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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5525 m/e 05/1928

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 4575
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 251
To Service During 05/1928
Withdrawal Mon 17/09/1962
Service Life 34 yrs, 4 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1963 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1928
EXE   Exeter 8w/e 23/03/1946
EXE   Exeter on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 03/10/1953
83F   Truro 4w/e 17/05/1958
83B   Taunton 4w/e 12/06/1958
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 14/06/1958
83A   Newton Abbot 4w/e 12/08/1961
     Withdrawn on 17/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC EXE Exeter 4w/e 23/03/1946
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 83F Truro 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 83B Taunton 4w/e 12/07/1958
ALLOC 83A Newton Abbot 4w/e 12/08/1961
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1962 Withdrawn GWR engines It is understood that the following have been withdrawn and are lying at their home sheds mainly: 1004/26, 1462, 2200/29/56/71/94, 3211, 3623/30/88/94, 3741/50/83, 4037/99, 4102/6/16/8/29/52, 4236/91, 4557/67, 4906/9/13/7/21/34/7/41/4/7/8/52/60/7/9/84/99, 5007/8/11/6/7/9/21/30/2/3/4/6/45/6/7/52/61/4/6/8/75/88/94, 5190, 5357/99, 5520/5/44/50/4/62, 5617/31/46/98, 5746, 5910/1/7/8/26/30/1/40/59/64/6/73/80/1/2/99, 6001/2/7/9/12/4/5/6/9/21/2/6/7, 6146, 6330/42/62/6/88/91, 6617/30/40/1/7, 7300/1/5/11/6/21/31/6/41, 8449, 9785, 42385, 90355/6/565/693. LTE has 7749 on loan pending permanent transfer. SLS/196210
18/08/1963 Swindon Works (In store on shed) Triangle: 1432, 6437, 5679, 8444/86/91/94/96, 8766, 9401/79/83, 9715, D3103. Yard: 1621, 3668, 3711, 3826, 4082, 4175, 4265/98, 5645, 5933, 6011/25/26, 6159, 6815/19/28/35, 6931/32/61/78, 7909, 8738, 9412/40. 'A' Shop: D1023-26 (New in various stages of construction), D603, D801/4/40/61/2, D1004/9/16/9/50/63, D6305, D7075, 3605, 3738, 3850, 4115/57/68, 5971, 6000/18, 6129/65, 6809/15/37/68, 6937/44/78/94, 7902/27, 8403, 9662, 92246, Birmingham Pullman, uW60096. Top end of 'A' Shop: 15100/1/3, D3509/94/95, D3195, D3600, and N.C.B. 0-6-2 T. 67 (ex T.V.R.). Dismantling Shed: 5644, 5945. Dump: 3795, 4074, 5101/92, 5201, 5912/31, 7;412, 8783/91, 9713. Weigh House: D604, D808, 3823. On shed ex-Works: 9607, 9666. In store on shed: 1019, 2250, 2890, 3780, 3842, 4079, 4631, 4909, 4948, 5017, 5357, 5525/70, 5815, 5943, 9604 an W21. SLS/196309

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1928 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5525
Built at Swindon Works
   
23/03/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Exeter (EXE)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exeter (EXE)    
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
17/05/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Truro (83F)    
12/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
12/08/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Abbot (83A)    
17/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 5525    
09/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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