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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway (Orig) 7312 m/e 12/1921

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 43xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 222
To Service During 12/1921
Withdrawal Sat 28/12/1963
Service Life 42 yrs , 28 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1921
101   Old Oak Common on 01/01/1934 (Snapshot)
GLO   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 20/04/1946
CHEL   Cheltenham Malvern Road on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
88A   Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 13/07/1957
85C   Hereford 4w/e 05/10/1957
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 14/06/1958
87G   Carmarthen 4w/e 18/06/1960
87F   Llanelli 4w/e 11/08/1962
87B   Duffryn Yard 4w/e 09/03/1963
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 06/04/1963
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 30/11/1963
     Withdrawn on 28/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC GLO Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 20/04/1946
ALLOC 88A Cardiff Cathays 4w/e 13/07/1957
ALLOC 85C Hereford 4w/e 05/10/1957
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 87G Carmarthen 4w/e 18/06/1960
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 11/08/1962
ALLOC 87B Duffryn Yard 4w/e 09/03/1963
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 06/04/1963
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 30/11/1963
WDN   4w/e 31/12/1963

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1958 Outside Steam Pipes fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1946 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March: 111, 1010, 2026/55, 2103, 2204/12/54, 2816/39/46/9, 2924/39/48/79, 3010/5/20, 3171, 3446, 3632, 3715/93 3855, 4012/33/5/55/79/82, 4136, 4365, 4565/70 4702, 4830/67, 4917/37/58/84/5, 5004/8/49/71/90, 5153/86/93, 5310/38/84/97, 5420, 5505/31/53, 5787,-5967/99, 6000/17/25/8, 6114/21/50/1, 6365/74/86/8 6417, 6916/8/41, 7312, 7713/32, 7802/10, 9721/60/3/80/7/90/6. Nameplates have been affixed to 1000/17-9, 6916/32/38/46/67. With the completion of 1019, there is a temporary halt in the programme of construction of '1000' Class locomotives and work is under way on new 'Castle' and 'Hall' Class locomotives. SLS/194606

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1921 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 7312
Built at Swindon Works
   
01/01/1934 Allocation      
20/04/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (GLO)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cheltenham Malvern Road (CHEL)    
13/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Cathays (88A)    
05/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Hereford (85C)    
06/1958 Modification Modification: Outside Steam Pipes fitted    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
18/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Carmarthen (87G)    
11/08/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
09/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Duffryn Yard (87B)    
06/04/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
30/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
28/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 7312    

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