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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2814 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 2118
To Service During 11/1905
Withdrawal Mon 11/08/1958
Service Life 52 yrs, 9 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping 4w/e Sat 06/09/1958 at Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1905
EXE   Exeter on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) m/e 16/06/1956
     Withdrawn on 11/08/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC EXE Exeter 4w/e 22/02/1947
ALLOC TN Taunton 4w/e 27/12/1947
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 19/05/1956
WDN   m/e 31/08/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1945 Swindon Works Locos entering works during October, 1945: 2184, 2206, 2530/41, 2638, 2805/14/72/3/82/8, 2915/33/46, 3025/36, 3656, 3810/3/66, 4016/7/32/40/4154/618/96, 4517/51/64/80, 4603/17/41/53/65, 4704, 4818/31/6, 4925/9/47, 5065/84, 5208/37, 5312/56/81, 5422, 5508/22/66/72, 5718/23, 5902/21/4/8/9/64 6000/6/9/24, 6116, 6378/9, 6437, 6732/9, 6955, 7214, 7719/26/40, 8741/6, 9304/17, 9702/64. L.M.S. 8402/6/14. L.N.E. K3 17. SLS/194602
30/09/1947 Swindon Works Locos. entering Works during September included:-907, 1011, 1012, 2054, 2066, 2262, 2737, 2804, 2814, 2826, 3014, 3036, 3562, 3809, 3840, 4033, 4054, 4090, 4092, 4920, 4929, 4930, 4944, 4983, 4985, 4997, 5041, 5052, 5056, 5060, 5061, 5065, 5076, 5080, 5086, 5905, 5912, 5938, 5991, 6808, 6831, 6876, 7817, 7819, W.D.77508 an 78542; the latter having been stored since last July. The following were ex Works as follows:-Nos. 6972 (4/10), 6973 (8/10), 6974 (14/10), 6975 (18/10), 6976 (29/10), 79274 (7/10), 78543 (16/10). Works' pilots recently have been Nos. 200, 242, 2723, 2731, 3561. SLS/194712

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1905 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2814
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2118
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Exeter (EXE)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
11/08/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 2814    
06/09/1958 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon    

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