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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2808 m/e 10/1905

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 153
Works Number 2103
To Service During 10/1905
Withdrawal Mon 21/09/1959
Service Life 53 yrs, 11 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1959 at Cashmore's (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1905
ABDR   Aberdare on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 22/05/1954
87F   Llanelli m/e 16/06/1956
     Withdrawn on 21/09/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 22/05/1954
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 19/05/1956
ALLOC 87F Llanelli 4w/e 16/06/1956
WDN   m/e 30/09/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering works during April included:- 2095, 2159, 2407, 2612, 2655, 2702, 2784, 2787, 2808, 2835, 2936, 2937, 2940, 2949, 2954, 2989, 3012, 3018, 3048, 3150, 3386, 3586, 3594, 4007, 4020, 4023, 4042, 4078, 4381, 4920, 4968, 4971, 5012, 5043, 5305, 5375, 5960, 5986, 6023, 6309, 6344, 6399, 6953, 6970, and L.M.S. 8465. Further 'Panniers' fitted with T.F. boilers are 3663, 8713, and 8794. Works' pilots during April included: 200, 207, 1542, 1795, 1796, 2723, 2773 and 3561. New engines reported are: 1029 PDN, 9404 PDN. SLS/194706
31/05/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during May included: Nos. 1903, 2031, 2808/89, 2924/36/37/54, 3827, 4021/22/32/51/80/89/91/96, 4386, 4938/40/92, 5010/21/23, 5158, 5258, 5317/36/74, 5526/48/59/65, 5914/68, 6001/11/25/29, 6369/89, 6426, 6807/71, 6900/06/27/29, 7007, 7301/15, 77028, 77429 an 78714. New work (May): Nos. 7008 OXF, 7009 LDR (the latter is fitted with smokebox number plate); D.E. 15103/04 PDN; 9667-70. No. 7010 is nearly ready (28/5) and is painted pea green, as also is No. 4089, which is undergoing a general repair. Nos. 6009/26 have been painted royal blue and lined out in grey, yellow and red. Works' pilots during the month were: Nos. 1713, 2730/49/81, 3561 and D.E. 15103/04. Locomotives condemned include: Nos. 3391, 2980 an 2988. SLS/194807

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1905 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2808
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2103
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Aberdare (ABDR)    
22/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Llanelli (87F)    
21/09/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 2808    
12/1959 Scrapped Broken up by Cashmore's: Newport    

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