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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2811 m/e 11/1905

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 155
Works Number 2115
To Service During 11/1905
Withdrawal Tue 20/10/1959
Service Life 53 yrs, 11 mths , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1905
NPT   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 16/11/1935
ABDR   Aberdare on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
PPRD   Pontypool Road 4w/e 27/11/1948
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 23/02/1952
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 31/03/1952
85A   Worcester m/e 16/06/1956
82D   Westbury 4w/e 06/10/1956
     Withdrawn on 20/10/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PPRD Pontypool Road 4w/e 27/11/1948
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 23/02/1952
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 16/06/1956
ALLOC 82D Westbury 4w/e 06/10/1956
WDN   m/e 31/10/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1946 Swindon Works Locos entering works during January: 207/42/70, 1751/86, 2084, 2116, 2221/74, 2679, 2766, 2802/11/53/62/98, 2912/51, 3034, 3188, 3219/64, 3754, 3808/63, 4004/13/7/21, 4125, 4299, 4326, 4539/47/98, 4615, 4811/5/54, 4909/51/6/63/90, 5019/46/55/6/80, 5161, 5361, 5403, 5534/40/52/65, 5906/25/51/72/4/85, 6003/10/4/9/22/6, 6112, 6314/45/7/56, 6690, 6721, 6919/61/5, 7300/9, 7700/8, 7804, 8359, 8704/14/22/70, 9301, 9768/89/91, WD 71488, 75046. SLS/194604

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1905 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2811
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2115		    
16/11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (NPT )    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Aberdare (ABDR)    
27/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (PPRD)    
23/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
31/03/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
06/10/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (82D)    
20/10/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 2811    
03/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    

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