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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 6986 on 03/03/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
03/1948 RYDAL 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 03/03/1948
Withdrawal Wed 21/04/1965
Service Life 17 yrs, 1 mth , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 03/03/1948
SPM   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 30/10/1948
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 01/11/1952
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 31/10/1953
82A   Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 16/07/1955
82B   St Philips Marsh 4w/e 12/06/1958
82C   Swindon 4w/e 08/10/1960
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 08/09/1962
81C   Southall 4w/e 15/12/1962
81E   Didcot 3w/e 28/03/1965
     Withdrawn on 21/04/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW TYS Tyseley m/e 31/03/1948
ALLOC SPM St Philips Marsh 4w/e 30/10/1948
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 31/10/1953
ALLOC 82A Bristol Bath Road 4w/e 16/07/1955
ALLOC 82B St Philips Marsh 4w/e 12/07/1958
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 05/10/1960
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 15/12/1962
ALLOC 81E Didcot 5w/e 12/04/1965
WDN   5w/e 16/05/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March included: Nos. 1006/16, 1434, 1861, 2943/44, 3015, 3803/53/60, 4012/16/23/26/30/35/77/90/94, 4803, 4941/98, 5006/09/25/59/68/80/97, 5339/50/78, 5901/07/48/83, 6011/13/19/22, 6318/20/22/65, 6903/20/23/42/51, 7001, 9089 an 9302. New work: Nos. 6986-89 and 0-6-0 Diesel-electric No. 15101, the latter with cast brass number plates and 'British Railways' on the sides; also numbers in 3' letters in the centre of the buffer beams. W.D. Nos. 77060/145/280/335, 79244 (all ex repair in Belgium) and 78624 arrived in the Works on 23/3 from Marston sidings. W.D. Nos. 77027 an 77165 are ex Works with G.W. type top feed and Wakefield lubricator. Works' pilots recently have been and are Nos. 198, 250, 410, 1713 an 2781; 905 ceased to work on these duties W/E 13/3 and has gone for scrapping. No. 1358 was in the Works W/E 13/3 for scrapping, while No. 3004 was cut up in the same week. No. 6022 LA went on the test plant on 18/3 for several days and is now being prepared to go to the L.N.E.R. Engines ex Works are now emerging without the prefix W. SLS/194805
23/07/1961 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) 'A' Shop: D602/4, D805/11/28/70, D1000-11, D2137, D2372-9, D3257, D3431, D3744, D6306/11/9, 13186, 13264/5, 15100/2, 2829, 3817/43, 4090, 4922/8/56/78, 5000/1/31/49/60, 5306/51, 5903/4/36/9/67, 6000/4/7, 6363/95, 6871, 6919/46/59/86/97/8, 7020, 7209/15/21/2, 7826, 82031, 92226/34. Works Yard: D804/15/23/41/51/2, D2188/9/94, 1604/34/47, 2516, 3667/70, 3822/41, 4003, 4203, 4916/98, 5015/80/1, 5103/10/76/7/95, 5336, 5949, 6027, 6349, 6831, 6969, 7745/56/75/98, 8789/98, 9400/14, 9749, 78001/8. 92215/45. Triangle: 6021, 9736/67. Dump: 1361/2/4/6, 1419/33, 3657/76, 3724, 6426, 7700/61, 8429, 8705/22/40/77/96, 9735/62/71/81. 'C' Shop: 8457 intact, Outside 'C' Shop: 5771, 8726 being cut up. SLS/196109

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/03/1948 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 6986
Built at Swindon Works
   
30/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
31/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
16/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A)    
12/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to St Philips Marsh (82B)    
08/10/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
08/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
15/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
28/03/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
21/04/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 6986    
08/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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