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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 8487 on 02/07/1952

Locomotive Specifics
Designer F. Hawksworth
Class 94xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd
Order Number Unk
Works Number 1834
To Service Fri 02/07/1952
Withdrawal Fri 22/11/1963
Service Life 11 yrs, 4 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 02/07/1952
85D   Bromsgrove 4w/e 09/09/1961
85D   Bromsgrove 4w/e 30/12/1961
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 27/01/1962
81A   Old Oak Common 4w/e 08/09/1962
     Withdrawn on 22/11/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 31/07/1952
ALLOC 85D Bromsgrove 4w/e 09/09/1961
ALLOC 85D Bromsgrove 4w/e 30/12/1961
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 27/01/1962
ALLOC 81A Old Oak Common 4w/e 08/09/1962
WDN   4w/e 30/11/1963

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/07/1952 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 8487
Built at Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd, Works Number 1834		    
09/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Bromsgrove (85D)    
30/12/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Bromsgrove (85D)    
27/01/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
08/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Old Oak Common (81A)    
11/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    
22/11/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 8487    

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