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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5803 on 10/01/1933

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 58xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-4-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 279
To Service Tue 10/01/1933
Withdrawal Tue 02/07/1957
Service Life 24 yrs, 5 mths , 22 dys
Total Mileage 413,454

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 07/09/1957 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 10/01/1933
BRD   Bristol Bath Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
OSW     m/e 31/05/1948
81F   Oxford 4w/e 21/03/1953
89C   Machynlleth 4w/e 18/06/1955
     Stored on 08/08/1956
     Withdrawn on 02/07/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC OSW   m/e 31/05/1948
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 21/03/1953
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 4w/e 18/06/1955
WDN   m/e 31/07/1957

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/01/1933 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5803
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Bristol Bath Road (BRD)    
31/05/1948 Allocation      
21/03/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
18/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
08/08/1956 To Store To Store    
02/07/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 5803    
07/09/1957 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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