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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2821 m/e 01/1907

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 160
Works Number 2158
To Service During 01/1907
Withdrawal Wed 21/09/1960
Service Life 53 yrs, 8 mths , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1961

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1907
CDF   Cardiff Canton on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 25/03/1950
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 08/09/1951
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 30/09/1951
81C   Southall 4w/e 04/10/1952
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 21/03/1953
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 06/10/1956
86E   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 27/12/1958
87E   Landore 4w/e 24/01/1959
81E   Didcot 4w/e 16/05/1959
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 31/10/1959
     Withdrawn on 21/09/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 25/03/1950
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 04/10/1952
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 21/03/1953
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 06/10/1956
ALLOC 86E Severn Tunnel Junction m/e 31/01/1959
ALLOC 87E Landore m/e 28/02/1959
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 16/05/1959
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 31/10/1959
WDN   m/e 30/09/1960

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1907 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2821
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2158
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cardiff Canton (CDF)    
25/03/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
30/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
04/10/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
21/03/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
06/10/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
27/12/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (86E)    
24/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Landore (87E)    
16/05/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
31/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
21/09/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 2821    
04/1961 Scrapped Scrapped    

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