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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6836 on 02/09/1937

Names Carried
Date From Name
02/09/1937 ESTEVARNEY GRANGE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Grange
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 308
To Service Fri 02/09/1937
Withdrawal Fri 06/08/1965
Service Life 27 yrs, 11 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 02/09/1937
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
WEY   Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 13/08/1949
SPM   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 05/11/1949
83G   Penzance 4w/e 16/05/1953
87G   Carmarthen 4w/e 31/10/1953
83G   Penzance 4w/e 26/12/1953
83A   Newton Abbot 4w/e 13/08/1955
83D   Laira 4w/e 21/05/1960
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 04/11/1961
85A   Worcester 3w/e 29/06/1964
     Withdrawn on 26/03/1965
85A   Worcester (Reinstated) on 21/04/1965
     Withdrawn on 06/08/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC WEY Weymouth Radipole (GWR) 4w/e 13/08/1949
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 05/11/1949
ALLOC 83G Penzance 4w/e 13/06/1953
ALLOC 87G Carmarthen 4w/e 31/10/1953
ALLOC 83G Penzance 4w/e 26/12/1953
ALLOC 83A Newton Abbot 4w/e 13/08/1955
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 21/05/1960
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 04/11/1961
ALLOC 85A Worcester 3w/e 29/06/1964
WDN   4w/e 08/08/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/09/1937 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6836, name: ESTEVARNEY GRANGE
Built at Swindon Works 		   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
13/08/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Weymouth Radipole (GWR) (WEY)    
05/11/1949 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
16/05/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
31/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (87G)    
26/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Penzance (83G)    
13/08/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Abbot (83A)    
21/05/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (83D)    
04/11/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
29/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
21/04/1965 Reinstated Reinstated to Worcester (85A)    
06/08/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6836    
10/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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