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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 7032 on 23/06/1950

Names Carried
Date From Name
23/06/1950 DENBIGH CASTLE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class Castle
Company History GWR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 375
To Service Mon 23/06/1950 to Swindon (82C)
Withdrawal Mon 28/09/1964 off Old Oak Common (81A)
Service Life 14 yrs, 3 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1965 at Birds (Risca)

Tenders
Type Number From Company Water Coal
Hawksworth 4,000g 4103 23/06/1950 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2878 13/03/1952 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2601 10/08/1953 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2873 27/02/1954 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Hawksworth 4,000g 4065 18/04/1955 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2919 26/03/1956 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Hawksworth 4,000g 4084 03/04/1957 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 4015 07/11/1958 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2627 27/09/1960 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2728 21/06/1961 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2593 30/12/1961 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt
Collett 4,000g 2934 05/12/1962 GWR 4,000g 6t 0cwt

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
82C   Swindon (New) on 23/06/1950
81A   Old Oak Common on 10/07/1950
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 15/07/1950
     Withdrawn on 28/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 30/06/1950
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 15/07/1950
REINS 81A Old Oak Common 3w/e 14/09/1964
WDN   3w/e 14/09/1964
WDN   on 28/09/1964

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
18/04/1955 Diagram HC boiler fitted (number 7638)
03/04/1957 Diagram HC boiler fitted (number 7643)
27/09/1960 Double Chimney fitted
27/09/1960 Diagram HD boiler fitted (number 7694)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Swindon Works 06/02/1952 13/03/1952 37 days Heavy Intermediate Tender number 2878 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
100968
Swindon Works 17/06/1953 10/08/1953 55 days Heavy Intermediate Tender number 2601 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
188854
Swindon Works 09/03/1955 18/04/1955 41 days Heavy General Boiler number 7638 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4065 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
287700
Swindon Works 07/02/1956 26/03/1956 49 days Light Casual Tender number 2919 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
 
Swindon Works 27/12/1956 03/04/1957 98 days Heavy General Boiler number 7643 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4084 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
381931
Swindon Works 12/09/1958 07/11/1958 57 days Heavy Intermediate Tender number 4015 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
471527
Swindon Works 27/07/1960 27/09/1960 63 days Heavy General Boiler number 7694 (Diagram HD)
Tender number 2627 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
Double Chimney fitted
555538
Swindon Works 03/10/1960 06/10/1960 4 days Light Casual    
Swindon Works 23/05/1961 22/06/1961 31 days Light Casual Tender number 2728 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
 
Swindon Works 09/10/1962 05/12/1962 58 days Light Intermediate Tender number 2934 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
641690

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/05/1961 Swindon Works ('A' Shop) Gas Works: 4203, 5103/10/76, 9414. Stock Shed Yard: D817, D6319/21, 5815. Triangle: 1361/2/4, 1433, 1647, 3657/67/70/7, 3724, 5001, 6027, 6959, 8457, 8705, 9762. Works Yard: D804/38, D2144/88/91/6, D7000, 1029, 1501/2/9, 1604, 2516, 2884, 4090, 4950/72/8/85, 5022/97, 5949/58, 6004, 6937/62, 7007, 7221, 7304/40, 7761/75, 9400, 9749, 82031, 92226/45. Weigh House: D808, 4984. 'A' Shop: D602, D801/15/8/36/40/3/50/69/70, D1000-7, D2195/7-9, D2372-4, D3257, D6305/9, 3817, 4088, 4264/75, 4704, 4912/4/42/70/88/94, 5015/51/70/2/99, 5914/48/51/3/70/87, 6020, 6333/72, 6828/44/50, 6911/69/77/9, 7002/9/32/6, 7232/3, 13187, 13256/62, 15100/2, 82020/1, 92234. Dump: 1366, 1419/31/54/73, 2207/27, 3676, 5158/75/94, 5771/91, 6426, 7748, 8429, 8722/6/40/69/77, 9735/81. 'C' Shop: 5207, 8101. Field: 78001/8. SLS/196107

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
23/06/1950 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 7032, name: DENBIGH CASTLE
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Swindon (82C)
Tender fitted: Hawksworth 4,000g
Diagram HC boiler fitted
   
10/07/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
15/07/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
06/02/1952 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 06/02/1952. Dep: 13/03/1952.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 2878 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
17/06/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 17/06/1953. Dep: 10/08/1953.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 2601 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
27/02/1954 Tender Tender fitted: Collett 4,000g number 2873    
09/03/1955 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy General) - Arr: 09/03/1955. Dep: 18/04/1955.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7638 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4065 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
   
07/02/1956 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 07/02/1956. Dep: 26/03/1956.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 2919 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
27/12/1956 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy General) - Arr: 27/12/1956. Dep: 03/04/1957.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7643 (Diagram HC)
Tender number 4084 (Hawksworth 4,000g) attached.
   
12/09/1958 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 12/09/1958. Dep: 07/11/1958.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 4015 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
27/07/1960 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Heavy General) - Arr: 27/07/1960. Dep: 27/09/1960.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7694 (Diagram HD)
Tender number 2627 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
Double Chimney fitted
   
03/10/1960 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 03/10/1960. Dep: 06/10/1960.    
23/05/1961 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 23/05/1961. Dep: 22/06/1961.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 2728 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
30/12/1961 Tender Tender fitted: Collett 4,000g number 2593    
09/10/1962 Works Visit Works Visit - Swindon Works (Light Intermediate) - Arr: 09/10/1962. Dep: 05/12/1962.
Work undertaken:
Tender number 2934 (Collett 4,000g) attached.
   
28/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 7032 from Old Oak Common (81A)    
02/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Birds: Risca    

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