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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6809 on 29/09/1936

Names Carried
Date From Name
29/09/1936 BURGHCLERE GRANGE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Grange
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 308
To Service Mon 29/09/1936
Withdrawal Mon 01/07/1963
Service Life 26 yrs, 9 mths , 2 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 29/09/1936
SHL   Southall on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
PZ   Penzance 4w/e 28/01/1950
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 25/01/1958
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 22/02/1958
81C   Southall 4w/e 06/10/1962
     Withdrawn on 01/07/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PZ Penzance 4w/e 28/01/1950
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 22/02/1958
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 06/10/1962
WDN   4w/e 29/06/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
10/10/1950 Penzance Early in October the allocation at Ponsandane was made up of one 'County' (1004), one 'Castle' (4090), nine 2-6-2T (4500, 4509, 4525, 4537, 4540, 4545, 4548, 4566, 4574), five 'Halls' (4946, 4965, 5915, 5969, 6911), one 2-6-0 (6318), ten 'Granges' (6800/1/6/8/9, 6817, 6825/6, 6838, 6869), one 'Manor' (7806) and two 0-6-OT (8409, 9717). 9717 shunts the goods yard and 8409 the station, but when 8409 was being washed-out, 2097 (83F) was borrowed; the latter was complete with emblem and red ground to numberplates. Engines from St. Blazey work in on certain trains where engines are changed at Par, and Truro and Laira engines have regular workings. The Plymouth train due at 11.50 a.m. has a Newton Abbot engine with a Laira crew, the engine and men returning on the 1.20 p.m. London Express. The first arrival is the 5.30 a.m. Kensington Empty Milk Vans, which has a Laira engine: this returns light or on seasonal traffic as ordered. Some turns are worked alternately by Laira and Penzance: such an example is the 7.10 parcels ex North Road, then 4.20 Penzance-Plymouth, and 8.9 p.m. Plymouth-Penzance, due 10.45 p.m. SLS/195101
18/08/1963 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) Triangle: 1432, 6437, 5679, 8444/86/91/94/96, 8766, 9401/79/83, 9715, D3103. Yard: 1621, 3668, 3711, 3826, 4082, 4175, 4265/98, 5645, 5933, 6011/25/26, 6159, 6815/19/28/35, 6931/32/61/78, 7909, 8738, 9412/40. 'A' Shop: D1023-26 (New in various stages of construction), D603, D801/4/40/61/2, D1004/9/16/9/50/63, D6305, D7075, 3605, 3738, 3850, 4115/57/68, 5971, 6000/18, 6129/65, 6809/15/37/68, 6937/44/78/94, 7902/27, 8403, 9662, 92246, Birmingham Pullman, uW60096. Top end of 'A' Shop: 15100/1/3, D3509/94/95, D3195, D3600, and N.C.B. 0-6-2 T. 67 (ex T.V.R.). Dismantling Shed: 5644, 5945. Dump: 3795, 4074, 5101/92, 5201, 5912/31, 7;412, 8783/91, 9713. Weigh House: D604, D808, 3823. On shed ex-Works: 9607, 9666. In store on shed: 1019, 2250, 2890, 3780, 3842, 4079, 4631, 4909, 4948, 5017, 5357, 5525/70, 5815, 5943, 9604 an W21. SLS/196309

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
29/09/1936 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6809, name: BURGHCLERE GRANGE
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Southall (SHL)    
28/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (PZ)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
22/02/1958 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
06/10/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
01/07/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 6809    
08/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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