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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 5981 on 03/10/1938

Names Carried
Date From Name
03/10/1938 FRENSHAM HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 311
To Service Fri 03/10/1938
Withdrawal Fri 21/09/1962
Service Life 23 yrs, 11 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 03/10/1938
SALOP   Shrewsbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 29/12/1956
85A   Worcester 8w/e 20/04/1957
82F   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 15/06/1957
82C   Swindon 4w/e 06/09/1958
83A   Newton Abbot 4w/e 17/06/1961
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 14/07/1962
     Withdrawn on 21/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 29/12/1956
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 23/03/1957
ALLOC 82F Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 15/06/1957
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 83A Newton Abbot 4w/e 17/06/1961
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 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
31/07/1962 Withdrawn GWR engines It is understood that the following have been withdrawn and are lying at their home sheds mainly: 1004/26, 1462, 2200/29/56/71/94, 3211, 3623/30/88/94, 3741/50/83, 4037/99, 4102/6/16/8/29/52, 4236/91, 4557/67,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
03/10/1938 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 5981, name: FRENSHAM HALL
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Shrewsbury (SALOP)    
29/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
15/06/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (82F)    
06/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Abbot (83A)    
14/07/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
21/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 5981    
11/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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