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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 7432 on 31/08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 74xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 371
To Service Sat 31/08/1948
Withdrawal w/e Sat 05/09/1964
Service Life 16 yrs , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1964 at Arnott Young (Avonmour Ironworks, Bilston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 31/08/1948
84J   Croes Newydd 4w/e 17/10/1950
84J   Croes Newydd 4w/e 31/10/1950
84F   Stourbridge Junction m/e 31/01/1951
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 28/02/1951
85C   Gloucester Barnwood 4w/e 24/03/1962
84F   Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 21/04/1962
84F   Stourbridge Junction on 19/04/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 05/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 31/08/1948
1STALLOC STB Stourbridge Junction m/e 30/09/1948
ALLOC 84J Croes Newydd 4w/e 17/10/1950
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction m/e 31/01/1951
ALLOC 85C Gloucester Barnwood 4w/e 24/03/1962
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 21/04/1962
LOAN 84F Stourbridge Junction 4w/e 06/04/1963
ALLOC 84F Stourbridge Junction 5w/e 04/05/1963
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region 4w/e 24/02/1964
ALLOC 2A Tyseley 2w/e 16/05/1964
WDN   w/e 05/09/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1948 Swindon Works New work August: No. 7016 CDF, 7017 G. J. Churchward PDN; 7430/32 STB, 7431/33 CNYD, 7434. No. 4160 is nearing completion (26/8). Locomotives entering Works during August included: Nos. *100A1, 1018, 1461, 1934/57, 2144, 2340, 2746/64, 2882, 2938/39, 3613/76, 3823/25/57, *3902, *3953, 4045/85, 4119, 4269, 4552, 4671, *4802, *4850, *4852, 4902/14/20/25/28/69/76, 5006/39/63/64/84, 5107/83, 5261, 5325, 5416/20, 5540, 5756, 5932/71/80/93, 6000/08/10/22, 6311/33/85, 6433. 6746, 6849/79, 6945/60, 7206/30, 7726/82, 7800/15, 8104, **8393, 8709, 9301. *Oil-burning. **Converted to 53XX. Works' pilots of late have been: Nos. 212 (since sent for scrap, w/e 21/8), 906, 1713, 1900, 2751 SLS/194810

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
31/08/1948 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 7432
Built at Swindon Works
   
17/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)    
31/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (84J)    
31/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
28/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
24/03/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Barnwood (85C)    
21/04/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
19/04/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F)    
05/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 7432    
11/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Avonmour Ironworks, Bilston    

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