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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 5382 m/e 06/1920
Great Western Railway (1st Renum) 8382 on 21/01/1928
Great Western Railway (2nd Renum) 5382 m/e 02/1945

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
43xx06/1920
83xx (2-6-0)01/1928
43xx (2-6-0)02/1945
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 209
Works Number 2754
To Service During 06/1920
Withdrawal Thu 23/04/1959
Service Life 38 yrs, 10 mths , 23 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1920
66   Cardiff Canton on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 09/10/1954
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 13/07/1957
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 02/11/1957
     Withdrawn on 23/04/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 09/10/1954
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 13/07/1957
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 02/11/1957
WDN   m/e 30/04/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
02/1953 Outside Steam Pipes fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1949 Swindon Works New Work April: Nos. *7903 Foremarke Hall (8/4), *7904 Fountains Hall (14/4), 7905 Fowey Hall LA (28/4); 9678 NA (1/4), 9679 CED (11/4), 9680 TYS (22/4), 9681 TDU (29/4). *Not allocated. Nos. 7903- 05 are painted black and fully lined, while Nos. 9678-81 are plain black. Nos. 7018 Cranbrook Castle and 7019 were nearly complete on 9/5 and the frames and cylinders for the first of the 15XX were in position for drilling. No. 4971 TN has been re-converted to coal-burning.
Locomotives entering Works during April included: Nos. 1003/15, 1418/48, 2014 (open cab), 2154 (open cab), 2213/34/65/73, 2812/50/55/61, 2908/12/42/50, 3011, 3666/86, 3737, 3846. 4051/75/88/94, 4138, 4267, 4500, 4663/89, 4805 (for re-conversion), 4908/15/22/41/49/86, 5016/44/54/56/69/74/84/89, 5311/53/60/82, 5523/39/55/74, 5800, 5970/73, 6018/28, 6351/63/67/93, 6812/16/41/48/60, 7236, 7749/53, 8703/43. Condemned: Nos. 47, 1758, 3592 (all to Concentration Yard), No. 277 (acting as Works' pilot). No. 3175 has been cut up in 'A' Shop. Nos. 6100/01/03/59 have had the footsteps set further inwards, to enable them to work on the Reading-Redhill line. No. 155 ex Works, has been fitted with a copper-capped parallel chimney replacing the tapered cast-iron one formerly carried. No. 3033, ex Works, now carries the frames, cylinders and cab sides of No. 3005 (condemned) and the boiler of No. 3033. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include: Nos. 1003, 5931, 6907/33; Nos. 4003/07/49 are painted dark green and fully lined. The contents of the Stock Shed on 3/5 were:-Nos. 2948, 4124/68/69, 4914, 5153, 5411, 5919, 6915/19/97/8/9 an 7902.
SLS/194906
31/05/1959 Swindon Works (Scrapyard) Scrapyard1401/23/9/37/56/7/57, 2254, 2812/23/5/30/3, 4200/26/61, 4377, 4540/53/84, 5315/55/82/6/8/90, 5566, 5703/8/33/43, 5810, 6318/22/8/31/4/54, 6409/28, 6721/3/7/43, 7738. SLS/195907

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1920 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5382
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2754
   
21/01/1928 Renumbered Renumbered to 8382    
01/01/1934 Allocation      
02/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 5382    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
02/1953 Modification Modification: Outside Steam Pipes fitted    
09/10/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
13/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
02/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
23/04/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 5382    

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