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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6153 on 23/02/1933

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 61xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 278
To Service Wed 23/02/1933
Building Cost £4,178.00
Withdrawal Wed 24/01/1962
Service Life 28 yrs, 11 mths , 1 dy
Total Mileage 786,807

Disposal
Scrapping w/e Sat 21/04/1962 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 23/02/1933
SLO   Slough on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
RDG   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 04/09/1948
82A   Bristol Bath Road w/e 31/12/1950
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 31/01/1951
81B   Slough 4w/e 14/07/1951
81B   Slough m/e 31/07/1951
81D   Reading (W.R.) 8w/e 26/03/1955
     Withdrawn on 24/01/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC RDGw Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road w/e 31/12/1950
ALLOC 81B Slough 4w/e 14/07/1951
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 26/02/1955
WDN   m/e 31/01/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1949 Swindon Works New Work March: Nos. *7901 Dodington Hall (23/3), *7902 Eaton Mascot Hall (31/3); 9675 MTHR 4/3), 9676 CYS (10/3), 9677 CED (17/3). *Not allocated. Locomotives entering Works 28/2/49 to 30/3/49: Nos. 1002/09, 1086 (re-numbered 1147), 1213 (re-numbered 9), 1415, 1758 SDN (condemned), 1894 NPT (condemned), 2011/12, 2226/40/92/99, 2724 CYS (condemned), 69, 2806/36/71/82/83, 2902/15/31/81/87, 3032/33/43, 3175, 3386, 3562 OXF (condemned), 3616/45/55/88, 3719/44/47, 3819/29, 3901/55 (both for re-conversion), 4000/03/07/13/49, 4213/37/60/70, 4527/35/38/58/65/69/98, 4624, 4703, 4806/51 (both for re-conversion), 4936/55, 5020/33/55/57/75/89/91/95, 5166, 5310/30/41/72/96, 5509/66, 5719/28/98, 5931/79/88, 6017/24/25/28, 6132/53, 6341/53, 6720/47, 6803/22/54, 6900/02/07/33/46/55/62/64, 7202/09, 7302, 7415, 7766/84, 8753, 9311, 9600, 9704/08 and Class '8' W.D. 77234 (re-numbered 90201). Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include:-Nos. 1002/28, 2947, 4990, 6917/24, while Nos. 4007/20 are painted green and also lined. Works' pilots recently have been:-Nos. *212/13/46 and **1900. *Condemned 7/48. **Condemned 4/48.
No. 3150 has been fitted with the curved front end frames and cylinders (outside steam pipes) of No. 3184 (condemned in 1948). The original frames of No. 3150 had a square front end and the cylinders had internal steam pipes. No. 2123 has been fitted with auto gear.		 SLS/194905
04/03/1962 Swindon Works (Triangle) Triangle: 1435, 3636, 4123/6, 4929, 5167, 5509/11/49, 6152/3/66, 6348, 7421, 7796, 8441, 8700/79, 9738. Works Yard: D3437, 1009/21/7, 3809/49, 4093, 4632, 4905/44, 5924, 6006, 6408, 6820, 6965/7, 7002/4/27/37, 7306, 8489/94, 8721/33/62/75, 9460, 9765. Weigh House: 5967. 'C' Shop: 8735, 9416. Dump: 1642, 2205/6/30/88, 4207, 5069, 5770, 7771/2, 8451, 8768, 9454/74, 9720. 'A' Shop: D600/2/3, D808, D1002-17, D2182-6, D3035, D3354/6/60/6/97, D3425, D4009, D6315/23/37, 8, 1013/5/9/28, 2516, 2859/73/6, 3440, 4003, 4286, 4920/50, 5026/43/56, 5990/1, 6012, 6821/7/39, 6906/13/36/50/71/3/93, 7001/3/6/13/26, 7226, 7320/37, 7918, 9400, 82040, 92222/37. SLS/196204

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
23/02/1933 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6153
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Slough (SLO)    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (RDG)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
14/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
31/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Slough (81B)    
26/03/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
24/01/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 6153    
21/04/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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