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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 9707 on 28/11/1933

Locomotive Specifics
Designer C. Collett
Class 57xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 0-6-0PT
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 282
To Service Mon 28/11/1933
Withdrawal Mon 07/09/1964
Service Life 30 yrs, 9 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1964

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 28/11/1933
PDN   Old Oak Common on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
81C   Southall 4w/e 30/11/1963
83B   Taunton 5w/e 24/08/1964
     Withdrawn on 07/09/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 30/11/1963
ALLOC 83B Taunton 3w/e 10/08/1964
WDN   3w/e 14/09/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during July included:-Nos. 1019, 2532, 2841, 2852, 2931, 2936, 2939, 2943, 3831, 3862, 4032, 4074, 4083, 5005, 5030, 5357, 5936, 5942, 5990, 6317, 6345, 6360, 6395, W.D. 77294, 78542 and 78632. No. 2651 WOS was ex Works on 5/7. New engines reported seen are:-Nos. 4155 BRD, 4156 STJ and 6753-55 CV.BRY. - The following have received 'TF' boilers: Nos. 1410, 3790, 4630, 6405, 8756, and 9707. 'Austerity' Nos. 77000, 77443, 78510, 78512, 78521, and 79235 are all ex repairs in Belgium and painted black. The new 67XX are the same as the earlier ones, in that they are not fitted with screw couplings, train heating, vacuum brake or A.T.C. equipment. They are, however, fitted with 'TF' boilers. SLS/194709

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
28/11/1933 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 9707
Built at Swindon Works
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Old Oak Common (PDN)    
30/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
24/08/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
07/09/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 9707    
12/1964 Scrapped Scrapped    

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