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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6983 on 13/02/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
02/1948 OTTERINGTON HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class Modified Hall
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 366
To Service Wed 13/02/1948
Withdrawal Wed 25/08/1965
Service Life 17 yrs, 6 mths , 12 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1965 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 13/02/1948
81E   Didcot 4w/e 03/10/1953
81F   Oxford 4w/e 11/07/1965
     Withdrawn on 25/08/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW PDN Old Oak Common m/e 29/02/1948
1STALLOC PDN Old Oak Common m/e 29/02/1948
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 11/07/1965
WDN   on 25/08/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
13/02/1948 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6983
Built at Swindon Works
   
03/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
11/07/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
25/08/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6983    
12/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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