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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6847 on 20/10/1937

Names Carried
Date From Name
20/10/1937 TIDMARSH GRANGE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Grange
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 308
To Service Fri 20/10/1937
Withdrawal Fri 03/12/1965
Service Life 28 yrs, 1 mth , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1966

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 20/10/1937
TYS   Tyseley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 01/11/1952
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 28/11/1959
88L   Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 08/09/1962
86B   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 08/08/1965
85A   Worcester 7w/e 07/11/1965
     Withdrawn on 03/12/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 28/11/1959
ALLOC 88L Cardiff East Dock 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 86B Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 08/08/1965
ALLOC 85A Worcester 3w/e 09/10/1965
WDN   on 03/12/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/09/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during September included: Nos. 1000/25, 1430/40/61, 1957/91, 2144/81/88/94, 2224/46/71, 2827/38/42/72/77/82, 2948, 3617, 3861/64/66, 3904/55, 4000/37/44/58/88, 4128, 4280, 4407, 4509/32/37/40/50, 4639, 4704, 4804, 4973/75/78, 5011/57/71/79, 5153/56, 5207, 5369/75, 5510/54/74, 5718/33/61, 5903/34/51/62/69/84, 6005/06/12, 6133, 6337/40/75/93, 6406/30, 6801/47, 6905/16/52/70, 7004/05/17, 7306/09, 7402/22, 7800/18, 8722/37/39, 9612, 9730.
New work; September: Nos. 7435 (-), 7436 (OXF), 7437 (WOS), 7438 (DG) (completed 5/10); 4160 (-). 4161 (BRY), 4162 (-), 4163 (BRY) and 4164 (DYD), nearly completed. Works' pilots have been Nos. 212, 1713, 1900 an 2764.
Outside the Works and awaiting scrapping are the following:-Nos. 1730, 2643/80, 2734/46/51, 3002/06/27, 3165/84, 3440, 5127, 5343/49 an 9006. In addition, Nos. 2709, 2928, 3005 an 3395 came in for scrapping at the beginning of October. All locomotives receiving a general repair (except express passenger locomotives) are now coming out painted plain black with the exception of No. 5156, which was fully lined, but without 'British Railways' on the tank sides. The majority of locomotives are now receiving smokebox number-plates.
No. 7017 was ex. Works on 22/9 after light repairs and is now running without nameplates
SLS/194811

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
20/10/1937 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6847, name: TIDMARSH GRANGE
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Tyseley (TYS)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
28/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
08/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff East Dock (88L)    
08/08/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86B)    
07/11/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
03/12/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6847    
04/1966 Scrapped Scrapped    

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