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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6131 m/e 10/1932

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 61xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 278
To Service During 10/1932
Withdrawal Tue 01/09/1964
Service Life 31 yrs, 11 mths , 2 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1932
NA   Newton Abbot 4w/e 08/02/1936
RDG   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 07/03/1936
RDG   Reading (W.R.) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
SLO   Slough 4w/e 07/08/1948
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 09/08/1958
     Withdrawn on 01/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC SLO Slough 4w/e 07/08/1948
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 09/08/1958
WDN   3w/e 14/09/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/02/1961 Swindon Works (Works Yard) Gas Works Sidings: 1502/9, 1603/52, 3638/49, 3704, 4203, 5103/10/76, 6752/3/61/76, 7740, 8406/76, 9400/14/47/9/58, 9795. Stock Shed Yard: 1361/4, 1410/33/54, 4644, 5920, 6158, 6336, 7410/3, 7761, 8473. Triangle: 1366, 2227, 3799, 4170, 4287, 4587, 4978, 5207, 5519, 6425, 6864, 6979, 7704/76, 8457. Works Yard: 1014/25, 1625/9, 2207, 2516, 4099, 4701, 4902/15/81/5, 5025, 6003, 6131, 6945/53/61, 7000/20, 7325, 7775/94, 7902, 8454, 9481, 9701/49, 18000, 78000/8, L.T.E. L91. 'A' Shop: D604, D800/9/11/8/20/66-70, D1000-5, D2187-92, D3000/27, D3182, D6301/3/5, 7, 1017, 3806, 4073/4, 4128/31/48, 4274, 4574, 4919/24/7/30/5/54, 5008/19/27/9/32/68/71, 5900/23/72/85/6, 6023/7/9, 6122/44/7, 6368, 6822/51, 6917/29/36/51, 7033, 7908, 15100/4, 70024, 82032/9, 92232. Dump: 1601/2/10/20/59, 2813/9/32, 4550/9/94, 5331/91, 5510/4, 6333/52, 6775, 8419, 9462. 'C' Shop: 1616/44, 2846, 4281, 6382. SLS/196104

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1932 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6131
Built at Swindon Works
   
08/02/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Abbot (NA)    
07/03/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (RDG)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Reading (W.R.) (RDG)    
07/08/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (SLO)    
09/08/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
01/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6131    
02/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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