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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6163 on 18/10/1935

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 61xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 291
To Service Fri 18/10/1935
Withdrawal Fri 01/10/1965
Service Life 29 yrs, 11 mths , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
213   Truro (New) on 18/10/1935
SHL   Southall 4w/e 08/02/1936
RDG   Reading (W.R.) on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82C   Swindon 4w/e 23/04/1955
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 16/07/1955
81F   Oxford 4w/e 25/01/1958
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 30/01/1960
81C   Southall 5w/e 24/08/1964
     Withdrawn on 01/10/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 23/04/1955
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 30/01/1960
ALLOC 81C Southall 3w/e 10/08/1964
TOSTORE   5w/e 19/09/1965
WDN   on 01/10/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/05/1949 Swindon Works New Work May: Nos. 7018 Drysllwyn Castle (originally intended to have been named Cranbrook Castle) LDR (24/5), 7019 Fowey Castle BRD (27/5), *7020 Gloucester Castle (31/5); *9682 (6/5). *Not allocated. Nos. 7018-20 are painted dark green and lined. Nos. 7021 Haverfordwest Castle and 7022 were nearly complete on 2/6; while on the same day No. 1500 had the motion, wheels, boiler and cab erected, No. 1501 cylinders, etc., erected, No. 1502 frames only and Nos. 7023/24 frames and cylinders only. Locomotives entering Works during May included: Nos. p23 (Petrol), 100A1, 1017, 1419/43, 2061 (closed cab), 2212/14/61/91, 2568, 2800/03/24/76/78/90, 3010/32, 3102/64/74, 3815/24/35, 4052/58/73/82, 4224, 4377, 4516/28/39, 4676, 4805/11/55/57 (for re-conversion to coal-burning), 4903/13/33/67/91/94, 5003/09/36/43/46/60/66/93/98, 5142, 5325/62, 5406, 5503/07/43/51, 5755/75/77, 5925/34/75/82, 6000/10/11/14, 6162/63 (both fitted with deconcentrating gear), 6346/57/62/73, 6710/16/24/31, 6823/40/61/68/73, 6931/36/43, 7222, 7321, 7704/90/94, 7806/07, 8701/41, 9613, 9700/10, 70836, 90357, 1299. Condemned: Nos. 277, 2756/89 (all acting as Works pilots), 30, 280 (still retains original boiler and has round topped tanks), 3400/43, 3577 (open cab), 5117. Nos. 6105/30 have had the footsteps set further inwards. No. E1299 failed here with a hot box on 11/5, after having worked the Grimsby fish train. Nos. 2863 (ex 4805) and 2853 (ex 4810) have been re-converted to coal-burning. Further locomotives painted black and fully lined include Nos. 1015, 4949/86 an 5973. Nos. 1015, 5074 and 6936 have received tenders with the new crest. Lining: Commencing with No. 5069 (ex Works 12/5), all locomotives painted dark green or black and fully lined are having the cylinders lined out with two red I' vertical bands at both ends. In addition No. 5069 also had the cleating bands lined, but subsequent locomotives (including No. 7018) have not had this done. SLS/194907

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
18/10/1935 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6163
Built at Swindon Works
   
08/02/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (SHL)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Reading (W.R.) (RDG)    
23/04/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
30/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
24/08/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
01/10/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6163    
02/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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