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Record: 10235 (26/09/2023)
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Numbers Carried
| Company |
Number |
|
Date From |
| Great Western Railway |
2255 |
m/e |
03/1930 |
Locomotive Specifics
| Designer |
C. Collett |
| Class |
2251 |
| Company History |
GWR |
| Wheels |
0-6-0 |
| Builder |
Swindon Works |
| Order Number |
261 |
| To Service |
During 03/1930 |
| Withdrawal |
Tue 08/05/1962 |
| Service Life |
32 yrs, 2 mths , 10 dys |
|
Allocations
| Code |
Subsequent Codes |
Name |
|
From Date |
| |
|
(New) |
m/e |
03/1930 |
| OSY |
|
Oswestry |
on |
15/06/1947 (Snapshot) |
| 89C |
|
Machynlleth |
4w/e |
16/07/1955 |
| |
|
Withdrawn |
on |
08/05/1962 |
SLS Allocations*
| Type |
Code |
Name |
|
From Date |
| ALLOC |
89C |
Machynlleth |
4w/e |
16/07/1955 |
| WDN |
|
|
m/e |
31/05/1962 |
* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
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Summary
| Date |
Event |
Details |
Source |
See Also |
| 03/1930 |
To Service |
To service as Great Western Railway Number 2255
Built at Swindon Works |
|
|
| 15/06/1947 |
Allocation |
Allocation Snapshot - Oswestry (OSY) |
|
|
| 16/07/1955 |
Allocation |
Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C) |
|
|
| 08/05/1962 |
Withdrawn |
Condemned as 2255 |
|
|
| 11/1962 |
Scrapped |
Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport |
|
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