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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6822 on 19/01/1937

Names Carried
Date From Name
19/01/1937 MANTON GRANGE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Grange
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 308
To Service Mon 19/01/1937
Withdrawal Mon 28/09/1964
Service Life 27 yrs, 8 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 19/01/1937
NA   Newton Abbot on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
82D   Westbury 4w/e 08/10/1955
81F   Oxford 4w/e 22/03/1958
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 30/01/1960
88L   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 08/09/1962
86G   Pontypool Road 2w/e 17/11/1962
82E   Bristol Barrow Road 7w/e 22/06/1964
     Withdrawn on 28/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 08/10/1955
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 22/03/1958
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 30/01/1960
ALLOC 88L Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 2w/e 17/11/1962
ALLOC 82E Bristol Barrow Road 3w/e 29/06/1964
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 3w/e 14/09/1964
WDN   3w/e 05/10/1964

* 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
19/02/1961 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) 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
19/01/1937 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6822, name: MANTON GRANGE
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Newton Abbot (NA)    
08/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
22/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
30/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
08/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88L)    
17/11/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
22/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Barrow Road (82E)    
28/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6822    
11/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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