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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6117 m/e 09/1931

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 61xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 269
To Service During 09/1931
Withdrawal Fri 10/09/1965
Service Life 34 yrs , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1931
rdg   Basingstoke (GWR) 4w/e 11/01/1936
PDN   Old Oak Common on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
PDN   Old Oak Common 4w/e 24/01/1948
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 19/04/1952
81D   Reading (W.R.) 3w/e 17/05/1952
81B   Slough 4w/e 09/08/1958
81C   Southall 4w/e 22/02/1964
     Withdrawn on 10/09/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC RDGw Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 27/12/1947
ALLOC PDN Old Oak Common 4w/e 24/01/1948
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 19/04/1952
ALLOC 81B Slough 4w/e 09/08/1958
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 24/02/1964
TOSTORE   4w/e 11/07/1965
WDN   on 10/09/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during May included: 111, 1336, 1716, 1796, 2046, 2061, 2266, 2458, 2651, 2777, 2780, 2827, 2834, 2870, 2924, 2987, 3032, 3044, 3046, 3341, 3364, 3382, 3625, 3711, 3837, 3855, 4079, 4083, 4086, 4297, 4706, 4901, 4921, 4943, 4974, 4976, 4994, 4996, 5005, 5007,, 5029, 5044, 5050, 5092, 5322, 5326, 5392, 5937, 5963, 6117, 6342, 6383, 6906, 6929, 6955, 6964, 6969, 7210 and 9755. SLS/194708

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1931 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6117
Built at Swindon Works 		   
11/01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (GWR) (rdg)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Old Oak Common (PDN)    
24/01/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (PDN)    
19/04/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
17/05/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
09/08/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
22/02/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
10/09/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6117    
12/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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