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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6400 m/e 02/1932

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 64xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 277
To Service During 02/1932
Withdrawal Mon 20/04/1964
Service Life 32 yrs, 2 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1932
PPRD   Pontypool Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
83D   Laira 4w/e 18/04/1959
72A   Exmouth Junction 4w/e 06/04/1963
83E   Yeovil Town 4w/e 30/11/1963
     Withdrawn on 20/04/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 18/04/1959
TOSTORE   4w/e 09/02/1963
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 4w/e 06/04/1963
ALLOC 83E Yeovil Town 4w/e 30/11/1963
WDN   3w/e 04/05/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during June included: Nos 1003, 1338, 1436/49, 1782, 2135, 2816/18/29/57/85/95, 2920/40, 3802, 4031/34/83, 4805, 4908/16/52/99. 5013/16/17/26/43/51/54/72/83, 5341/53/71/79, 5411, 5908/54/72/87/99, 6007/16, 6300/01/05/16, 6400, W.D. 77325, 77407, 79266. New work (June): Nos. 7010 OXF, 7012 NYA, 7013 PDN are all painted pea green and lined out in red, cream and grey, while No. 7014 is being painted G.W. green-they are all fitted with smokebox number plates. No. 6910 has been painted black and lined out in red, cream and grey -a smokebox number plate has been fitted, while No. 7007 has had the G.W. coat of arms transfer placed on each middle splasher. Works' pilots during the month were: Nos. 906, 1713, 1900, 2751 and D.E. 15105 PDN. Nos. 1196 an 1197 were noted cut-up in the concentration yard, early in the month. Locomotives painted in the new livery, apart from new construction include: Nos. 4091, 5010/21 (green) and No. 6025 (blue); it is under-stood that No. 6001 has also been painted blue. All locomotives in the new livery have smokebox number plates, the actual figures being in brass. No. 7009, although in G.W.R. livery, has a smokebox number plate, as has No. 6022. SLS/194808
26/11/1963 Yeovil MPD 0-6-0PTs GWR6400/12/30/5 are now allocated and GWR1442/51 have been placed in store from 26th November. SLS/196401

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1932 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6400
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
18/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
06/04/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)    
30/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Yeovil Town (83E)    
20/04/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6400    
08/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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