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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5914 m/e 07/1931

Names Carried
Date From Name
07/1931 RIPON HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 275
To Service During 07/1931
Withdrawal Wed 22/01/1964
Service Life 32 yrs, 6 mths , 23 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1964 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1931
WOS   Worcester on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 2w/e 12/07/1952
85A   Worcester 4w/e 09/08/1952
85A   Worcester 7w/e 31/08/1952
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 25/01/1958
81C   Southall 4w/e 25/03/1961
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 14/07/1962
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 06/04/1963
     Withdrawn on 22/01/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 12/07/1952
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 09/08/1952
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 25/01/1958
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 25/03/1961
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 14/07/1962
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 06/04/1963
WDN   on 22/01/1964
WDN   4w/e 24/02/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during May included: Nos. 1903, 2031, 2808/89, 2924/36/37/54, 3827, 4021/22/32/51/80/89/91/96, 4386, 4938/40/92, 5010/21/23, 5158, 5258, 5317/36/74, 5526/48/59/65, 5914/68, 6001/11/25/29, 6369/89, 6426, 6807/71, 6900/06/27/29, 7007, 7301/15, 77028, 77429 an 78714. New work (May): Nos. 7008 OXF, 7009 LDR (the latter is fitted with smokebox number plate); D.E. 15103/04 PDN; 9667-70. No. 7010 is nearly ready (28/5) and is painted pea green, as also is No. 4089, which is undergoing a general repair. Nos. 6009/26 have been painted royal blue and lined out in grey, yellow and red. Works' pilots during the month were: Nos. 1713, 2730/49/81, 3561 and D.E. 15103/04. Locomotives condemned include: Nos. 3391, 2980 an 2988. SLS/194807
28/05/1961 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) Gas Works: 4203, 5103/10/76, 9414. Stock Shed Yard: D817, D6319/21, 5815. Triangle: 1361/2/4, 1433, 1647, 3657/67/70/7, 3724, 5001, 6027, 6959, 8457, 8705, 9762. Works Yard: D804/38, D2144/88/91/6, D7000, 1029, 1501/2/9, 1604, 2516, 2884, 4090, 4950/72/8/85, 5022/97, 5949/58, 6004, 6937/62, 7007, 7221, 7304/40, 7761/75, 9400, 9749, 82031, 92226/45. Weigh House: D808, 4984. 'A' Shop: D602, D801/15/8/36/40/3/50/69/70, D1000-7, D2195/7-9, D2372-4, D3257, D6305/9, 3817, 4088, 4264/75, 4704, 4912/4/42/70/88/94, 5015/51/70/2/99, 5914/48/51/3/70/87, 6020, 6333/72, 6828/44/50, 6911/69/77/9, 7002/9/32/6, 7232/3, 13187, 13256/62, 15100/2, 82020/1, 92234. Dump: 1366, 1419/31/54/73, 2207/27, 3676, 5158/75/94, 5771/91, 6426, 7748, 8429, 8722/6/40/69/77, 9735/81. 'C' Shop: 5207, 8101. Field: 78001/8. SLS/196107

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1931 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5914, name: RIPON HALL
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Worcester (WOS)    
12/07/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
09/08/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
31/08/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
25/03/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
14/07/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
06/04/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
22/01/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 5914    
06/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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