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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Western Railway 2849 m/e 12/1912
Great Western Railway (Oil) 4803 m/e 11/1946
Great Western Railway (Coal) 2849 m/e 04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer G. Churchward
Class 28xx
Company History GWR
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 190
Works Number 2489
To Service During 12/1912
Withdrawal Fri 03/08/1962
Service Life 49 yrs, 8 mths , 4 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1912
STJ   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 20/04/1946
STJ   Severn Tunnel Junction 4w/e 18/05/1946
STJ   Severn Tunnel Junction on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
TYS   Tyseley 4w/e 23/04/1949
81E   Didcot 4w/e 28/11/1959
     Withdrawn on 03/08/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC TYS Tyseley 4w/e 23/04/1949
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 28/11/1959
WDN   m/e 31/08/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1946 Converted to oil burnng
04/1949 Oil burning equipment removed


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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1912 To Service To service as Great Western Railway Number 2849
Built at Swindon Works, Works Number 2489
   
20/04/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (STJ)    
05/1946 Modification Modification: Converted to oil burnng    
18/05/1946 Allocation Reallocated to Severn Tunnel Junction (STJ)    
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4803    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Severn Tunnel Junction (STJ)    
04/1949 Modification Modification: Oil burning equipment removed    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 2849    
23/04/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (TYS)    
28/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
03/08/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 2849    
06/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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