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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6982 on 11/02/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
01/1948 MELMERBY HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class Modified Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 366
To Service Mon 11/02/1948
Withdrawal Mon 10/08/1964
Service Life 16 yrs, 5 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1964 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 11/02/1948
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 30/04/1951
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 22/05/1954
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 08/10/1955
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 08/09/1956
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 18/05/1957
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 10/09/1960
82E   Bristol Barrow Road 7w/e 22/06/1964
     Withdrawn on 10/08/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
1STALLOC WES Westbury m/e 29/02/1948
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road m/e 30/04/1951
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 22/05/1954
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 08/10/1955
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 08/09/1956
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 18/05/1957
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 10/09/1960
ALLOC 82E Bristol Barrow Road 3w/e 29/06/1964
WDN   3w/e 10/08/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
14/10/1962 Wolverhampton Stafford Road Works 1628/60, 2841/62, 3217, 3608/58, 3709/15/51/60/78, 4147, 4910/51, 5070, 5245, 5602, 6141, 6644/63/79, 6816, 6982, 7209, 8498, 9411/53, 9608/10/5/40/82. Ex-Works on shed: 9404/15; ex-Works on Oxley MPD; 4697, 7739. 'Kings' at Stafford Road minus numbers and nameplates: 6001/2/7/12/4/5/7/22. SLS/196211

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/02/1948 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6982
Built at Swindon Works
   
30/04/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
22/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
08/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
08/09/1956 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
18/05/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
10/09/1960 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
22/06/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Barrow Road (82E)    
10/08/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 6982    
11/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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