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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2816 m/e 12/1905

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 155
Works Number 2120
To Service During 12/1905
Withdrawal Tue 20/10/1959
Service Life 53 yrs, 10 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1905
BAN   Banbury on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 25/01/1958
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 22/03/1958
84C   Banbury 4w/e 04/10/1958
     Withdrawn on 20/10/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 22/03/1958
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 04/10/1958
WDN   m/e 31/10/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1946 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during March: 111, 1010, 2026/55, 2103, 2204/12/54, 2816/39/46/9, 2924/39/48/79, 3010/5/20, 3171, 3446, 3632, 3715/93 3855, 4012/33/5/55/79/82, 4136, 4365, 4565/70 4702, 4830/67, 4917/37/58/84/5, 5004/8/49/71/90, 5153/86/93, 5310/38/84/97, 5420, 5505/31/53, 5787,-5967/99, 6000/17/25/8, 6114/21/50/1, 6365/74/86/8 6417, 6916/8/41, 7312, 7713/32, 7802/10, 9721/60/3/80/7/90/6. Nameplates have been affixed to 1000/17-9, 6916/32/38/46/67. With the completion of 1019, there is a temporary halt in the programme of construction of '1000' Class locomotives and work is under way on new 'Castle' and 'Hall' Class locomotives. SLS/194606
30/06/1948 Swindon Works Locomotives entering Works during June included: Nos 1003, 1338, 1436/49, 1782, 2135, 2816/18/29/57/85/95, 2920/40, 3802, 4031/34/83, 4805, 4908/16/52/99. 5013/16/17/26/43/51/54/72/83, 5341/53/71/79, 5411, 5908/54/72/87/99, 6007/16, 6300/01/05/16, 6400, W.D. 77325, 77407, 79266. New work (June): Nos. 7010 OXF, 7012 NYA, 7013 PDN are all painted pea green and lined out in red, cream and grey, while No. 7014 is being painted G.W. green-they are all fitted with smokebox number plates. No. 6910 has been painted black and lined out in red, cream and grey -a smokebox number plate has been fitted, while No. 7007 has had the G.W. coat of arms transfer placed on each middle splasher. Works' pilots during the month were: Nos. 906, 1713, 1900, 2751 and D.E. 15105 PDN. Nos. 1196 an 1197 were noted cut-up in the concentration yard, early in the month. Locomotives painted in the new livery, apart from new construction include: Nos. 4091, 5010/21 (green) and No. 6025 (blue); it is under-stood that No. 6001 has also been painted blue. All locomotives in the new livery have smokebox number plates, the actual figures being in brass. No. 7009, although in G.W.R. livery, has a smokebox number plate, as has No. 6022. SLS/194808
06/11/1951 Didcot, Newbury & Southampton line There is a new through goods working from Didcot to Eastleigh, via Winchester, a G.W. 2-8-0 usually alternating with a Ql. On 6th November, 2816 came to Eastleigh and 33024 went to Didcot. SLS/195201
09/08/1958 Cardiff Canton MPD - stored locomotives 2805/16/27, 90238/524. SLS/195810

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1905 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2816
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2120
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Banbury (BAN)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
22/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
20/10/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 2816    
12/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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