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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5964 on 23/07/1936

Names Carried
Date From Name
23/07/1936 WOLSWLEY HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 297
To Service Fri 23/07/1936
Withdrawal Fri 21/09/1962
Service Life 26 yrs, 1 mth , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 23/07/1936
SDN   Swindon 4w/e 29/12/1945
BRD   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 26/01/1946
SPM   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 20/04/1946
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
LA   Laira 4w/e 03/12/1949
82A   Bristol Bath Road m/e 16/06/1956
82F   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 11/08/1956
82C   Swindon 4w/e 06/09/1958
82D   Westbury 4w/e 14/07/1962
     Withdrawn on 21/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC BRD Bristol Bath Road m/e 28/02/1946
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 20/04/1946
ALLOC LA Laira 4w/e 03/12/1949
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 19/05/1956
ALLOC 82F Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 11/08/1956
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 06/09/1958
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR m/e 30/09/1958
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR P 30/09/1958
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 14/07/1962
WDN   m/e 30/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1945 Swindon Works Locos entering works during October, 1945: 2184, 2206, 2530/41, 2638, 2805/14/72/3/82/8, 2915/33/46, 3025/36, 3656, 3810/3/66, 4016/7/32/40/4154/618/96, 4517/51/64/80, 4603/17/41/53/65, 4704, 4818/31/6, 4925/9/47, 5065/84, 5208/37, 5312/56/81, 5422, 5508/22/66/72, 5718/23, 5902/21/4/8/9/64 6000/6/9/24, 6116, 6378/9, 6437, 6732/9, 6955, 7214, 7719/26/40, 8741/6, 9304/17, 9702/64. L.M.S. 8402/6/14. L.N.E. K3 17. SLS/194602
31/07/1962 Withdrawn GWR engines It is understood that the following have been withdrawn and are lying at their home sheds mainly: 1004/26, 1462, 2200/29/56/71/94, 3211, 3623/30/88/94, 3741/50/83, 4037/99, 4102/6/16/8/29/52, 4236/91, 4557/67,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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
23/07/1936 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5964, name: WOLSWLEY HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
29/12/1945 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (SDN)    
26/01/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (BRD)    
20/04/1946 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
03/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (LA)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
11/08/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (82F)    
06/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
14/07/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
21/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 5964    
11/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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