrawal Wed 16/07/1958
Service Life 27 yrs, 7 mths , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 29/11/1958 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
TYS   Tyseley (New) on 21/11/1930
Tys   Stratford-on-Avon (GWR) 4w/e 16/11/1935
TYS   Tyseley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
LDR   Landore 4w/e 31/12/1949
88F   Treherbert 4w/e 03/10/1953
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 03/11/1956
     Withdrawn on 16/07/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC LDR Landore 4w/e 31/12/1949
ALLOC 88F Treherbert 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 03/11/1956
WDN   m/e 31/07/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
26/05/1949 Swindon Stock Shed On 26/5, the Stock Shed contained (all stored):-Nos. 2948, 4121/24 (ex Wolverhampton Works), 4168/69, 4914, 5153, 5162 (ex Wolverhampton Works), 5411/17, 5919, 6997-99, 7209, 7900/02/3/4. SLS/194907
10/08/1949 Swindon Stock Shed The Stock Shed contained Nos. 1025, 2462, 2948, 4121/68/69, 5153/62, 5411/17, 5563, 5761, 6129/66, 7209. Amongst various engines 'on shed' were Nos. 1503, (marked PDN), 2568 (ex Works), 3820 (ex 4856-oil-burning), 9008/11. SLS/194909
11/08/1949 Swindon Stock Shed Stock Shed: The following were noted stored here on 11/8:-Nos. 2948, 4121/68/69, 5153/62, 5411/17, 6129/66 an 7209. Nos. 3015/18 are now ex store and have gone into traffic. SLS/194910

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
21/11/1930 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5162
Built at Swindon Works
   
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford-on-Avon (GWR) (Tys)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tyseley (TYS)    
31/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (LDR)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Treherbert (88F)    
03/11/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
16/07/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 5162    
29/11/1958 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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